Brief Summary
Fiona Kennedy introduces CBT Plus, an integrative therapeutic approach combining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). The approach, detailed in the book "Get Your Life Back," guides clients and therapists through a structured process using the acronym "NAVIGATES." This process involves naming the problem, developing awareness, using values work, investigating the function of problem behaviors, setting goals, working at a deeper level with acceptance, tackling trauma, utilizing exposure, managing emotions, and developing new skills.
- CBT Plus integrates ACT, DBT, CFT, and CBT for a comprehensive therapeutic approach.
- The "NAVIGATES" acronym provides a structured framework for therapy.
- The book "Get Your Life Back" serves as a self-help resource and a tool for therapist-client partnerships.
Fiona Kennedy introduces CBT Plus, a new therapeutic approach that integrates the best aspects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). Kennedy and her colleague Dave Pearson developed this approach after realizing they were often combining techniques from various therapies in their practice. They aimed to create a more structured and thoughtful integrative therapy.
The acronym "NAVIGATES" serves as a guide for therapists and clients throughout the therapeutic process. "N" stands for naming the problem, which can be challenging due to potential shame or complexity. "A" represents developing awareness about the problem, including thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and body sensations. "V" involves values work to clarify the kind of person the client wants to be. "I" signifies investigating the function of problem behaviors using behavior analysis. "G" stands for setting SMART goals, similar to CBT, with small, achievable steps. "A" involves acceptance work at a deeper level, including self-acceptance, acceptance of others, and finding new meanings in life history. "T" represents tackling trauma, which is approached after building a strong therapeutic relationship. "E" includes the use of exposure and managing emotions. "S" is for new skills, focusing on self-regulation, building relationships, and living according to one's values.
Fiona Kennedy introduces the book "Get Your Life Back: The Most Effective Therapies for a Better You," which details the CBT Plus approach. This book can be used as a self-help resource, a tool for clients to prepare for therapy, or as a guide for therapist-client partnerships to work through the "NAVIGATES" framework. Kennedy also mentions that she and Dave Pearson are writing a therapist companion book on CBT Plus as part of the Routledge CBT Distinctive Features series.
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0:00 hello this is Fiona Kennedy speaking I wanted to tell you today about CBC Plus which is a new therapeutic approach which integrates four of the really best therapies out there at the moment and I also want to introduce rosy doc who is a not really an expert on CBT plus but she is very very good at eating meaty strips so CBC plus is takes the best from act acceptance and commitment therapy DBT dialectical and behavior therapy CFT compassion focus therapy and CBT cognitive behavior therapy and the reason that a Dave Pearson and I wrote a
0:47 book about that is because we went a lot of different courses and we learned about these different therapies and we apply these different therapies in different settings but what we found us we were kind of randomly plucking a technique from here a theory from there and and applying it and we thought well that's the best thing to do is to sit down and think this through and say what would an integrative therapy look like so if you've been in the same position as us if you've found that you are taking techniques from courses you've been on or you're interested in doing that why not do it in a thought through way so CBC + takes the client and the therapist from the beginning of their
1:32 relationship all the way through to the end and as a guide for therapists we've created an acronym and that acronym is navigates so navigate stands for and stands for name the problem which sounds simple but often isn't because there could be a lot of shame involved and might be a bit complicated develop awareness about the problem so that's thoughts feelings behaviors body sensations during the problem and when the person thinks about the problem use values work so really clarify the values the kind of person they really want to be in their life and then investigate the function of the problem
2:19 behaviors so we'll have a list of target behaviors but like in DB T and we'll use behavior analysis to decide what is a function of each of those behaviors how is it working for the person and we're going to then start moving away from those problem behaviors by thinking of new things to do instead so G stands for goals so SMART goals quite like in CBT thinking about small baby steps the person can take to move towards the values we've identified earlier the next day is the work at a deeper level which is about acceptance acceptance of the self acceptance of other people acceptance of this situation acceptance of our own life history and finding new meanings in that
3:05 so acceptance work is at a deeper level followed by T which stands for tackle trauma so we reckon about this stage if there's a trauma history in the person's life you will have made a good relationship with the person who may be ready to approach the trauma so looking at ways that we can effectively approach trauma and reprocess it if necessary he stands for the use of exposure which is obviously involved in trauma work might be some more stuff about actually going out and exposing oneself to difficult feelings doing difficult things in order to get a meaningful life and also stands for emotions so educating the person
3:51 about managing emotions regulating emotions and lastly S is for new skills so all the way through this therapy we're going to be teaching new skills about self-regulation as I mentioned before building new relationships and living the life that you've decided in your values work you really want to live so that's navigates and I just want to show you this book just one moment I'll get it for you now which is this one which is called get your life back the most effective therapies for a better you and this is a self-help book but it can also be used by clients and therapists together so
4:36 you could either give this to your clients to prepare for therapy give it to your friends who want to solve their own issues or use it Farra pastand client partnership to help you work through navigates and at the moment we're writing another book a therapist companion which is going to be about CBT plus as part of the route Lidge CBT distinctive features series so that's everything I've got to tell you right now about CBT plus and Rosie as you can see has not really been totally fascinated by my talk but she's obviously found it quite relaxing so thanks for your time and hope to see you again good bye
