Cory F. Newman, Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy, and Professor of Psychology (in Psychiatry) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Newman has served as a protocol cognitive-behavioral therapist and supervisor in numerous treatment outcome studies and has presented more than 300 cognitive-behavioral therapy workshops and seminars in twenty-three countries. He was the 2019 recipient of thebOutstanding Clinician Award presented by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT). Professor Newman has authored over 100 articles
and chapters on cognitive-behavioral therapy and has authored or co-authored six books, including Choosing to Live: How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy; Core Competencies in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Becoming a Highly Effective and Competent Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist; and Supervision Essentials in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. On the side, Professor Newman is a avid classical pianist.
Back From the Brink: Helping Suicidal Patients Choose to Live
Patient safety is the utmost priority across populations, and this clinically-oriented workshop will offer practical tools for conceptualizing and intervening with individuals who have expressed suicidal thoughts. Special emphasis will be placed on cognitive-behavioral interventions such as increasing attachments to people and activities, and modifying “suicidogenic beliefs.” These procedures will be linked to research on the cognitive characteristics of suicidal patients, including hopelessness, morbid perfectionism, dichotomous thinking, and poor autobiographical recall. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Identify and address the maladaptive thinking processes characteristic of suicidal patients.
- Conceptualize the suicidal behaviors of patients.
- Devise an array of interventions to reduce the patients; sense of helplessness and hopelessness, to increase their self-efficacy, sense of purpose, and capacity for positive feelings.
- Compose safety plans, meeting the standards of care that are necessary to reduce risk.
Friday, December 08, 2023
NYC Seminar and Conference Center
71 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10010
71 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10010
01:00 PM EST - 05:00 PM EST
EARN 3.5 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Cory F. Newman, Ph.D.
Agenda
1:00 – 1:15 Introduction; Risk factors for suicide
1:15 – 1:30 Assessment of suicidal risk
1:30 – 1:45 Cognitive vulnerabilities in suicidality
1:45 – 2:00 The therapeutic relationship with a suicidal patient
2:00 – 2:15 General risk-management guidelines
2:15 – 2:30 Safety planning
2:30 – 3:00 Specific CBT interventions
3:00 – 3:15 [break]
3:15 – 4:15 Video demonstration(s) and discussion
4:15 – 4:45 Special issues (e.g., Resuming treatment following a patient’s suicide attempt; Non-suicidal self-injury; Therapist stress in treating suicidal patients)
4:45 – 5:00 Q&A and wrap-up
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