Posts tagged with 'cbt'
BABCP spring meeting: the conference - a highlight (fifth post)
12th April 2010
In yesterday's post I talked generally about the presentations at the BABCP spring conference. Today I'd like to look more closely at what for me was the day's highlight - Willem Kuyken's talk on "Compassion in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: therapist embodiment and client change". One reason I liked the talk …
BABCP spring meeting: the conference - an overview (fourth post)
11th April 2010
Friday was the "conference" day. A real old fruit salad of presentations. Nearly always I find it hard to stay awake and focused during this kind of "educational event". It does however allow a lot of speakers to throw a lot of information at the audience! The 2007 Marinopoulos et …
BABCP spring meeting: collaborative case conceptualization - including positive psychology (third post)
10th April 2010
Yesterday - in "BABCP spring meeting, second post" - I described my reactions to the "Collaborative case conceptualization" key principle on levels of conceptualization. In today's post I talk about the other two key principles we were presented with - collaborative empiricism and incorporation of client strengths. Collaborative empiricism fits …
BABCP spring meeting: collaborative case conceptualization - cross-sectional & longitudinal (second post)
9th April 2010
Yesterday, in "BABCP spring meeting, first post", I described my initial thoughts arriving at the "Collaborative case conceptualization" workshop. Well, now it's Friday morning. A very social time yesterday evening after the workshop. Slept on a friend's couch. It's fairly bright and early now and their kids haven't yet emerged. …
BABCP spring meeting: collaborative case conceptualization - introduction (first post)
8th April 2010
So here I am sitting in a cafe at Euston station. I came in on the sleeper half an hour or so ago. I slept well, which was a blessing. I love it. A full day's work yesterday, travel while asleep, well set up for a full day today. Sleepers …
Three interesting websites: DSM-5 development, group therapy, and 'get self-help'
6th April 2010
Here are three websites that I have recently found interesting. The first two are possibly more for therapists, while the third can be very helpful for therapists and general public alike. The American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5 development site states "Publication of the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of …
Generalized anxiety disorder: should applied relaxation be the first line psychological treatment?
4th April 2010
I recently looked again at Professor Michel Dugas's interesting work on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) at Concordia University, Montreal. On his Anxiety Disorders Lab website he writes: "Over the past 17 years, I have conducted clinical research on the psychological processes involved in the etiology of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). …
Recent research: articles from March journals
1st April 2010
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 14,100 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
Recent research: articles from February journals
25th February 2010
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 14,000 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
Recent research: articles from January journals
4th February 2010
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains nearly 14,000 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …