Rational Living Therapy Level-Two Certification Home Study Program

Description

Learn how to apply Rational Living Therapy / Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to personality disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, as well as advanced cognitive modification techniques, advanced underlying assumption modification techniques, and group therapy.

Rational Living Therapy
Level-Two Certification
Home Study Program

Presenter: Aldo R. Pucci, MA, DCBT
President, National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists

Prerequisite: Rational Living Therapy Level-One Certification Program

Recorded Live from an RLT Level-Two Seminar!
The audio presentation portion is provided on a USB thumb drive.
A Complete 107-Page Manual and an Exam Included!

The Rational Living Therapy Level-Two Certification Home Study Program covers:

Personality Disorders

Basic Premises of RLT Treatment of Personality Disorders

• How to Engage the Client Depending on His / Her Personality Characteristics
• How to Encourage Collaboration
• The Common Underlying Assumptions Associated with the various Personality Disorders
• Techniques for Pattern Analysis
• Techniques for Pattern Change
• Techniques that encourage Pattern Maintenance

Personality Disorders Discussed in-depth include: Dependent, Avoidant, Borderline, Paranoid, Passive-Aggressive, Antisocial, Histrionic, Obsessive-Compulsive, Narcissistic, Schizoid, and Schizotypal.

Advanced "Underlying Assumptions (Core Beliefs or Schemas)" Therapy

• Various Methods to uncover underlying assumptions, including the "downward" or vertical arrow technique
• Underlying Belief Structual Qualities
• Continuum of Underlying Belief Change
• Successive Approximation of Thought Acquisition^tm Technique (SATA)

Advanced Cognitive Modification Skills

• Soft Countering Techniques
• Hard Countering Techniques
• Objective countering techniques

Application to Mood / Anxiety Disorders

• How to Apply Rational Living Therapy to problems of Depression and Anxiety, including "Major Depression," "Dysthymia," "Panic Disorder," "Agoraphobia," "Specific Phobias," and "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder."

Group Therapy

• Learn how to apply Rational Living Therapy in Group Settings