The New York City Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Association
Presents
Socratic Dialogue: How to use this Skill to change Core Beliefs and Schemas
by
Scott Waltman, PsyD, ABPP
Center for Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, San Antonio, Texas
Friday, December 10, 2021
9am-1pm EST
Topic Description:
The bulk of therapist training is devoted to the initiation of therapy and reduction of acute symptoms, while less attention is paid to the later phases of treatment. Although modification of core beliefs or schemas is not inherently different from working with other cognitions, it can be a longer process. Effectively targeting core beliefs and schemas can be conceptualized as a multi-intervention process that involves cognitive, behavioral, experiential, and emotion-focused strategies to bring about change. Participants will be taught interventions to bring about lasting change in core beliefs and schemas. A number of specific strategies will be taught and demonstrated.
Agenda:
9:00-9:10 Introduction and overview of topic
9:10-9:20 Brief case example
9:20-10:05 Applied presentation of Socratic questioning framework
10:05-10:20 Break
10:20-11:20 Role play/demonstration with debrief
11:20-11:45 Applied case example of in-session Socratic strategies for core belief change
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-12:25 Applied case example of between-session Socratic strategies for core belief change
12:25-12:50 Role play/demonstration with debrief
12:50-1:00 Q&A
You will learn:
How to create a working conceptualization of the key underlying beliefs to target
How to recognize how schematic filters and behavior patterns reinforce a core belief
How to organize interventions across the course of treatment to bring about schematic change
Speaker Bio:
Scott H Waltman, PsyD, ABPP, is a clinician, international trainer, and practice-based researcher. He is certified as a qualified Cognitive Therapist and Trainer/Consultant by the Academy of Cognitive & Behavioral Therapies. He is also a board member of the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy. He is board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. He recently co-authored the book Socratic Questioning for Therapists and Counselors: Learn How to Think and Intervene like a Cognitive Behavior Therapist.