CBT for Panic.
'CBT for Panic' is a 2-day course from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of accredited courses for professionals working in mental health and related areas.
It is the only CBT for Panic training that is APT-accredited and also gives you access to APT’s relevant downloadable resources for use post-course. The course is available for teams/organizations and can be attended face-to-face or online.
Executive Summary:
Panic is an intensely distressing disorder for the sufferer, which few people can imagine unless they have experienced it themselves. Characterized by symptoms such as blurred vision, an inability to breathe, dizziness, a feeling of being unable to control oneself, it is quite different from the everyday use of the word 'panic'. Frequently it leads to a feeling that one must not venture far from 'safety' and so there is often associated agoraphobia which may persist even when the panic disorder itself has been successfully treated. Panic is traditionally a disorder that is very difficult to treat, but the latest thinking described here enables therapists to treat panic with a good degree of success.
What this course will do for you:
This course aims to (a) familiarize delegates with the nature of panic disorder and associated agoraphobia, (b) to introduce delegates to the theoretical models of panic currently prevailing and (c) introduce delegates to treatment methods for panic in a way that they should be able to use subsequent to the course.
The course covers:
- A description of panic. 'Panic' is a word that people commonly use to mean 'sudden intense anxiety'. People who suffer 'panic attacks' know that what they suffer is in a different league from this everyday experience. The DSMIV description of panic, and associated agoraphobia.
- What 'panic attacks' imply about the patient's underlying mental state.
- Clarke's 1986 vicious circle model of panic. Subsequent variants on that model, including the concept of a 'short circuit' to panic.
- The factors that maintain panic. 'Panic' tends to be intractable; without treatment it can persist forever. So it is important to understand the factors that maintain it: Misinterpretation of situations; too much attention to physical sensations; the misinterpretation of 'symptoms'; a failure to challenge this misinterpretation; an avoidance of situations that induce panic; safety behaviours.
- The treatment of panic. Fortunately the understanding and treatment of panic disorder has progressed greatly in recent years: NICE guidelines including psychological therapy, pharmacological therapy, and self help; socialising people to the cognitive model: introducing it and matching their own experience with it.
- Modifying fearful cognitions, especially using logical evidence based reasoning.
- The use of synthesising questions and symptom contrast.
- Tackling the perceived inability to breathe and the apparently paradoxical role of 'deep breathing'.
- Early attenders. It is worth differentiating between early and late 'attenders' - people who come for treatment early on or late on. Early attenders have not yet acquired the 'short circuit' where the fear of a panic attack can be instrumental in triggering one.
- The cycle of panic; the role of hyperventilation, the concept of an 'amygdala hijack'. The role of the information sheet (provided on the course).
- Key, stock phrases to use with early-attenders.
- Late attenders. Late attenders have typically built up a pattern of behavior which is unhelpful to resolving their panic attacks. Typically it will involve agoraphobia, avoidance, and safety behaviours.
- Changing fear inducing behaviour: The use of graded exposure, and the development thereof of the three exposure options. Safety behaviours. Coping strategies.
- The use of stress inoculation training in handling stressful situations and attacking agoraphobia.
- The use of other CBT approaches such as imagery, distraction, reframing, and relaxation.
- The measurement of progress: collecting evidence about progress is always a central tenet in CBT.
- Objective and subjective measures. Risk assessment.
- Course Methods include lecture, group discussion, and video and practical exercises. A comprehensive workbook is included for all delegates.
What you receive as a result of attending the training:
You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining APT's Level 1 accreditation, and receive a certificate to this effect. The accreditation gives you access to online resources associated with the course and access to the online exam if you wish to uprate your APT accreditation to Level 2.
Your registration lasts indefinitely, and your accreditation lasts for 3 years and is renewable by sitting an online refresher which also upgrades your accreditation to APT Level 2 if you are successful in the associated online exam.
Your accreditation is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT accreditation for full details.
Booking this training is easy...Booking Options... for individuals or small groups For teams and organizations:
We bring the course and tutor to you, for an all-inclusive fee. Price: $9,085 (plus tutor travel and accommodation expenses) for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $540 per person. Option 2: Online Live and Exclusive course: Live and interactive online course, delivered via Zoom or Teams* exclusively for your team or organization. Price: $5,600* for a group of up to 15 people (price includes a workbook for every delegate, posted to one address, or a PDF version can be provided). Extra delegates $340 per person. *We standardly deliver courses via Zoom (which is recommended). If you would prefer to use Microsoft Teams, there is an additional charge of $160 CAD per day. Option 3: 'Train the Trainer': If you or a colleague are a senior professional (e.g. consultant psychologist) and have a talent for communication and teaching, then you are welcome to apply to become an APT-accredited tutor. You could then tutor the course in your own organization, under license. This is not only a highly appropriate use of senior professionals, but it also saves your organization the tutor-component of the fee each time you run it or your chosen modules (50% of the face-to-face fee, regardless of whether the course is held online or face-to-face). To see the full benefits of this and to see whether you are eligible, click the button:
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Feedback Ratings.
We continuously monitor the quality of our training by obtaining feedback on the two key scales of relevance and presentation from every course delegate. Below are the average ratings for the last three runnings of this course, which are updated periodically.
Face-to-Face
Presentation: 97%
Relevance: 97%
Online Live*
Presentation: 94%
Relevance: 93%
*This online live ratings are taken from the latest running of the course in this format.
Reviews.
APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments the 'CBT for Panic' course has received.
"An extremely enjoyable and well presented course. This module will be extremely useful in both my work as a nurse as well as a counselor. Thank you."
"Amazing... loved it! Very well put together. Excellently delivered. Soooo informative."
