Second Series of Videos

We are pleased to announce a second set of CCI demonstration videos. These will be released gradually over the course of 2021.

• Explaining Safety Behaviours & Why We Drop Them - In this video, we explain to a client how safety behaviours can keep their anxiety going. We also provide a rationale for why it is important to drop these safety behaviours in order to break the cycle of anxiety.
• Introducing the Thought-Feeling Connection - In this video, we illustrate how a therapist can explain the thought-feeling connection to a client. This discussion is often a part of introducing the client to cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and its treatment targets.
• Developing a Panic Formulation - In this video, we illustrate an example of explaining to a client how panic attacks occur, and how they develop into panic disorder. We demonstrate how the client’s personal experience can be elicited to build a collaborative formulation that informs panic treatment.
• Doing Interoceptive Exposure - In this video, we demonstrate an example of conducting interoceptive exposure (exposure to physiological sensations) during the session.

• Explaining What Keeps Eating Disorders Going - In this video, we demonstrate an example of how to explain to a client what is keeping their eating disorder going.

• Introducing Weekly Weighing in Eating Disorders Treatment - In this video, we demonstrate an example of how we introduce weekly weighing to clients as a key component of treatment for an eating disorder and discuss its process and rationale.

• Explaining the Vicious Cycle of Worry - In this video, we illustrate an example of explaining to a client about what keeps worry going. This metacognitive formulation can be applied to working with worry and/or rumination - mental processes that are often observed in, and known to maintain, various psychological disorders such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder. 
• Explaining Worry Postponement - In this video, we introduce a technique called “worry postponement” for managing worries. We encourage you to watch the video "Explaining the Vicious Cycle of Worry" before you watch this video.
  
  
• Understanding 'Feeling Fat' - In this video, we demonstrate an example of how we discuss with clients the commonly heard phrase “I feel fat”. We review: the consequences of using this phrase; its role in reinforcing overvaluing weight and shape; and the importance of correctly identifying and addressing underlying feelings.
  
  
• Understanding the 'Eating Disorder Mindset' - In this video we demonstrate an example of how we introduce the concept of mindsets to a client in treatment for an eating disorder, using a metaphor to illustrate the concept. The ‘eating disorder mindset’ is strongly influenced by concerns about controlling one’s eating, as well as body weight and shape. Helping clients to identify, understand, and challenge this mindset is a key part of eating disorder treatment.
  
  
• Explaining the Impact of Relying Too Much on Shape and Weight for Self-Worth - In this video, we demonstrate an example of how we explain to clients the negative impact that relying too much on body shape and weight has on a person’s self-worth. A pie chart exercise is introduced to explain areas of self-worth and we consider ways to reduce the importance of shape and weight by expanding other valued areas.

First Series of Videos

These videos were released in 2019.

• Explaining the Vicious Cycle of Depression - In this video, we illustrate an example of how the vicious cycle of depression can be explained to a client.
• Reversing the Vicious Cycle of Depression - In this video, we describe how we can reverse the vicious cycle of depression to a client. We encourage you to watch the preceding video on "Explaining the Vicious Cycle of Depression" before you watch this video.
• Explaining the Vicious Cycle of Anxiety - In this video, we illustrate an example of how the vicious cycle of anxiety can be explained to a client.
• Reversing the Vicious Cycle of Anxiety - In this video, we describe how we can reverse the vicious cycle of anxiety to a client. We encourage you to watch the preceding video on "Explaining the Vicious Cycle of Anxiety" before you watch this video.
• Working Through a Thought Diary - In this video, we illustrate an example of working through the process of identifying negative automatic thoughts, and of cognitive disputation.
• Behavioural Activation Part I - This video is the first of a three-part series on Behavioural Activation. Part I illustrates how weekly activity monitoring can be introduced and set up for homework with a client.
• Behavioural Activation Part II - This video is the second of a three-part series on Behavioural Activation. Following on from Part I which introduces weekly activity monitoring as a homework task, Part II illustrates a way of reviewing the weekly activity monitoring with a client.
• Behavioural Activation Part III - This video is the final segment of a three-part series on Behavioural Activation. After introducing (Part I) and reviewing (Part II) weekly activity monitoring, Part III introduces behavioural activation to the client. We demonstrate some ways of working collaboratively with the client to identify behavioural activation tasks for homework, and also discuss the "Action before motivation" principle. 
• Developing a Behavioural Experiment - In this video, we illustrate an example of a therapist and client collaboratively developing a behavioural experiment aimed at testing negative predictions about a situation.