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Learning the hard way: lessons from working with troubled youth - VOD
01 January 2025
Helping troubled youth requires a broad understanding of the inherent problems of growing up. In this novel presentation, Professor Menzies explores the ‘existential givens’ and the role they play in youth mental health.
Do you want to treat youth OCD in just 4 sessions? Learn how you can use the free “OCD? Not Me!” program to guide your evidence-based approach to adolescents with OCD and their families.
Do you have clients that have difficulty understanding and talking about their emotions? This presentation will go through recent advances in the understanding, assessment, and treatment of alexithymia (emotion processing deficits) and how to integrate alexithymia work effectively into CBT.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a fascinating condition that often looks very different across individuals. It rarely improves without treatment, and it can be challenging to treat. This Masterclass provides an overview of evidence-based approached to treating OCD.
As CT-SAD has been consistently shown to be more effective than a range of other psychological and pharmacological treatments for SAD, familiarity with its key features is likely to enhance a practitioner’s clinical practice.
CBT is now accepted as a “standard of care” for depressed youth, and the modular CBT protocol developed for the Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) project is widely respected as among the best. It incorporates a range of evidence-based techniques and strategies clinicians will value. Working with depressed and suicidal youth can be a challenge. This workshop will provide clinicians with an understanding of teen depression as well as tools for treating it.
Professor Peter McEvoy presented a webinar on recent innovations in treating social anxiety disorder (SAD), showcasing the efficacy of integrating mental imagery with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). His session, part of the CBT@Home series, emphasized the potential for imagery-based techniques to improve cognitive and affective outcomes in SAD treatments. Drawing from a decade of research and a significant randomized clinical trial, McEvoy demonstrated the beneficial effects of these approaches. Participants of the webinar learned about enhancing conventional CBT with imagery and understanding its impact on cognition, emotion, and psychophysiological responses.
This webinar, presented by Dr. Cele Richardson, educates clinicians on recognizing and treating Delayed Sleep Wake Phase Disorder (DSWPD) in teens using bright light therapy. It examines developmental sleep changes and the "perfect storm" model of adolescent sleep. Diagnostic criteria and evidence-based therapies are discussed to support clinicians in assessing and creating treatment plans for DSWPD, which can improve sleep, mood, and daytime function in affected youths. The session is part of the AACBT's CBT@Home series and is suitable for clinicians with an interest in sleep-related issues in adolescents.
Dr. Erin Kelly's webinar "Comorbidity in practice" focuses on understanding and managing co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions. It highlights the need for clinicians to address both issues for effective treatment and improved patient outcomes. The webinar emphasizes the prevalence of substance use in clients with mental health conditions, the importance of an integrated treatment approach, and aims to increase clinician confidence in assessing and treating comorbidity. Recorded live for AACBT members, it's a valuable resource for all clinicians, particularly those with an interest in sleep.
Professor Michelle Moulds presented a CBT@Home webinar on the role of repetitive thinking in depression and anxiety, recorded in December 2020. Covering both conceptual understanding and practical clinical implications, the talk explored the similarities between rumination and worry, the effects of abstract repetitive thinking, and the importance of using transdiagnostic measures for assessment. Addressing gaps in research, particularly in perinatal anxiety and depression, Moulds emphasized the need for targeting repetitive thinking in treatment. The session, providing key learning for clinicians, was part of the AACBT Mid-career Award-winning series.
