Using Visualisation Effectively in CBT

About this event

This webinar will provide an interactive overview on the use of experiential imagery and visualisation techniques in the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma and suicide management.

1. OVERVIEW
2. Imagery and Thinking
3. Activation and Consolidation
4. TREATMENT
5. Basic imagery techniques for all clients
6. Imagery Techniques for anxiety, depression and anger
7. Imagery Techniques for PTSD
8. Imagery techniques for Compassion Focused Therapy
9. Imagery Techniques in Suicide prevention
10. Implementation for your practice.
11. Imagery techniques applied to ourselves as therapists
12. Summary

What is the workshop about?

This workshop will cover the the role of imagery in maintaining psychological distress and the use of visualisation-based techniques in therapeutic practice. There will be practical demonstrations and the opportunity to apply key techniques to therapists ourselves.

Who should attend?

This workshop is aimed at therapists, counsellors, advisers, educationalists, health care workers, social workers and students in these areas. It is particularly useful for counsellors who do not normally work within a cognitive or behavioural model but want to explore tried and tested techniques. Similarly, counsellors and therapists working within this tradition are likely to find this workshop a useful refresher in the latest approaches. It is also suitable for anyone with an interest in contemporary practice in this area.

What have previous delegates said about similar workshops (webinar and F2F?)

"Educational", "Enjoyable"," Helpful", Excellent", "Informative", "Insightful"

"Thoroughly enjoyed today's workshop. Most definitely learned a lot" "Brilliant" "Really helpful day""Very enjoyable and well presented""Lot's to think about and take back to practice" "Excellent - varied and comfortable". "Excellent workshop. Enjoyed all areas"

Resources

A full set of slides with extensive clickable links to online resources, is sent free to all delegates after the event. This also includes references to key sources.

CPD

A CPD Certificate of Attendance confirming 2 hours skills CPD is available free on request to all delegates who attend.

Facilitator

Professor Patrick McGhee is a CBT therapist, psychologist and UK National Teaching Fellow. Educated at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford, he has completed CPD programmes at Harvard Business School and Ashridge. In 2017 he was a Visiting Fellow/Scholar at the universities of Cornell, Yale and MIT in the USA. He has taught, researched or practised in psychology and therapy for 30 years. His first post was a Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Psychology at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London. He is the author of Thinking Psychologically (Palgrave) and co-editor of Accounting for Relationships (Methuen). He ihas been an occasional columnist for the Guardian, the BBC and the Times Higher. He currently works in private practice in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. He has full accreditation from the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists.

Joining instructions

Joining instructions for the webinar will be sent to participants approximately 48 hours, 2 hours and 10 minutes before the start of the event. Please aim to join about 10 minutes before the start of the event to check connections.

Please note

The workshop does not itself offer therapy to people suffering from depression. See NHS website for guidance https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/mental-health-services/how-to-access-mental-health-services/

What have previous delegates said about this workshop?

• As a counsellor in private practice this workshop was really useful in providing a good foundation to apply different imagery / visualisation techniques with more confidence to different presenting issues. Would highly recommend.
• Excellent! I definitely developed my awareness how to improve my practise
• As an experienced therapist who uses imagery a lot this imagery webinar gave a good overview of imagery and conceptualising it in cbt. A good outline of different interventions was provided
• Great practical examples of perception. I’ve used imaginable exposure with trauma but less so with other disorders. Found different approaches most helpful and screen to sofa exercise a nice way to draw trauma work towards closure.
• I found it very interesting, thought provoking,
• Helpful as a refresher but also learnt new ideas
• Excellent workshop with practical interventions explained.
• Really helpful workshop that discusses many imagery techniques that can be used with clients that i wasnt aware of
• Full of interesting and useful information to reflect on
• Wide range of new options to consider with the right clients
• I gained many helpful and practical techniques that I believe can be used right away as a student therapist.