Module One: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 1
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Understand Your Client’s Depression: How Life Changes and Stressors Can Lead to Depression
SESSION 2 OF 5
Duration 11mins 15secs
In this session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz builds on the foundation of the four-factor CBT model introduced in the previous session, guiding us through the beginning stages of Behavioral Activation—specifically, the assessment phase. Dr. Josefowitz helps her client Julia, explore significant life changes and how these have impacted her daily activities and well-being. Using the “Understand Your Depression” worksheet, they examine how certain events have contributed to reduced engagement in previously enjoyable and meaningful activities. Dr. Josefowitz gently helps Julia begin to identify small, realistic re-engagement goals and frames the exploration in a non-judgmental, validating way, emphasising that even if attempts to re-engage are unsuccessful, they are still meaningful steps toward recovery. This session highlights how CBT’s behavioral activation process can help clients move from disengagement to action, and begin to counteract the depressive spiral.
ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: CBT for Depression 4 (Demonstrations)
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Introduction to CBT Theory and Behavioural Activation
In this session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz demonstrates the application of the CBT Four-Factor Model to understand a client's experience of depression and develops a treatment plan. The session begins by identifying the client Julia's feelings, thoughts, physical reactions, and behaviours, creating a clear depiction of how these factors interconnect and contribute to her depression. Dr....
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In this session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz builds on the foundation of the four-factor CBT model introduced in the previous session, guiding us through the beginning stages of Behavioral Activation—specifically, the assessment phase. Dr. Josefowitz helps her client Julia, explore significant life changes and how these have impacted her daily activities and well-being. Using the "Understand...
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Understand Your Client’s Depression: How Daily Activities Are Related to Depression
In this session, Dr Nina Josefowitz follows up with her client, ‘Julia’, to explore how her planned activity has impacted her mood. Dr Josefowitz introduces the Daily Activity Schedule, a tool to help identify patterns between daily activities and mood fluctuations. Together, they map out one day, analyse mood trends, and discover that social interaction...
04
Start to Develop Mood-Boosting Activities
In this session, Dr Nina Josefowitz demonstrates how to start to develop mood boosting activities with a client. Dr Josefowitz reviews a daily activity schedule and identifies patterns in her client’s mood. They discover that mornings and social isolation worsen her depression, while social interaction and physical activity tend to lift her mood. Dr. Josefowitz...
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Encourage Additional Mood-Boosting Activities
In this session, Dr Nina Josefowitz demonstrates how to Encourage Additional Mood-Boosting Activities. Dr. Josefowitz builds on a previous behavioural activation plan with Julia, a client experiencing depression. She reviews Julia’s progress with mood-boosting activities and Julia reflects on which actions felt rewarding or difficult. Dr. Josefowitz then helps her identify new socially engaging activities...
ALL MODULES IN THIS SERIES
Module One: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 2
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Module One: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 3
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Module One: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 4 (Demonstrations)
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Module One: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 5 (Demonstrations)
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
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