Psychology 560
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Fall 2007 – Spring 2008
Thursdays 4-7pm
319 Moore Bldg
Professor: José SotoOffice: 615 Moore Building
Phone: 863-0382E-mail:
Office hours: By appointment
Team Overview and Objectives
This practicum is intended to provide you with a basic understanding of cognitive behavioral theory and practice and to assist you in applying these therapeutic perspectives and techniques in your own clinical work. This will be accomplished by a combination of weekly group (team) and individual supervision meetings. Team meetings will be used to discuss assigned readings, develop and practice specific therapeutic techniques, view relevant audio-visual material and present and discuss client material. Individual supervision sessions will focus more specifically on the cases you will be carrying as part of your participation in the team. As part of both the individual and team meetings we will regularly review videotapes of your sessions and work toward helping you develop a cognitive-behavioral case conceptualization for each of your clients. Each of you will be responsible for presenting each of your clients one time (three presentations total) before the end of year.
The required text for this class is:
Cognitive Therapy in Practice: A Case Formulation Approach
by Jacqueline B. Persons
The following readings and any additional readings will be provided for you:
Handbook of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, Second Edition
by Keith S. Dobson(Editor)
Ethical Principles ofPsychologists and Code of Conduct (2002)
by American Psychological Association
Available at
Psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral formulations of a single case
by Persons & Silberschatz (1991)
Tentative Course Outline
8/31Introduction and Orientation
9/07Ethics Code; Ethics and Professional Expectations
9/14Persons (1); Dobson (1); The Cognitive Model
9/20Persons (2); Dobson (2) Problem List
9/27Persons (3); Sample Case Formulation
10/04Dobson (5); Persons & Silberchatz (1991) CBT and other therapeutic techniques
10/11Persons (4); Activity Scheduling
10/18Persons (5); Role Playing/Modeling
10/25Persons (6); Thought Records
11/01Persons (7); Chaining Activity
11/08Persons (8); Homework
11/15Persons (9)
11/22No Team: Thanksgiving Break
11/29Persons (10)
12/06Persons (11); Dobson (Problem Solving); CBT video
12/13Mid-Year Review & Feedback
End Fall Semester
1/17Welcome Back; Case reviews
1/24Case Presentation:
1/31Case Presentation:
2/07Case Presentation:
2/14Case Presentation:
2/21Case Presentation:
2/28Case Presentation:
3/06Case Presentation:
3/13No Team: Spring Break
3/20Case Presentation:
3/27Case Presentation:
4/03Case Presentation:
4/10Case Presentation:
4/17Case Presentation:
4/24Case Presentation:
5/01Review, Reflections & Feedback
End Spring Semester