“I’m Not Good Enough!” - CBT Tools and Techniques for Improving Self-Esteem

In this workshop, Drs. Burns and Levitt will present powerful and creative CBT techniques to help your patients AND yourself overcome feelings of self-doubt and self-loathing which often arise from beliefs that drive much of the world’s emotional suffering. During the workshop, you will observe dramatic excerpts from live therapy sessions that will bring the techniques to life along with didactic teaching and interactive practice exercises. You’ll leave with tools to support your patients in overcoming feelings of inferiority, inadequacy, and self-doubt.

In This Workshop You Will Learn:

• Cutting-edge CBT techniques to overcome self-loathing and develop self-acceptance

• Powerful methods to reduce resistance like Positive Reframing and Externalization of Resistance

• Strategies to overcome entrenched beliefs including the double standard technique, let's define terms and  externalization of voices

•  How to help patients embrace their flaws and reduce shame with the Feared Fantasy Technique, the Survey Technique and Self-Disclosure

•  How to use the TEAM-CBT framework - T = Testing, E = Empathy, A = Assessment of Resistance, and M = Methods—to follow a step-by-step approach to making therapy more effective.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this workshop you will be able to:
1. Identify two distortions in negative thoughts that drive feelings of shame
2. Describe one benefit of positive reframing
3. Explain the rationale for the double standard technique
4. Set up a survey to test the validity of a negative thought
5. Describe the benefits of self-disclosure
6. Use self-defense and self-acceptance to challenge a negative thought
7. Name one method that is helpful in overcoming resistance to change

100% attendance and completion of the CE survey is required to receive CE certificate of completion. Partial completion cannot be granted.

One week before the workshop, registrants will have access to the workshop materials through the online training platform.

In Person Workshop Location - Palo Alto University, Mountain View Campus | 1172 Castro Street, Room 124 Mountain View, CA

Refund and Cancellation Policy

Refunds are available for cancelations outside of a 14-day window prior to the beginning of a training event or course. All refunds are subject to a $50 processing fee. Within a 14-day window prior to the beginning of a training event or course, no refunds are available. For cancelations within this window, credit may be applied towards a future similar training within a year of the original purchase date.