Cognitive therapy for panic disorder

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Clark, David M. (David Millar), 1954- presenter.

American Psychological Association, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive therapy.

Panic disorders--Treatment.

Panic disorders.

Anxiety--Treatment.

Anxiety.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Panic Disorder.

Medical Subjects:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Panic Disorder.

Anxiety.

Genre:

Nonfiction films

Educational films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (49 min., 54 sec.))

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] American Psychological Association [2012]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Clinical psychologist David M. Clark, DPhil, conducts a demonstration psychotherapy session with an adult male client-actor based on actual clinical material. Using a highly structured cognitive therapy approach, Dr. Clark works with the client to reduce his anxiety by reframing his catastrophic beliefs, specifically challenging the client's belief that in the midst of a panic attack, his heart will stop and he will die. Through supportive inquiry into the client's thoughts, the therapist attempts to gain a better understanding of the client's belief system. In the early portion of the session, the therapist presents a restatement of the client's current beliefs alongside a reframed, alternative view in which the physical sensations do not signify that there is something physically wrong. Interweaving active discussion with various modalities, including psychoeducation with diagrams and scientific data as well as client exercises, the therapist helps the client differentiate physical sensations from his cognitive beliefs, laying the groundwork for interrupting the anxiety process and developing more realistic beliefs. Periodically throughout the session, the therapist uses a numerical scale to monitor the client's doubts regarding his conviction that physical sensations signify dire outcomes. Toward the end of the session, the therapist refers to the ways in which the client's fears are interfering with his life functioning, including sexual relations with his wife, as topics for subsequent sessions. Drawing on an exercise practiced in the session, the therapist assigns homework for the client to implement at his own pace. The session demonstration is followed by therapist reflections on the session

Notes:

Recording date: 1997-01-01

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