67th Annual Conference

Friday, February 26

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.

Master Workshop 51

Integrating CBT and Psychodrama: Theory and Practice in Group

Chair: 

Thomas Treadwell, Ed.D., T.E.P., Professor of Psychology, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Open to participants with more than ten years of group psychotherapy experience.

The GCBT model promotes dynamic group interaction, experiential participation, provides opportunities for catharsis, and facilitates basic group psychotherapeutic techniques. The integration of CBT techniques allied to psychodrama help provide a balance between an exploration of emotionally laden situations and a more concrete, data-based, problem-solving process.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Educate participants about the CBT model and the Psychodrama model to create a safe and secure environment in which individuals can share their concerns freely.

2. Use a problem-solving group approach for working through various interpersonal, occupational, educational, psychological, and health-related conflicts.

3. To teach the group members how to complete a Dysfunctional Thought Record (DTR) or Automatic Thought Record (ATR).

4. Identify automatic thoughts and the meaning of automatic thoughts as they relate to core-beliefs and/or schemas with patients

5. Learning how to develop a self-conceptualization chart reflecting the various rules, conditional assumptions, beliefs, and means of coping one embraces.

Course References:

Treadwell, T., Kumar, V.K & Wright, J. (2008). Group cognitive behavioral model:  Integrating cognitive behavioral with psychodramatic theory and techniques. In Scott Simon Fehr (Ed.) 101 Interventions In Group Therapy. New York: The Hayworth Press.

Baim, C. (2007) A Cognitive Psychodramatist?: Reflections on the Links Between Cognitive Therapy and Psychodrama.  British Journal of Psychodrama and Sociodrama. 22 (2) pp 23-31

Treadwell, T., Travaglini,L., Reisch,E. (2009). The Effectiveness of Collaborative Story Building and Telling in Facilitating Group Cohesion. Manuscript in progress.