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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

  • Describe what psychosis is as it pertains to CBT for psychosis, listing typical myths about psychosis and being able to dispel these

  • Summarize the evidence base for CBT for psychosis, including key critiques

  • Explain the concepts of delusions and voice hearing as part of the spectrum of normal human experience

  • Demonstrate increased empathy for voice hearing and delusions by applying at least one empathy generating exercise

  • Describe the concept of “working within a delusional belief system” and be able to recite one reason why we do it

Successful completion to be awarded contact hours

In order to successfully complete this online training and be eligible for contact hours participants must:

  • Review the material from all 6 modules

  • Watch every slide and video to the end

  • Complete all quizzes and evaluations

  • Post comments to discussion where requested

  • Score 75% or higher for evaluation quizzes (maximum 3 attempts)

  • Complete and submit the Continuing Education evaluation and feedback form at the end of the workshop

Course curriculum

  1. 1
  2. 2

    • Module 1: what is psychosis?

    • What is psychosis? Discussion

    • What is psychosis?

    • Which DSM diagnoses include psychosis?

    • Which DSM diagnoses include psychosis?

    • Follow along case example

  3. 3

    • Module 2: strongly held beliefs exist on a continuum

    • Plausibility of Beliefs Case Example Exercise instructions

    • Plausibility of Beliefs Case Example Exercise

    • Plausibility of Beliefs Case Example Discussion

    • How common are so called unusual beliefs? Gallup & Newport (1991) Exercise instructions

    • How common are so called unusual beliefs? Gallup & Newport (1991)

    • What did you use to determine your answers for the last quiz?

    • Strongly held beliefs on a continuum

    • Follow along case example

    • Pre-quiz Survey

    • Evaluation Quiz #1
  4. 4

    • Module 3: Hallucinations are also part of normal human experience

    • Voices simulation

    • Trail running for beginners!

    • Test yourself so far - Trail running for beginners

    • Feedback voice simulation

    • Prevalence of voice hearing

    • Follow along case example

  5. 5

    • Module 4: empathy enhancement

    • Key points on empathy

    • How to express empathy practice

    • Follow along case example

    • Pre-quiz Survey

    • Evaluation Quiz #2
  6. 6

    • Module 5: working within the belief system

    • Working within the clients belief system

    • Clip 1

    • Lessons from clip 1

    • Clip 2

    • Lessons from clip 2

    • Clip 3

    • Lessons from clip 3

    • Video feedback

    • Why do we work within the belief system?

    • Thoughts about the concept of Working within the belief system

    • How do we work within the belief system?

    • Don’t assume symptom is part of “illness”

    • Suspend disbelief quiz

    • Answering the question "do you believe me?"

    • More on the how

    • Is this colluding, challenging or working within the belief system? Quiz

    • Update to answering the question "do you believe me?"

    • Follow along case example

  7. 7

    • Module 6: Evidence base for CBTp

    • Evidence base

    • Pre-quiz Survey

    • Evaluation Quiz #3
  8. 8

    • Fair Use Disclaimer

    • Financial disclosure

    • Attestation of completion by self

    • Answer Key for Evaluation Quizzes

    • Feedback evaluation instructions

    • Feedback evaluation

    • Congrats! Here's what's next...

    • Next steps...

    • References

Testimonials

  • "I really enjoyed this training! I think it gives a great background on the fundamentals behind CBT for psychosis that will help to facilitate deeper learning of CBTp from engagement in further training. I especially enjoyed the voice simulation, beliefs, and video clip exercises. Those activities enhanced the active learning components of this training and were interesting and enjoyable to boot! I also liked the discussion questions that went along with each section. These questions helped drive the main points from the section home by applying thoughts on the topic-area. Such elements within the training helped set it apart from some of the various other online training courses that I have taken, which don't include as many active learning components and activities. The training is pretty fantastic as-is."

  • "Thank you for this wonderful training! I look forward to taking the other CBTp training courses that you offer in the future!"

  • "It was a fantastic introduction to CBTp and I look forward to taking the full training and becoming certified."

  • "This was a great introduction to the fundamentals of CBT for psychosis. Left me wanting to learn more. Online, on demand format appreciated for scheduling purposes."

  • "This is a great introduction to some of the key concepts in working with individuals with psychosis in CBT."

  • "This is a great training and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is just starting or is about to start working with individuals with psychosis. I really enjoyed the video clips and the examples, which gave context and meaning to the information provided."

  • "I learned quite a bit and had some questions that I've had for a while answered concisely. I feel more confident in beginning therapeutic training."

  • "I found the module on working within the belief system to be especially helpful and I enjoyed how you incorporated the movie scenes to demonstrate the benefits to working within someone's belief system. It helped me better understand what this looks like and how I can apply this concept in my work with patients."

  • "I liked the various tools (video, quiz, discussion, experiential exercise) and the use of repetition to enhance learning."

  • "I thought this course was done very well. It effectively presented a foundation for the topic, and was appropriate in length and depth of content given it was a pre-recorded, virtual course. I was able to maintain attention, which can be difficult in this format. I appreciated the variety of teaching techniques."

Instructor

Expert CBTp trainer

Sally E. Riggs

Dr. Sally E. Riggs, DClinPsy, A-CBT, is a licensed psychologist and expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis with 20 years of experience working in this field in both London, UK and the US. She earned her Doctorate in clinical psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK in 2005, during which time she was trained in CBTp. She completed her Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Unit, University of Pennsylvania, working on a pilot study for CBT for negative symptoms, and pioneering training in CBTp in community mental health agencies.

She moved to NYC in 2011 and has been working in public and private healthcare settings, practicing and teaching and training mental health professionals in CBTp since this time. She has been an invited member of the Annual International CBT for Psychosis Research Meeting since 2009, and is a Founding Member and first President of the North American CBT for psychosis Network. She founded NYC CBTp in 2016, the first ever private practice dedicated to providing evidence based cognitive behavioral therapy for people with psychosis.

Financial & commercial disclosure:

Dr. Riggs and Riggs Psychology PLLC and sallyriggs.com receive no financial or commercial support for this online training, the content of this training, and gain no commercial support or benefit from endorsement of products. They also report that in the past 12 months they have had no other financial relationship with a commercial organization that produces healthcare goods or services that could be considered a conflict of interest.