Workshop 9
An Integrative Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy for Worry
Robert Leahy, American Institute for Cognitive Therapy
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Worry is often a persistent and sometimes debilitating problem in all of the anxiety disorders. Chronic worry has a high likelihood of leading to depression and can contribute to increased risk of substance abuse. In this workshop we will overview an empirically based approach to worry that incorporates a variety of cognitive-behavioural models. These include the meta-cognitive model, intolerance of uncertainty, acceptance and commitment, schematic issues, fear of failure, risk aversion, emotional avoidance and looming vulnerability. An integrative seven-step modular program for reversing the negative effects of worry will be described. |
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Key Objectives:
1) Distinguish Productive from Unproductive Worry
2) Accept Reality and Commit to Action
3) Challenge worried thinking
4) Identify and modify core beliefs underlying worry
5) Turn failure into opportunity
6) Use emotions rather than worry about them
7) Put time on your side. |
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| Training Modalities Didactic, experiential and role-play modalities will be employed |
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| Robert Leahy is the President of the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy, President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, Director of the American Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Professor in Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical School. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You and Cognitive Therapy Techniques: A Practitioner's Guide. |
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| References Worry, generalized anxiety, metacognition |
