Master Series in Clinical Practice

The Master Series affords the chance to spend a complete day with leaders in our field to consider the unique perspective each speaker brings to the challenging dilemmas in both theory and practice. We hope that you will consider joining us for the entire series at a reduced tuition or choose the programs most relevant to your own practice.

David H. Barlow, PhD, Todd J. Farchione, PhD and Kristen K. Ellard, PhD, instructors

The Unified Protocol (UP) is a transdiagnostic, emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral treatment designed to be applicable across the anxiety and mood disorders. This protocol emphasizes the adaptive, functional nature of emotions, and seeks to identify and correct maladaptive attempts to regulate emotional experiences, thereby facilitating appropriate processing and extinction of excessive emotional responding to both internal (somatic) and external cues. This workshop will review recent evidence supporting the development of the UP and discuss applications across emotional disorders.  Workshop participants will learn how to apply treatment components through instruction, case examples, and clinical vignettes.

Upon completion of the program, the student will be able to:

·         Summarize evidence supporting a transdiagnostic conceptualization of emotional disorders

·         Conceptualize cases from a transdiagnostic perspective

·         Apply core components of the UP to the treatment of emotional disorders

·         Overcome challenges of applying treatment concepts to diagnostically diverse populations

Program Code: MS59
6 CE/CME Credits
Location: at MSPP, Newton

David H. Barlow, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. He has published over 500 articles and chapters and over 60 books mostly in the area of the nature and treat­ment of emotional disorders. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Distinguished Scientific Award for Applications of Psychology from the American Psychological Association and James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award honoring individuals for their lifetime of significant intellectual achievements in applied psychological research.

Kristen K. Ellard, Ph.D., Dr. Ellard was a co-developer and co-author of the Uni­fied Protocol (UP) with Drs. Barlow and Farchione. Her primary research interests are in characterizing neural mechanisms of change in cognitive behavioral therapy and investigating the transdiagnostic treat­ment of anxiety and mood disorders.  

Todd J. Farchione, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Boston Uni­versity. His research focuses on under­standing emotion processes, identifying mechanisms of change in treatment, and on improving prevention and treatments for emotional disorders. He contributed to the initial development of the Unified Protocol (UP) with Dr. Barlow.

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