CBT for Depression
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Elevate your problem-solving skills with Dr. Nina Josefowitz in this dynamic webinar, building on the foundations of goal-setting. Discover how to help clients generate innovative solutions, assess their impact, and create actionable plans for success. Emphasising flexibility, resilience, and a positive mindset, Dr. Josefowitz introduces essential brainstorming principles—quantity, deferment of judgment, and variety—while sharing practical techniques for refining ideas and overcoming obstacles. Through real-world examples and interactive guidance, participants will gain the tools to ask targeted questions, navigate challenges, and implement solutions effectively. This session is an inspiring, hands-on journey toward smarter, more creative problem-solving.
Discover how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy transforms the treatment of depression. Dr Nina Josefowitz introduces the Four-Factor Model and behavioural activation, showing how targeted action can lift mood, break cycles of inactivity, and create meaningful change through practical, evidence-based CBT strategies.
Explore the practical power of Behavioural Activation with Dr Nina Josefowitz. Learn how timelines, activity charts, and real-life case examples reveal patterns of avoidance and inactivity, helping clients reintroduce positive activities that lift mood and disrupt the cycle of depression.
Expand clients’ mood-boosting options with Behavioural Activation. Dr Nina Josefowitz introduces new activity categories and the “Predict Your Mood” tool, helping clients test expectations, track real mood shifts, and build effective, personalised activity plans that support recovery from depression.
Learn how to turn insight into action using the Daily Activity Schedule. Dr Nina Josefowitz shows how analysing activity–mood patterns helps clients identify mood-boosting routines, increase engagement, and build personalised behavioural strategies to lift depression, even during low-energy periods.
Discover how daily routines shape mood in depression treatment. Dr Nina Josefowitz introduces the Daily Activity Schedule (DAS), showing how tracking activities and mood reveals hidden patterns, challenges beliefs of constant low mood, and uncovers opportunities for meaningful, mood-boosting change.
Boost client motivation with evidence-based strategies for behavioural activation. Dr Nina Josefowitz introduces motivational interviewing, decisional balance, and the Premack principle, offering practical ways to overcome inertia, strengthen commitment, and support clients in engaging with meaningful, mood-boosting activities.
Strengthen client motivation with advanced behavioural activation strategies. Dr Nina Josefowitz explores motivational interviewing OR skills and decisional balance, helping therapists create collaborative conversations that clarify values, reduce ambivalence, and support clients in choosing meaningful, mood-boosting actions.Dr Josefowitz further explores the Premack Principle, which involves pairing a less desirable activity with a preferred one. This...
Explore modern CBT strategies for treating depression with Dr Nina Josefowitz. Learn how to identify negative thought patterns, challenge self-defeating beliefs, and cultivate adaptive thinking styles that build emotional resilience and support lasting recovery through practical, evidence-based techniques.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she takes goal-setting to the next level, exploring creative problem-solving strategies. Learn how to guide clients in brainstorming, evaluating, and implementing effective solutions while fostering flexibility, resilience, and a positive mindset. Real-world examples make this session practical, engaging, and immediately applicable.
Shift from behaviour to cognition in CBT for depression. Dr Nina Josefowitz introduces how to identify automatic depressive thoughts, understand their impact on emotions and behaviour, and use guided questioning and worksheets to build self-awareness and emotional regulation.
Begin examining the evidence behind negative thoughts. Dr Nina Josefowitz guides therapists in helping clients identify and document reasons they believe their depressive thoughts—about themselves, others, or the future—are true, laying the foundation for deeper cognitive restructuring in CBT.
Learn how to challenge negative thoughts in depression. Dr Nina Josefowitz guides clients to identify evidence against harmful thinking, using open-ended questions, collaborative exploration, and detailed documentation to confront cognitive distortions, foster autonomy, and build a more balanced, resilient mindset.Dr Josefowitz explores key techniques including; asking open-ended questions to encourage exploration, avoiding direct instruction to...
Dr Nina Josefowitz guides therapists in helping clients develop balanced thoughts to counter depression. Building on evidence-based cognitive work, the session explores techniques for constructing emotionally resonant, realistic alternatives to negative thinking, reinforcing new patterns that replace rigid, self-defeating thoughts with supportive and nuanced perspectives.
Dr Nina Josefowitz explores ending therapy and building lasting resilience against depression relapse. The session highlights behavioural activation, self-care, and cognitive-behavioural skills, guiding clients to maintain routines, strengthen social connections, recognize early warning signs, and cultivate problem-solving strategies to navigate challenges and sustain emotional wellbeing.
Explore the cognitive traps that reinforce depression. Dr Nina Josefowitz introduces common cognitive distortions, teaching therapists how to help clients identify, label, and distance themselves from harmful thoughts, while using mindfulness techniques to manage emotional responses and prepare for deeper cognitive work.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she demonstrates the CBT Four-Factor Model in action. Working with her client Julia, she maps feelings, thoughts, physical reactions, and behaviours, explores how avoidance fuels depression, and highlights the importance of increasing engagement with daily activities to break the cycle and kickstart meaningful treatment.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she guides the first steps of Behavioral Activation in CBT. Witness how thoughtful assessment and small, realistic re-engagement goals help clients like Julia counteract depression. This session demonstrates compassionate, practical strategies to turn disengagement into meaningful action while fostering hope and progress.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she guides the next step in Behavioral Activation, exploring how daily activities influence mood. Using the Daily Activity Schedule, participants learn to identify patterns, discover what lifts or lowers mood, and set gentle, realistic goals—turning everyday actions into meaningful steps toward emotional well-being.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she shows how to help clients boost mood through structured, actionable steps. Using a daily activity schedule, patterns are uncovered, and positive activities—like social interaction and exercise—are prioritized. Learn practical strategies to guide clients in setting realistic plans that enhance mood and daily functioning.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she guides clients to expand mood-boosting activities. Using progress review and the “Predict Your Mood” worksheet, participants learn to challenge negative assumptions, explore rewarding actions, and set socially engaging goals. This session demonstrates practical CBT strategies for linking behaviour to values and fostering positive change.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she tackles low motivation in recovery. Using imaginal rehearsal and values-based motivation, participants learn how to help clients like Julia overcome avoidance and commit to meaningful actions. This session demonstrates practical CBT strategies for building psychological readiness, emotional relevance, and follow-through on important goals.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she introduces three powerful motivational tools in CBT: Concrete and Specific Planning, Decisional Balance, and the Premack Principle. Through her client Julia, participants see how to apply these strategies to overcome avoidance, initiate social contact, and build daily routines, fostering motivation and meaningful progress.Throughout the session, Dr. Josefowitz skillfully applies...
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she demonstrates the foundational steps of problem-solving for clients with depression. Using collaborative techniques with her client Julia, participants learn how to turn vague distress into clearly defined problems, foster client ownership, and set actionable goals—laying the groundwork for effective CBT interventions.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she demonstrates structured problem-solving in CBT. Following her client Julia, participants learn to brainstorm diverse solutions, evaluate feasibility, and plan implementation with specificity. This session highlights collaborative, client-centred strategies that foster autonomy, motivation, and actionable follow-through in addressing depression.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she explores the cognitive side of CBT for depression. Working with her client Julia, she demonstrates how to identify and examine negative automatic thoughts using structured worksheets, fostering curiosity, compassion, and deeper understanding of how thoughts influence feelings and behaviours.This session powerfully demonstrates how to identify and articulate depressive cognitions,...
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she demonstrates cognitive interventions for depression. Working with her client Julia, she shows how mindfulness and identification of cognitive distortions—like “mind reading” and “fortune telling”—can help clients gain distance from negative thoughts, reduce their emotional impact, and foster healthier thinking patterns.This session powerfully demonstrates how to identify and articulate depressive...
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she demonstrates CBT techniques for exploring negative self-beliefs. Working with her client Julia, she uses the “Examine the Reality of Your Thoughts” worksheet to gather evidence, manage emotional distress, and make overwhelming thoughts more manageable—laying the foundation for effective cognitive restructuring.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she demonstrates how to challenge self-defeating thoughts in clients with depression. Working with Julia, she uses structured questions and reflective prompts to uncover emotionally compelling evidence against beliefs like “I’m too stupid,” helping clients build balanced, self-compassionate perspectives and transform their self-perception.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz as she demonstrates how to develop balanced thoughts in CBT. Working with Julia, she reviews evidence for and against core beliefs, generates alternative perspectives, and uses repetition, writing, and body-based techniques to anchor new thinking—helping clients practice healthier responses and reduce the impact of unhelpful thoughts.
Join Dr. Nina Josefowitz and her client Julia as they reflect on their CBT journey. Revisiting interventions like behavioural activation, problem-solving, and cognitive restructuring, the session highlights Julia’s progress, relapse-prevention strategies, and the lifelong value of therapeutic skills, emphasising resilience, continued engagement, and the ongoing practice of mood-boosting strategies.
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