CBT-E For Adolescents Workshop

About this event

Psychologist and BodyMatters Director Sarah McMahon presents a one-day workshop on Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) for Adolescents. 

Location: Via Zoom, Link to be provided prior to the event.
Price: $400
Date: Friday 28 April 2023 AEST

About the Workshop:

CBT-E offers a promising new evidence based treatment framework for adolescents recovering from eating disorders. Similar to the adult version of CBT-E, the adolescent version is a personalized intervention that targets key maintaining features of eating disorders and provides an additional framework for working with an adolescent client, including involving family members as support. It is an individual treatment designed to enhance an adolescent’s agency and autonomy, build engagement and can be applied transdiagnostically. This one day workshop will support you to apply this model of treatment.

Learning Outcomes:

• An understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of CBT-E Adolescent
• To understand when CBT-E is indicated and contraindicated
• To understand the key differences between the adult and adolescent version of CBT-E
• To understand the key differences between MFBT and CBT-E

Ability to deliver the model, including: 

• Formulation
• Implement core tenets of the treatment
• Understand the treatment sequence (including key treatment steps and goals)
• Access clinical tools to use the model
• To access and provide psychoeducation relevant to the person’s clinical presentation. 

Measure treatment adherence outcomes using standardised measures, including:

• Monitoring weight
• Eating disorder behaviour e.g., binge-purge frequency
• Eating disorder psychopathology with psychometric tools

Pre requisite: Completed 2 day training in CBT-E