Session 1 - Introducing a New Approach to Client Resistance — Richard Simon, Ph.D. and David Burns, M.D.
Learn about David’s TEAM approach for overcoming resistance. Find out how the elements of the process-testing, empathy, agenda setting, and methods-combine to “melt” resistance, motivate clients, and result in more positive outcomes. The session covers:

• The nature of client resistance and how it prevents therapeutic change
• Using paradoxical agenda-setting before other interventions to make sure that the client is really ready to change
• Methods that intensify the therapist-client alliance and generate deep motivation for the client’s full engagement in treatment

Session 2 - Melting Resistance: Clinical Demo and Analysis I — Richard Simon, Ph.D. and David Burns, M.D.
Watch David Burns implement his TEAM approach with a client who’s struggled for 9 years with crippling symptoms from a traumatic event. The 90-minute session combines clinical video with analysis and covers:

• How to bring a client’s resistance into awareness
• The process for identifying the positives hidden in negative beliefs
• The 5 steps of paradoxical agenda-setting

Session 3 - From Resistance to Healing: Clinical Demo and Analysis II — Richard Simon, Ph.D. and David Burns, M.D.
The clinical video and analysis continues in this 90-minute session concluding with a dramatic positive outcome. It features agenda-setting and use of methods-the final 2 phases of the TEAM process. You’ll learn:

• More detail about using paradoxical agenda-setting to melt resistance
• How to customize therapy by varying intensity and method
• Methods for “testing” and tracking the changes in a client’s beliefs

Session 4 - Preparing Your Client to Prevent Relapse — Richard Simon, Ph.D. and David Burns, M.D.
David Burns and Richard Simon follow up the extraordinary single-session resolution seen in the clinical demonstration with a detailed discussion of relapse-why it occurs and how to prevent it. The session covers:

• The importance of addressing relapse prevention as part of therapy
• How to expose the negative self-talk that underlies relapse and help clients practice defeating it
• Necessary steps for creating an effective relapse prevention plan

OBJECTIVES

1. Explain the process of paradoxical agenda-setting and how it helps the client become their own agent for change
2. Identify the four steps of TEAM therapy
3. Describe why the therapist’s empathy is such a crucial ingredient in helping clients undo negative thinking patterns
4. Create a mood log and be able to take an assessment at the start and conclusion of therapy
5. Review how to work with a client to develop a customized relapse prevention plan

OUTLINE
Introducing a New Approach to Client Resistance

• Learn about David’s TEAM approach for overcoming resistance. Find out how the elements of the process-testing, empathy, agenda setting, and methods-combine to “melt” resistance, motivate clients, and result in more positive outcomes.

Melting Resistance: Clinical Demo and Analysis I

• Watch David Burns implement his TEAM approach with a client who’s struggled for 9 years with crippling symptoms from a traumatic event.

From Resistance to Healing: Clinical Demo and Analysis II

• The clinical video and analysis continues in this 90-minute session concluding with a dramatic positive outcome. It features agenda-setting and use of methods-the final 2 phases of the TEAM process.

Preparing Your Client to Prevent Relapse

• David Burns and Richard Simon follow up the extraordinary single-session resolution seen in the clinical demonstration with a detailed discussion of relapse-why it occurs and how to prevent it.