Changing the Anxious Mind, Rapidly

Thursday, October 8, 2015
The Crestview Country Club, Agawam, MA

AGENDA

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration and Coffee
   
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
  • The possibility of rapid gain in treatment
     
  • Detachment, paradox & frame of reference shift in generalized anxiety
     
  • The four strategies: Step back, Want it, Step forward, Be cunning
     
   
10:15 AM -10:30 AM Break & Refreshments
   
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Framing up the action
     
  • The opening moves
     
  • Shifting the focus UP
     
  • Establishing the contract & addressing beliefs
     
  • Challenging distortions
     
   
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch ( included with your registration)
   
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  •  The shoulder shrug & the hand wave
     
  • Interoceptive exposure
     
  • Moment-by-moment goals
     
  • Voluntarily choosing the experience: “I want this”
     
  • Debriefing homework
     
   
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break and Refreshments
   
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
  • Two forms of self-talk: motivation & commands
     
  • Establishing their new principles
     
  • Challenging safety behaviors
     
  • Elevating a competing emotion
     
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Questions and Answers