CBT+: Skills for Taming Your Anxiety
We are still confirming dates for this course.
Interested? Join the waitlist today!
Email: education@talltreehealth.ca
Call: 250-658-9222
Note: Payment only required upon registration. There is no cost associated with joining our waitlist.
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8-Week In-Person Series
Where: Tall Tree Health Cordova Bay Location
Date: TBD - Accepting Waitlist
Time: 2:30PM - 4:30PM every Thursday
Course Size: Participants will be limited to 12 people to ensure individualized attention from our facilitators.
Overview: At each in-person class, group participants will learn valuable information and tools to understand and build skills to manage anxiety. See “Lesson Descriptions” for more information on course content. Each lesson will provide an opportunity to receive individualized attention from our facilitators. You will leave this course with personalized action and maintenance plans.
This course is distinct from other CBT for Anxiety courses offered in the Greater Victoria area. We’ve named our offering CBT+ to reflect the foundational roots of this course but also to acknowledge that we teach other scientifically-supported skills for anxiety management, including:
Brief mindfulness practices
Emotional regulation skills (from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy)
Assertive communication skills (from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy)
Willingness and committed action (from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
Cost: $300 (plus GST)
Did you know? This group course may be covered through your Extended Health Benefits if you have psychology or occupational therapy group treatment coverage. Check your policy for more details.
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The group format offers several advantages in the treatment of anxiety, including the opportunity for patients to meet others with similar challenges, support and help each other, and reinforce their progress. For individuals with social anxiety, groups also provide important “real life” opportunities within a safe environment to disrupt anxious thoughts and practice new ways of relating to others.
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Week 1
Understanding Anxiety
Healthy Behaviours
Diaphragmatic Breathing
Week 2
CBT Model Introduction
Body Scan
Week 3
Dealing with Feelings
Week 4
Automatic Thoughts & Unhelpful Thinking Styles
Week 5
Challenging Unhelpful Thinking Styles
Week 6
Taking Action: Gradual Exposure
Week 7
Taking Action: Behavioural Experiments and Assertive Communication
Week 9
Maintenance Planning & Saying Goodbye
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the "gold standard" or the best available psychological treatment for anxiety disorders. It is a short-term, goal-oriented treatment that helps people identify and change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep them stuck. CBT is different from many other therapeutic approaches because it focuses on the ways that a person's cognitions (thoughts), emotions, and behaviours are connected and affect one another.
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This course will be facilitated by Tall Tree mental health professionals Dr. Jo Epping-Jordan (Registered Psychologist) and Cassi Starc (Registered Occupational Therapist). Jo and Cassi each have extensive experience leading psychoeducational groups and working with people who have anxiety. They are excited to be now teaming up to offer this time-limited course.
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