Medical CBT : Ten-Minute Techniques for Real Doctors (Aug 03, 2017)

Medical CBT : Ten-Minute Techniques for Real Doctors (Aug 03, 2017) is organized by Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Canada and will be held on Aug 03, 2017 at Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

The workshop, entitled Ten-Minute CBT, runs from 9:00AM to 12:15PM. A Tokyo orientation and slideshow immediately follows the workshop. Bilingual (Japanese-Canadian) CBT Canada staff who have lived in the Ginza District will be in attendance. You're free thereafter to join your travelling companions in exploring one of the world's most fascinating & enriching cities.

Medical CBT is specifically designed for the ultra-brief appointments typical of primary care. In this workshop you'll learn the essentials of a skill that may fundamentally change how you cope with the all-important psychological side of medicine.

You'll learn flexible Ten-Minute CBT tools to integrate into your existing approaches to major depression, persistent depression (“dysthymia” until DSM-5), chronic worry, chronic pain, panic disorder, non-compliance, substance abuse, illness anxiety, borderline personality disorder, suicidality, and more.

Learning objectives :
• Learn to break patients away from their "empathy addictions
• Learn to structure ten-minute appointments to maximize impact
• Learn the vital importance of not working harder than most patients.

Accreditation: This workshop is accredited for 9.0 Mainpro+ credits by the College of Family Physicians of Canada*

• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) members are eligible to receive up to 9.0 Prescribed credit hours for attendance at CBT Canada's 3.0 hour (/9.0 Mainpro+ credit) workshops due to a reciprocal agreement with the College of Family Physicians (AAFP, 2016)