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2 Hour DVD RIP [M4V]; Manual of powerpoint slides and handouts [PDF]; CE Request Form [PDF]Join Judy Belmont, MS, LPC, author of bestselling books, Tips and Tools for the Therapeutic Toolbox series and discover techniques to help your depressed clients gain practical life skills that they can use immediately. Implement powerful strategies to treat depression by adapting a variety of techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment therapy. Combat your client’s depression with innovative strategies such as cost vs. benefits analysis, the vertical downward technique, cognitive defusion, mindfulness visualizations and emotional regulation practices. Discover how to incorporate homework, mood logs and diaries in your between session treatment.  You will also receive valuable handouts and diary/log samples to help your client track their moods, thoughts, and their progress.objectives:Integrate “hands on” techniques for dealing with treatment-resistant clients, including activities, visualization, reproducible worksheet and handouts.Describe the essential components of the effective therapeutic session.Identify powerful strategies from CBT, DBT, MBCT and ACT to help your client combat depression.Show how your clients can effectively use behavioral and mood logs, tracking sheets and/or daily or weekly diaries to combat depression.Demonstrate how acronyms, metaphors, thought diaries and mood logs can help client overcome negative thinking related to depression.Outline:Effective Therapy for Depression7 essential characteristics of all therapeutic sessionsUse of feedback and homeworkEmphasis on practice Cognitive Behavioral TherapyPerception is everything activityCBT boot-camp for your clientTeach the psychological ABC’SThe Downward Arrow techniqueCosts vs. benefits analysisDouble standard techniqueEliminate the ANTSThoughts/feelings/situationsCore belief bustingCoping cardsChecklist of common cognitive distortionsCategorize negative thinking Acceptance and Commitment TherapyCognitive Defusion techniquesWhite Room and conveyor belt metaphorsMindfulness techniquesUsing metaphors to heal Dialectical Behavior TherapyAcceptance and mindfulness tipsAcronymsEmotional regulation strategiesDistress tolerance strategiesUse of DBT diaries Effective Handouts & Worksheets for DepressionDepression screening inventoriesDiariesDaily mood logsBibliotherapy and depressionAbout the Speaker:Judy Belmont, MS, has been a psychotherapist for 35 years, with a focus on practical, psycho-social and psycho-educational skills training. She is the author of PESI’s popular 3 book series, 86 TIPS, 103 Group Activities and TIPS, and 127 More Amazing TIPS & Tools for the Therapeutic Toolbox, which offers practical, action-oriented strategies to help people develop healthy life skills.She is also co-author of the self-help book The Swiss Cheese Theory of Life. Judy is a national speaker on various mental health and wellness topics for a variety of populations, including mental health professionals, women’s conferences and expos and as well as workplace wellness programs. She maintains a private practice in Allentown, PA.