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COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR HEALTH/ILLNESS ANXIETY AND SOMATIC SYMPTOM DISORDERS
Course/Workshop
For: Professionals
Provided by: IXT Mind Experiential Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Date and Time

Fri Nov 16, 2018 (This event is over)
9:00 - 4:00pm

Location

2451 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, ON

Event Description

Course attendees will receive a certificate of attendance from the Dept of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa.

This course will review phenomenology and DSM-5 diagnoses of these disorders. The CBT approach and evidence will be discussed. Attendees will work with a step by step protocol with suitable modifications to address each of these conditions.

Workshop Description

Health or illness anxiety and Somatic Symptom Disorders are related but different conditions, which often become a challenge for therapists and family physicians. They have a significant co-morbidity with mental health disorders and with medical conditions. Not managing these conditions can lead to disability and increased cost of healthcare due to frequent presentations, investigations and treatments. Avoiding unwarranted treatments is crucial to improving the clients’ wellbeing.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a well-established treatment for these conditions, but a generic CBT approach may not yield success. Treatment of these conditions requires knowledge of CBT specific to these disorders.

This course will review phenomenology and DSM-5 diagnoses of these disorders. The CBT approach and evidence will be discussed. Attendees will work with a step by step protocol with suitable modifications to address each of these conditions.

Workshop Trainer

Dr Sanjay Rao is the clinical lead for the Increasing Access to Structured Psychotherapies in the Ottawa region. He has delivered over 250 workshops in CBT across UK, Canada and regularly presents at national and international conferences on CBT. He has expertise in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders and was the clinical director of the mood and anxiety programme at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. Dr Rao is a trained specialist in consultation-liaison psychiatry and established services to serve clients who have co-occurring mental and physical conditions.

He trains and supervises multidisciplinary teams including physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists and counsellors and has been on the forefront of CBT training in Canada. He developed and delivered province-wide CBT training in Nova Scotia.

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This event is listed under these topics

Anxiety
Mood Disorders
Mental Health in General
Social Anxiety Disorder
Professionals
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