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Event Description What to Do When Treatment
Doesn’t Work?: An Integrative Approach
to Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Bruce Ecker, PhD, instructor
Forty-six
per cent of children and adolescents will have a psychiatric disorder at some
point before their 18th birthday, with the prevalence of severe
disorders at 21% (Merikangas et al., 2010).
Cognitive-behavioral approaches to treat these disorders, usually
applied via manualized treatments, are supported by a strong evidence base
(e.g., Weisz & Kazdin, 2010). Yet,
approximately one third of child and adolescent clients do not benefit from
standard cognitive-behavioral approaches (Rey, Marin & Silverman, 2011). In addition, the therapeutic alliance, typically
not emphasized in cognitive-behavioral manuals, is a strong component in
treatment effectiveness (Shirk, Karver & Brown, 2011). In this four-hour workshop, we will review
basic cognitive-behavioral techniques, better understand the role of the therapeutic
alliance in cognitive-behavioral work, and most importantly, learn strategies
to pursue when cognitive-behavioral methods do not succeed. These strategies will involve integrating
developmental psychodynamic and family systems approaches into case
formulations and treatment practices.
Case examples will be used throughout.
Specific learning objectives: Describe key cognitive-behavioral techniques used across several disorder types. Articulate a summary of the research on how the therapeutic alliance impacts outcome in psychotherapy with children and adolescents. Discuss factors that contribute to cognitive-behavioral treatment failure. Describe a model for the integration of cognitive-behavioral, developmental/psychodynamic, and family systems approaches.
Program Code: TDW4
4 CE Credits MFT
Location: at MSPP, Newton
Bruce Ecker, Ph.D., is on the faculty of the Departments
of Clinical Psychology and School Psychology at the Massachusetts School of
Professional Psychology (MSPP). He
directs the child clinical concentration, Children and Families of Adversity
and Resilience (CFAR). Bruce is a licensed clinical and educational
psychologist with 30 years experience working in clinics, hospitals, and
schools. He was trained in school psychology at the University of Minnesota and
received his Ph.D. from the Clinical Psychology Training Program at the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Bruce was awarded the MSPP Excellence
in Teaching Award in 2011.
Event Type:Continuing Education Program Category:Counseling & Psychotherapy Early registration ends on Sep 14, 2014.
Regular registration starts on Sep 15, 2014 and ends on Oct 27, 2014.
Late registration starts on Oct 28, 2014.
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