Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) presents a variety of challenges for therapists, who must support clients through extreme worry while guiding them through a progressive, collaborative course of treatment. Well-informed clinical planning, along with a thorough understanding of GAD’s specific features, is essential for maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance and keeping your work from losing focus and momentum. In this video, Drs. Arthur Jongsma and Timothy Bruce offer a wealth of information you can bring to clients immediately, with the added value of an evidence-based framework to ground your efforts.
The video is broken into a number of modules that provide structure and pacing to the material. Bruce and Jongsma start by offering a detailed review of Generalized Anxiety Disorder’s features as outlined in the DSM, including definitions, symptoms, and diagnosis criteria. A brief survey of the empirically supported treatment (EST) movement highlights historical benchmarks and tracks the development of the latest ESTs for GAD. The two clinicians also describe their six-step treatment planning process, with the goal of helping you design plans consistent with ESTs and the often-stringent documentation requirements of the field.
In addition to sample treatment plans, you’ll find a series of clinical vignettes that bring the methods to life. Watch and learn as a therapist demonstrates interventions including relaxation training, cognitive restructuring, and psychoeducation, accompanied by expert commentary from Bruce and Jongsma, who compare and contrast approaches as they evaluate what you’ve just seen. A section on relapse prevention rounds out the video, for a hefty set of tools that will help you optimize treatment.
If you’re looking for a comprehensive guide to evidence-based treatment planning or a clear review of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, look no further. With this video, Bruce and Jongsma provide a reassuring foundation for building empirically sound treatment plans with confidence.
