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The 7 Keys to Successful Cotreatment!

By Stephen V. Sobel, M.D.

Why You Should Take This Course

Your goal of treatment is to help your clients achieve full remission of symptoms. Today, for a whole variety of reasons this treatment is generally conducted in the form of the psychotherapist providing psychotherapy, while a physician/psychiatrist prescribes medication treatment. Cotreatment is fraught with potential pitfalls and frustrations, but also with great rewards. You are tired of being frustrated by your interactions with physicians and psychiatrists. You want to know the keys to successful cotreatment. You want to understand how to effectively communicate with physicians and psychiatrists. You want to know how to be certain you receive the respect that you deserve. You want to benefit from cotreatment and you want your client to benefit from cotreatment. You want to understand the 7 Keys to Successful Cotreatment. You are fed up with frustrating relationships with physicians and psychiatrists and are ready for rewarding ones!


Learning Objectives

By successfully completing this course you will be able to:

  1. Understand why psychotherapy and medication treatment are combined.

2. Identify the potential pitfalls of cotreatment.

3. Experience the benefits of cotreatment.

4. Identify studies demonstrating the superiority of psychotherapy plus medication.treatment over medication treatment only.

5. Understand how respect is given or not given in cotreatment.

6. Identify important issues of communication.

7. Recognize strategies for successful consultations.

8. Identify issues of splitting and triangulation.

9. Differentiate between different types of attachment styles and their impact on the treatment triad.

10. Understand the meaning of referral to clients.

11. Understand the meaning of medications to clients.

12. Fast track your way to successful and rewarding cotreatment.


What your colleagues are saying:

“Dr. Sobel has an outstanding gift for making complex material easily understandable.”

“Great information regarding medications and collaboration between therapist and psychiatrist.  Very useful.”

“Superb.  I learned so much.”

“Dr. Sobel has so much valuable information.”

“I can’t wait to apply this course.”


       
 
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