Treat Anxiety in children with CBPT — evidence-based protocol by Susan M. Knell
CBPT addresses childhood anxiety and fears by integrating cognitive restructuring and graded exposure into play, where the child rehearses adaptive coping in a developmentally appropriate way.
What you will be able to do
About this course
Anxiety and specific fears are among the most common mental health presentations in childhood. While some level of anxiety is developmentally normal, clinically significant anxiety can interfere with a child's daily functioning, school performance, and social development.
This course demonstrates how CBPT uses graduated exposure techniques — embedded within play — to help anxious and fearful children develop coping skills and reduce avoidance. Participants learn protocols that are immediately applicable in clinical practice.
Course objectives
- Assess generalized anxiety and specific fears using the CBPT framework
- Apply exposure techniques adapted for a play therapy context
- Design graduated exposure hierarchies appropriate for children
- Engage parents as co-therapists in the anxiety management program
Course requirements
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Clinical Social Workers
- Licensed Professional Counselors
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
- Licensed Mental Health Clinical Nurse Practitioners
The delivery of the certificate of attestation at the conclusion of the course will be tied to the evaluation of participants' requirements. In the absence of the requirements, the course hours will not be certified.
Curriculum · 1 lesson + Learning Test · 46 min
Instructor
Who this course is for
Psychologists and psychotherapists · Psychiatrists · Clinical and licensed independent social workers · Licensed professional counselors · Marriage and family therapists · Mental health clinical nurse practitioners.
A certificate of attendance is issued on completion, tied to the final learning test.