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The First Session
Introductions, establish roles and responsibilities, provide structure and expectations
Assessment – Conceptualization, Goals and Evaluation of Outcomes
Socialization to the CBT Model, start by setting an Agenda
Psycho-‐education to build awareness of thoughts, behaviors, physiology and their interactions
Agenda 1) Check in – set the agenda, timelines, check homework, forms
2) Overview of CBT Model or “Socializing to treatment”
3) Recap of ASD Strengths and Challenges
4) Review some Literature on CBT and ASDs
5) Introduce some CBT Specific Tools and Strategies
6) Explore treatment options to common challenges faced by individuals with ASDs -‐ anxiety, depression, phobias, affect regulation, PTSD
7) Jenn’s Story
8) Clinical Examples of interventions
9) Questions and Discussion
Socializing to the CBT model
Structure of the session
Roles of the therapist, roles of the client, expectations of each
Goals for time together, goals for time in between sessions
Rationale for interventions
Maintains consistency, trust, boundaries and comfort while building effective therapeutic rapport
Cognitive Behavior Therapy What you think and do affects the way you feel
(cognitive) (behavior) (emotional)
Changing how we think and act can change how we feel
CBT Therapists understand situations by looking at 5 Factors: -‐ Situation/ Environment
-‐ Thoughts
-‐ Behaviors
-‐ Physiological Reactions
-‐ Emotions
Five Factor Model
What do we know about Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Strengths: Challenges:
excellent memory for detail need help fitting to the bigger picture
vivid recall of experiences recall can be a negative, visceral experience
grasp concrete concepts well poor connection to emotional and physiological awareness
calculated decision making difficulty generalizing new skills
data and fact driven get ‘stuck’ on specific thoughts, moods, topics of conversation
Thrive in: predictable, data driven, concrete situations where roles are clearly defined, expectations are clearly set ahead of time, timeframes are concise, visual tools augment and support verbal material, abstract concepts are translated into concrete Have often developed creative, innovative ways of coping to learn to live with, and even overcome many of the challenges that go along with having an ASD
Common Presenting Problems with Autism Spectrum
Disorders Depression
Anxiety
Social Phobia
Panic Disorder
Other Specific Phobias Aversions/Avoidance
Why CBT for ASDs?
CBT originally developed for depression
Accidently found to be effective for anxiety
CBT has since been shown to be effective within the general population for common presenting problems found within the ASD population including depression, anxiety, panic, phobias and post traumatic stress disorder (see; Butler, Chapman, Forman & Beck, 2006).
But is CBT suitable for individuals with ASD?
Break the stigma around “therapy”
Break the stigma of ASD’s
“CBT, as mentioned, teaches people to monitor their own thoughts and perceptions with the hopes that they will become more aware of their interpretive errors. There is no reason to believe people with AS/HFA cannot learn to do this within a psychotherapy context” – Dr. Valerie Gaus
Asperger’s and Social Anxiety Disorder
Cardaciotto & Herbert (2004) Cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder in the context of Asperger's Syndrome: A single-‐subject report, Volume 11, Issue 1, Winter 2004, Pages 75–81
Asperger’s and SAD Diagnostic criteria overlap: -‐ social impairment -‐ highly circumscribed interests -‐ repetitive behaviors -‐ motor clumsiness
Both high rates of comorbidity with depression
Both show effective responses to CBT treatment (x14 weeks) with improvements in: decreased symptoms of anxiety, depression increased conversation skills and eye contact
Rotheram-‐Fuller and MacMullen (2011)
In their review of studies of CBT with children with ASD, Rotheram-‐Fuller and MacMullen found significant improvements in students with HFA and AS in concurrent areas of difficulty such as separation anxiety, social phobia, social anxiety, OCD, generalized anxiety, panic disorder and specific phobia.
Across all studies using CBT with youth with ASD they found decreased symptoms of anxiety, “social worries” and interpersonal conflicts, with increased problem solving abilities, social interactions, and positive changes in automatic thoughts.
CBT seems to be an effective approach to treat the concurrent difficulties faced by individuals with HFA and AS!
Why CBT for ASDs?
How does CBT fit for ASD?
Elements: The 5 C’s Consistent – time, length, place, format, expectations Collaborative – content, decision making, evaluation,
generalization Compassionate – sense of understanding and function
of current ways of being Curious – genuine, intentional questioning Concrete – making abstract concepts concrete, visual,
manageable
Laying the Groundwork Are we speaking the same language?
Assessment Self Report? Family/Friend Input?
Symptoms (emotional, physical, behavioral…)
Prevalence (lifelong? Sudden/gradual change?)
Developmental and Historical Information
Genetic/Biological Factors?
Coexisting conditions/contributing factors?
Alternative explanations?
Protective Factors, strengths, supports
Coexisting skills, treatment, care providers
Assessment Self Report? Family/Friend Input?
Symptoms (emotional, physical, behavioral…)
Prevalence (lifelong? Sudden/gradual change?)
Developmental and Historical Information
Genetic/Biological Factors?
Coexisting conditions/contributing factors?
Alternative explanations?
Protective Factors, strengths, supports
Coexisting skills, treatment, care providers
* Is ONGOING! Keep these in the back of your mind ALWAYS
Instead of only asking: “what is the function of this behavior?”
Also take the time to ask: “What has happened in this person’s life
that has contributed to how they are now trying to cope?”
Formulation Tool
Early Experiences
Core Beliefs
Rules I Live By
Critical Incidents
Thoughts
BodySensations
Feelings Responses
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CBT Case Conceptualization
Judith Beck Formulation Relevant Childhood Data
Core Beliefs
Conditional Assumptions / Attitudes / Rules (If ... then ...)
Coping Strategies
Situation
Automatic thought
Meaning of Automatic Thought
Emotion
Behaviour
Situation
Automatic thought
Meaning of Automatic Thought
Emotion
Behaviour
Situation
Automatic thought
Meaning of Automatic Thought
Emotion
Behaviour
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Core Beliefs
Old Rules For Living
New Rules For Living
Situation
Automatic thought
Physical Symptoms
Feeling/EmotionBehaviour
Presenting Problem / Effects Of These Old Rules
Precipitating / Triggers
Protective Factors
(If... Then... )
Situation
Automatic thought
Physical Symptoms
Feeling/EmotionBehaviour
BadNot good enough
UnacceptableWorthlessUnlovable
UnimportantInferiorStupid
Are theseworking for you?
Early Experiences
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Longitudinal Formulation
Psychoeducation
Physiological Awareness
Interpretation of physical reactions:
i.e.; heart racing, breathing shortens
Automatic thought: “I’m having a heart attack!” Subsequent reactions: pay more attention to breath, heart rate (both will naturally speed up) Maintained thought: “I’m having a heart attack and I’m going to die!!” ….Panic
Physiological Awareness
Threat System
Thoughts racing
Breathing becomesquicker and
shallower
Heart beats faster
Adrenal glandsrelease adrenaline
Bladder urgency
Palms becomesweaty
Muscles tense
Dizzy or lightheaded
The ‘fight or flight’ response gets the body ready to fight or run away. Once a threatis detected your body responds automatically. All of the changes happen for goodreasons, but may be experienced as uncomfortable when they happen in ‘safe’ situations.
helps us to evaluatethreat quickly and makerapid decisions, can be hardto focus on anything butthe feeling of danger
to take in more oxygenand make our body moreable to fight or run away
adrenaline signals otherorgans to get ready
feeds more blood tothe muscles and enhances ability tofight or run away
the body sweats to keep cool, thismakes it a more efficient machine
Changes to visiontunnel vision, or visionbecoming ‘sharper’
Dry mouth
muscles in the bladder relaxin response to stress
ready to fight or run awaythey may also shake ortremble
Hands get coldblood vessels in the skincontract to force bloodtowards major musclegroups
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Psychoeducation Emotional awareness:
Thoughts are different than feelings! And thoughts are not predictions of future events or actions!
How are emotions connected to our thoughts, and our bodies?
How we interpret situations can change our moods, behavior, even physiological responses
Provide an example that can be related to, but not reacted to (not super specific at this point)
Visual: Vicious Flower
Vicious Flower Formulation
http://media.psychologytools.org/Worksheets/English/Vicious_Flower_Formulation.pdf
Vicious Flower Formulation
Symptom Maintenance Cycle: What if I panic?
Focus on physical feelings
Increase physical
symptoms
Scared/Anxious Focus on physical
reaction”
I’m having a heart attack
Start: felt out of breath, + HR
Cognitive Awareness What are you thinking?!
We need help to:
Identifying Thought Patterns, Isolate the Hot Thoughts, Assumptions, Cognitive Distortions, Core Beliefs, Schemas
Tools to do this include:
Skillful and Socratic Questioning
Downward arrow Technique
Thought Records, Thought Chains
Simple Thought Record
Situation Feelings ThoughtsWho, what, when, where? What did you feel?
Rate your emotion 0 -100%What was going through your mind
as you started to feel this way?
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Isolating the “Hot Thought”
Hot Thought – the thought that is connected to the emotion
Clues: is the thought about Myself? Others? The world?
Is there a hidden thought beneath this “Hot Thought?”
Downward arrow technique – Ask, if this thought were true, what would that mean? And if that thought were true…?
Lets try an example together:
Sample Thought Record
Looking for evidence Try examining the evidence to support the thought first THEN look at the
evidence that doesn’t support the thought
Ask: What is the evidence that would support this idea? When are times that this has been true? What is the quality of the evidence? Are there multiple specific examples? Would a good lawyer defending you think this is good evidence?
Look at the Logic: “the cross examination”
Ask: I wonder, how does someone not liking you make you worthless? If one person likes you and another does not, does that make you worthless? Or worthwhile? Or something in between
Is there a “Double Standard?”
Ask: Do you know anyone who is liked by everyone? No? Then does that mean everyone is worthless? Lets think of someone who you admire and like – if someone happened to dislike them, would that make them worthless?
Modifying the Hot Thought
After examining the evidence for and against the Hot Thought, can we come up with a more balanced thought?
Rate how true you feel this new, balanced thought is.
How are you feeling now? Rate your mood
Data Driven
The data driven nature of CBT is also a benefit when working with the ASD population, who tend to thrive when tangible results can be seen in visual form: (numbers, percentages, statistics on charts, graphs, etc.)
Thoughts, feelings, behaviors can be externalized and made to feel more manageable
Can be posed as “experiments” or “super-‐sleuths” looking for clues, evidence, testing out new ways of thinking, feeling, acting
Behavioral Experiments
Testing out predictions, tracking their accuracy
Teasing apart thought – action fusion
Delaying/avoiding “safety behaviors”
Gathering data/evidence to test out predicted vs actual outcomes
Trying out new ways of interacting, thinking, reacting, gathering data to motivate and support new ways
Activity Scheduling
CBT interventions for depression have been proven to be as effective as psycho-‐pharmaceutical interventions, regardless of severity of depression symptoms
i.e.; Butler, A. C. & Beck, A. T. (1995). Cognitive therapy for depression. The Clinical Psychologist, 48(3), 3-‐5.
Treatment involves: Cognitive Restructuring, building Adaptive Coping Skills, Activity Scheduling, Mastery and Pleasure monitoring
Vicious cycle of sedentary lifestyle on cognitive rumination, mood, physiological symptoms… Get moving!
Mastery and Pleasure Pick an activity that you enjoy or that gives you a sense of accomplishment that
you do not usually engage in. (It may be an activity you used to do, but have stopped; or it may be a new activity. You can refer to the Mastery and Pleasure List which is just after this exercise for ideas):
Activity: Cooking, trying a new recipe Plan a time to engage in the activity: Thursday, dinner time (6pm)
Note your mood on a scale of 1-‐10 before and after engaging in the activity: (1=very low mood; 10=very positive mood)
Activity: Cooking (tried a new recipe)
Mood Before: Tired, after long hard day, but in a good mood, glad to be home: 7
Mood After: Felt rewarded, and content that new recipe worked out well: 9
Comment on your experience :
Challenging Cognitions “Cognitive Restructuring”
fancy term for identifying unhealthy thinking patterns and changing them
may involve examining past evidence, identifying common thinking errors, conducting a real world experiment to test assumptions about the world, and using written and verbal exercises to address problematic thinking
Example, an adult with Asperger’s may present to treatment with a belief that others appreciate being corrected on grammar. As a behavior experiment, he or she may be asked to take an informal survey of neighbors and colleagues to test this assumption -‐ to see if people typically appreciate having their conversational grammar corrected. Such an experiment would return data that might likely show that people actually dislike being corrected on their speech, a discovery that may help the patient reject his or her mistaken belief
Cognitive Distortions Mind Reading: “She thinks I’m lazy and stupid” – making an assumption that I know
what someone else is thinking without any evidence to support it.
Personalizing: “We lost the game today because I played horribly” You assume that what people are saying, or doing, is about you, even though there is not necessarily any indication. You often compare yourself to others, trying to determine how you compare to the other person in a variety of attributes, such as intelligence, competence, looks.
Blaming: “It’s all his fault that we broke up” –focus on another person as a source of the problem without taking any responsibility.
Dichotomous thinking: “I am a complete failure!” –view self in an all-‐or nothing term.
Fortunetelling: “I’m not going to get that raise” – negative prediction of the future.
Discounting positives: “Everyone gets an A in this class, it has nothing to do with how hard I studied”. – Do not take responsibility or credit for positive things that happen.
Cognitive Distortions Filtering. Filtering involves focusing on negative details while other positive aspects of a situation are ignored.
Overgeneralization. You make a broad generalization, which is only based on one piece of evidence.
Polarized thinking – You or others are either black or white, good or bad, perfect or failure. In such thinking there is no room for grays or middle ground in evaluating yourself or others. Aka: Black and White thinking
Making assumptions / mind reading – You assume that you know what people are feeling and thinking, and why they are acting that way. usually how they are thinking or feeling about you, and it is almost always negative.
Personalizing – You assume that what people are saying, or doing, is about you, even though there is not necessarily any indication. In addition, in personalizing, you often compare yourself to others, trying to determine how you compare to the other person in a variety of attributes, such as intelligence, competence, looks.
Catastrophizing – Individuals expect, and often have, an image of disaster occurring because of the initial difficulty or situation. Catastrophic thoughts often start with “what if.” For example, your child borrows the car in the evening, and you think, “What if he has an accident? What if the car breaks down? What if his friends are drunk and cause him to also drink and drive?”
Magnifying and Minimizing – The degree or intensity of the problem is exaggerated so that anything difficult is evaluated as overwhelming; and anything positive is ignored or seen as irrelevant.
Shoulds – Individuals believe that they know how both themselves and others “should” behave.
Clues about Cognitive Distortions
Comparison of self to others
Using words like “always” or “never”
Stating rules like “should”
Making predictions about the future
Assuming that you know what others are thinking
Unhelpful Thinking Styles
All or nothingthinking
Mental filter
2 + 2 = 5
Jumping toconclusions
Emotionalreasoning
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Labelling
Over-generalising
“everything isalways rubbish”“nothing goodever happens”
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Disqualifyingthe positive
Magnification (catastrophising)
& minimisation
should
must
“this ismy fault”
Personalisation
Sometimes called ‘black and white thinking’
If I’m not perfect I have failed
Either I do it right or not at all
Only paying attention tocertain types of evidence.
Noticing our failures butnot seeing our successes
There are two key types ofjumping to conclusions:
Mind reading (imagining we know what others are thinking)
Fortune telling (predicting the future)
Assuming that because we feel a certain way what we think must be true.
I feel embarrassed so I mustbe an idiot
Assigning labels to ourselves or other people
I’m a loserI’m completely uselessThey’re such an idiot
Using critical words like ‘should’, ‘must’, or ‘ought’can make us feel guilty, orlike we have already failed
If we apply ‘shoulds’ toother people the result isoften frustration
Seeing a pattern basedupon a single event, or being overly broad in the conclusions we draw
Discounting the goodthings that have happenedor that you have done forsome reason or another
That doesn’t count
Blowing things out of proportion (catastrophising), orinappropriately shrinkingsomething to make it seemless important
Blaming yourself or takingresponsibility for something that wasn’tcompletely your fault. Conversely, blaming other people for something that was your fault.
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Worry Time
When chronic worrying takes up most mental and physical energy throughout the day
Learn to delay the worry by setting aside specific times (i.e. worry for 20 minutes straight) and mechanisms in which to worry (make a list of all the things you’re worried about)
Learn that some worry can be productive – if supplemented with appropriate problem solving strategies and tools
Other worry can be meaningless and easier to let go of
Social Skills Training CBT can help individuals with ASD build social skills needed to
navigate the complex social world
Includes psycho-‐education and role play to practicing social rules
i.e.; do not discuss your lousy day in depth when a stranger asks how you are doing today
and social principles
i.e.; it is sometimes okay to tell a white lie to avoid upsetting somebody
Treatment will also include discussing and practicing higher level skills, like understanding the emotions and intentions of others
Relaxation Training
Noticing Physical Symptoms of tension, anxiety
Normalizing physical sensations
Identifying Anxious Thoughts
Practice, training in being calm, relaxed through:
-‐ Breathing excercises
-‐ Progressive Muscle Relaxation
-‐ Guided Imagery
-‐ Mindfulness and meditation practice
Stress Inoculation Training
Meichenbaum, (1977, 1996)
Three Phase Approach to helping individuals cope after exposure to high stress situations and/or as a preventative to help tolerate future stresses
-‐ Conceptualization
-‐ Skills acquisition and rehearsal
-‐ Application and follow-‐through
Assertiveness Skills Training
Assertiveness is not the same as aggression
Assertiveness is being able to stand up for your personal rights
Requires good self awareness and effective communication skills in order to: -‐express thoughts, feelings and beliefs -‐be direct, honest and appropriate
Role Playing, Generalization, Behavioral Experiments
Behavioral Modification Habit Reversal and Ritual Prevention
Individuals with ASD can often present with repetitive movements, rituals, routines – and sometimes these can be harmful or maladaptive
CBT strategies have been developed to specifically address concerns for other types of problems and can be helpful for those with ASD.
Delayed gratification (learning to tolerate anxiety of waiting)
Elimination of “Safety Behaviors” (checking phone, email)
Reduction of patterns of avoidance (crowds)
Exposure
Types of Exposure
In Vivo (Exposure to actual feared object or situation)
Virtual (Use computers)
Imaginal (visualize, think about encountering and mastering interaction with feared object)
Exposure
Graded Hierarchy to work up to most feared situation slowly
Can use group format for graduated experience i.e.; Reading out loud -‐> social interactions -‐> trying new things
Make predict, do the activity, process accomplishment “experiment style”
Challenges/Cautions
changing maladaptive thought patterns
use of overdeveloped interests/icons in session
avoiding use of euphemisms
homework/practice needed to improve generalization
Collaborative approach with client and other care providers essential
Making Abstract Concrete – comic strips, thought logs
Rumination….
Rumination What is it? -‐ Dwelling on difficulties/ things that bother us -‐ Repeatedly thinking about things from the past -‐ Becoming preoccupied with something and not being able to get it out of our thoughts -‐ Something we do to try to deal with our problems
Is it normal? -‐YES – to some extent we all do this Thinking about problems can often help us solve them, come up with actions, plan ahead Usually rumination is time limited – stops when problem is solved Excessive rumination can interfere with daily life
Rumination Continued
When is it a problem?
When the focus is on the causes and consequences instead of the solution
i.e.; “What did I do to deserve this?” “Will this ever get better?” instead of “What can I do to make things better?”
-‐Excessive rumination linked to depression and anxiety
-‐Can lead to decreased activity and avoidance instead of problem solving
Rumination Continued
Rumination Continued
Integration of Interests
Rotheram-‐Fuller and MacMullen (2011):
-‐use of individual perseverative interests can also incorporated into therapy to engage and motivate clients (i.e. “What would batman do if…?”)
-‐caution: this can be limiting when trying to promote increased cognitive flexibility as an individual with AS who has dedicated many hours collecting “the facts” on a particular area of interest will have a very difficult time if he has to manipulate any of those facts to suit a real life situations.
Visual tools and role play
Thought Chains
Thought Records
Body maps
Social StoriesTM
In-‐vivo role-‐plays
Video modeling
Comic Strip ConversationsTM
Show me what happened…
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
In reaction to an “extreme” traumatic event (death, threat of death, serious physical injury, threat to physical integrity)
Three cardinal sets of symptoms: 1) re-‐experiencing of the trauma (memories, nightmares,
flashbacks) 2) avoidance of internal and external cues associated with
the trauma (incl. feelings of numbness or detachment) 3) increased arousal (insomnia, irritability, trouble
concentrating, hypervigilence)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dr. Donald Meichenbaum
www.roadmaptoresilience.org
http://www.melissainstitute.org/
“Post Traumatic Growth”
Fostering Resilience (aka ‘True Grit’):
-‐ connection to a community
-‐ ‘re-‐storying’
-‐ forum to “make a gift” out of story
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
General CBT Treatment Plan for PTSD:
Assessment – clinical evaluation of trauma, symptoms, patterns of avoidance, physical examination, consideration of medication
Socialize to treatment
Anxiety management training
Exposure – Imaginal to trauma memory and cues -‐ In vivo to avoided situations
Cognitive Restructuring
Problem solving skill development
Phasing out treatment
Jenn’s Story
Graded Exposure Hierarchy
Make a list of most feared situation (10/10) to least feared situations (0/10)
Important to always have an anchor (0/10) to start from
Throughout: – normalize anxiety, function, purpose -‐ plan to accept and tolerate arousal -‐ take the danger away (facts, data) -‐ challenge negative thoughts -‐ learn from the past (thoughts/predicts)
Cognitive Distortions linked to Trauma
CBT Treatment Plan for Anxiety
CBT Treatment Plan for Depression
CBT Treatment Plan for Panic Disorder
CBT Treatment Plan for Specific Phobias
Evidence Based Support for CBT for Panic
Resources Greenberger, D. & Padesky , C. (1995). Mind over mood.
New York: Guilford Press
Leahy, R. & Holland, S. (2000). Treatment plans and interventions for depression and anxiety disorders. New York: Guilford
Guided Relaxation and Meditation Recordings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W31vHDjyng
Progressive Muscle Relaxation Links, from the York University CDCV websitehttp://www.hws.edu/studentlife/resources/counseling/relax.asp
Resources
Psychology Tools -‐ Free Resources for Therapists to Share: http://www.psychologytools.org/
Victim Services: for access to VQRP funds for counselling support following a crime:http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/ovss/default.asp
Resources for Trauma and Resiliency: The Melissa Institute: http://www.melissainstitute.org/ Road Map to Resilience:
http://www.roadmaptoresilience.org/
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