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Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment or Emotional Disorders (6 CE)

Co-sponsored by The Kentucky Psychological Association, The Kentucky Psychological Foundation, and the University of Kentucky Harris Psychological Services Center

Presented by Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Ph.D.

The proliferation of specific treatment manuals for specific disorders has created unintended barriers for implementation and dissemination of evidence-based psychological treatments. The Unified Protocol for the Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP; Barlow et al., 2011) is a recently developed transdiagnostic, emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) that targets core deficits occurring across the neurotic spectrum (e.g., anxiety, depressive, and related disorders). This workshop will first briefly review evidence supporting the development of such transdiagnostic interventions. This will be followed by a description and demonstration of how to apply core UP treatment modules, along with the similarities and differences between the UP and traditional CBT. Audio and videotaped illustrations of core treatment interventions (e.g., mindful awareness, emotion exposures) will be presented, along with detailed case examples involving complex comorbidity. Attendees will be invited to participate in exercises as part of these demonstrations. Skill Level: Intermediate

Workshop Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Participants will develop a unified, transdiagnostic case conceptualization for patients presenting with comorbid emotional disorders.
• Participants will apply emotion-focused treatment concepts and strategies (e.g., objective monitoring, emotional awareness training, cognitive reappraisal, reduction of emotional avoidance and maladaptive emotion driven behaviors) to patients presenting with comorbid emotional disorders.
• Participants will create effective and cohesive emotion exposures for patients with depression and complex comorbidities.

About the Presenter:

Shannon Sauer-Zavala is the Director of Education and Training for the Unified Protocol Institute. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kentucky and completed her internship at Duke University Medical Center. From there, Dr. Sauer-Zavala moved to Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders to complete her post-doctoral fellowship under Dr. Barlow’s mentorship in order to further enhance her CBT skills and to train in the UP. Dr. Sauer-Zavala was promoted to faculty in BU’s Department of Psychology and currently divides her time between her research, clinical work, and dissemination efforts. Dr. Sauer-Zavala enjoys training others in research-supported psychological treatments, particularly the UP, through her faculty role in BU’s clinical psychology Ph.D. program, as well as through the UP Institute’s workshops and certification programs. Her research is focused on identifying factors that maintain symptoms across broad classes of disorders and using this information to streamline treatment for commonly co-occurring diagnoses. She is especially interested in developing/refining treatments for borderline personality disorder with comorbid mood and anxiety disorders and is currently pilot testing the UP in this population.

Audience

Intermediate: The target audience will be mental health professionals, of varying degrees of experience and backgrounds, who have an interest in psychological interventions and have some familiarity with CBT for anxiety and mood disorders. This workshop is appropriate for Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

Registration Fees

  +Any student member needing CE credit must register at the KPA member rate. 

Event Location
Fayette County Extension Office
1140 Harry Sykes Way
Lexington, KY 40504

It is important to note that APA continuing education rules require that KPA only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop.  An evaluation of the workshop must be completed. Those who arrive more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leave before the workshop is complete will not receive CE credit. Partial credit may not be given.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received on/before Feb. 22, 2018 will receive a 90% refund. Cancellations received between Feb 23-25, 2018, will receive a 50% refund and cancellations between Feb. 26 - 28, 2018 will receive a 20% refund.   No refunds available after Feb. 28, 2018. All refund requests must be in writing to the Harris Center at the University of Kentucky: [email protected].

CE Credits/Attendance

This program has been approved for 6 CE credits by the Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA).

Psychologists: 
KPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. KPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. KPA is also an approved sponsor for the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology. 

Social Workers & Art Therapists:
KPA is an  approved sponsor for the Kentucky Board of Social Work, the Kentucky Board of Professional Art Therapists . (Provider #1004)

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