News

March 28, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carol Carrithers, Vice President
Marketing and Communications
502-589-8600(W) or 245-5782 (H)

Seven Counties Services, Inc.
Sponsors Cognitive Therapy Workshop

Seven Counties Services' Training Institute, in conjunction with the Kentucky Psychological Association and Dr. Elizabeth Moran Fitzgerald, Inc. will present the workshop “Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond,” with Judith S. Beck, Ph.D from the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Jesse Wright, M.D., Ph.D. from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville:

9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 22
Hurstbourne Hotel
9700 Bluegrass Pkwy.
Louisville, KY

This interactive workshop will provide the essentials of cognitive therapy. Workshop participants will learn how to view patients according to a cognitive framework; how to use this framework to plan treatment; and how to explain the cognitive model to patients. Participants also will learn how to structure therapy sessions, and how to use standard cognitive and behavioral strategies. The workshop will benefit nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, art therapists, mental health professionals, and alcohol and drug counselors.

Presenter Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research and clinical associate professor of psychology in psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania; is co-author of Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders. She also authored the basic textbook Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond. Dr. Beck is recognized around the world as the premier voice of cognitive behavior therapy.

Presenter Jesse H. Wright, M.D., Ph.D., is chief of adult psychiatry and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville; and medical director, Norton Psychiatric Center. He is co-author of Getting Your Life Back: The Complete Guide to Recovery from Depression. Dr. Wright also is the principal author of Good Days Ahead, the first DVD-ROM interactive computer program for combating depression and anxiety.

Presenter Jesse H. Wright, M.D., Ph.D., is chief of adult psychiatry and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville; and medical director, Norton Psychiatric Center. He is co-author of Getting Your Life Back: The Complete Guide to Recovery from Depression. Dr. Wright also is the principal author of Good Days Ahead, the first DVD-ROM interactive computer program for combating depression and anxiety.

The workshop registration fee is $115 per person. A 10% discount is available for Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA) members. For more information regarding continuing education credits and to register, contact Seven Counties’ Training Institute at 502-589-8600.

Seven Counties Services, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation that provides planning, prevention, treatment and support in the areas of mental health, alcohol and other drug abuse, and mental retardation and other developmental disabilities in Jefferson, Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer, Henry, Oldham, and Trimble counties. It is Kentucky’s largest comprehensive mental health center, and one of the nation's largest. More than 1,400 clinical and administrative staff members provide services to approximately 30,000 persons each year.