introduce

CONTEMPORARY
CBT SERIES
WORKSHOPS
presented by:

Dr Lisa Saulsman
Registered Clinical Psychologist
PhD (Univ. of Western Australia)
Director CBTs WA
Former Senior Clinical Psychologist and training coordinator at
the Centre for Clinical Interventions,

Course Fee for each 1-day workshop: 3-day workshop series

Early Bird Registration: SGD 349.00 Thurs 13 to 15th September 2018
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(pay by 15/06/2018) 9.00am to 5.00pm each day

Standard Registration: SGD 399.00 Venue: 87 Club Street, #03-01, 069455, Singapore

To register, email: Admin@Elephant.com.sg

CBT (cognitive-behaviour therapy) should be a collaborative and creative process between therapist and client,
where we help our clients become curious about any unhelpful cognitive or behaviour patterns that might be
creating or prolonging their emotional suffering. Once these are identified, we then further assist our clients to
experiment with new cognitive and behaviour strategies, to discover their emotional impact.
Some of the cognitive and behaviour strategies that clients can implement might be traditional CBT methods like
thought records, behavioural activation, or graded exposure via behavioural experiments. However, there are
other contemporary CBT practices that can also be very useful, such as using
1. Imagery-based strategies to enhance the emotional impact of therapy;
2. Acceptance and mindfulness strategies integrated within CBT; and
3. Metacognitive therapy approaches to help clients overcome repetitive unhelpful thinking styles.
These days CBT is not one thing. It is not just thought records plus positive behaviour change, although these
methods are still of great value and should not be underestimated. CBT is a rich, varied and broad therapy, and
this series of three 1-day workshops are designed to reflect recent innovations and the contemporary practice of
CBT.
These are stand-alone workshops, however each workshop occasionally references other workshops in this
series. Participants can choose to attend any one of the workshops, however participants will get the most out
of attending all three.
Please note that bookings can only be confirmed when full payment is received.

Elephant Therapy & Training, 87 Club Street, #03-01, 069455, Singapore. Tel: +65 6224 1545
Email: Admin@Elephant.com.sg Web: www.Elephant.com.sg ACRA Registration – Adriana Giotta: 53261561A
DAY 1: Imagery-Enhanced CBT Thursday 13th September 2018

There is extensive research showing that imagery has a greater impact on emotion than verbal modes of
processing. In other words, thinking in mental pictures elicits a bigger emotional reaction than thinking in words.
With this in mind, imagery can therefore be used to enhance CBT in various ways. In this practical and
experiential workshop, participants will learn how to:
1. Socialise clients to working with imagery in therapy;
2. Incorporate imagery into thought record work, to make this intervention more emotionally powerful;
3. Engage clients in imagery rescripting, as an effective method for bringing more functional meaning to past
negative events; and
4. Use positive imagery in the construction of new core beliefs.

DAY 2: Integrating Acceptance & Mindfulness in CBT Friday 14th September 2018

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and other mindfulness-based therapies, have previously been
positioned as “opponents” of CBT. More recently the similarities and overlap these therapies share has been
well recognised, and the idea that they can be integrated in a meaningful way has also been proposed. Many
clinicians already use both styles of therapy, but may struggle with how to integrate them in a seamless and
theoretically coherent way. In this practical and experiential workshop, participants will learn how to:
1. Formulate client emotional difficulties, such that a rationale for pursuing both CBT and acceptance and
mindfulness approaches are available to clinician and client;
2. Expand CBT thought record work, to emphasis acceptance-based disputation rather than just an evidence
testing approach;
3. Use various methods for facilitating cognitive detachment (i.e., mindfulness-based attention retraining,
detached mindfulness techniques, thought defusion strategies, and individualised detachment metaphors);
4. Help clients cultivate an attitude of acceptance or tolerance towards uncomfortable experiences, which is
essential for the effective application of traditional CBT methods (i.e., breathing retraining, graded exposure,
etc).

DAY 3: Expanding CBT with Metacognitive Approaches Saturday 15th September 2018

Sometimes using traditional CBT methods such as thought records isn’t enough, particularly for people
experiencing problems with repetitive unhelpful thinking, such as anxious worry and depressive rumination.
Metacognition refers to the beliefs people hold about thinking itself. Expanding our CBT formulation to include a
metacognitive understanding of repetitive unhelpful thinking, has been shown to be an effective way of targeting
this cognitive style. In this practical and experiential workshop, participants will learn how to:
1. Socialise clients to working metacognitively;
2. Recognise and elicit the meta-cognitive beliefs that can maintain repetitive unhelpful thinking styles,
particularly uncontrollability, harm and helpfulness metacognitions;
3. Develop metacognitive case formulations to guide treatment; and
4. Use various experiential methods to facilitate metacognitive change, with particular emphasis on thought
postponement strategies; ‘up/down’ thought manipulation experiments, and effectively socialising clients to
the difference between problem solving and repetitive unhelpful thinking.

Elephant Therapy & Training, 87 Club Street, #03-01, 069455, Singapore. Tel: +65 6224 1545
Email: Admin@Elephant.com.sg Web: www.Elephant.com.sg ACRA Registration – Adriana Giotta: 53261561A
Dr Lisa Saulsman, PhD

Dr Lisa Saulsman is a registered clinical psychologist, completing her Masters in

Clinical Psychology and PhD at the University of Western Australia. She worked
for 13years as a senior clinical psychologist in public mental health at the Centre
for Clinical Interventions (CCI), providing individual and group CBT to adults with
complex and enduring depressive and anxiety disorders. In addition to her clinical
work at CCI, she was also the co-ordinator of training, being responsible for
developing and facilitating CBT training workshops for mental health practitioners
across Western Australia.

Lisa has also authored self-help CBT resources covering numerous clinical areas,
such as worry, self-esteem, distress intolerance, self-compassion, procrastination,
health anxiety, and body dysmorphia. These resources are freely available via the
CCI website (www.cci.health.wa.gov.au), which is well known locally, nationally and internationally amongst
clinicians and consumers alike. Lisa has been involved in developing treatment protocols that target mood
management, social anxiety disorder and worry and rumination, with published research supporting the
effectiveness of these treatments. Lisa is co-author of a new book, Imagery-Enhanced CBT for Social Anxiety
Disorder, available through Guilford Press.

Lisa now focuses the majority of her time as director of CBTs WA (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Services
Western Australia – www.cbtswa.com.au), which is an organisation devoted to disseminating information and
practical skills derived from CBT, to improve mental health in our community. CBTs WA promotes the idea that
everyone’s mental health matters, and provides CBT based trainings and workshops for mental health
professionals, health professionals, businesses, and the general public.

Elephant Therapy & Training, 87 Club Street, #03-01, 069455, Singapore. Tel: +65 6224 1545
Email: Admin@Elephant.com.sg Web: www.Elephant.com.sg ACRA Registration – Adriana Giotta: 53261561A