Positive Affect Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
Join Bespoke Mental Health Canada on Friday February 28, 2025 at 8.00 a.m. – 3.30
a.m. (PT), 11.00 a.m.- 6.30 p.m. (ET) for workshop delivered by Dr. Alicia Meuret on
Positive Affect Treatment for Depression and Anxiety.
Can’t attend on that date? Just watch it ‘on-demand’ at a time that suits you.
This workshop will: 1) Provide an overview of the evidence for treating negative versus positive symptoms in depression and anxiety; 2) Explain the treatment modules and related techniques of positive affect treatment (PAT); 3) Describe the efficacy and mechanisms underlying PAT for anxiety and depression; 4) Assess the suitability and priority of PAT techniques based on the patient's reward sensitivity deficits.
Given the increased growing interest and necessity of treating low positive affect/anhedonia in individuals with depression and anxiety, we hope that attendees will gain a better understanding of how positive affect treatment can be helpful in their clinical practice.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will learn to:
Recognize the symptoms of reward hyposensitivity
Plan behavioral and cognitive activities with patients to improve low positive affect
Identify improvements in reward deficit and how to augment benefits further
Identify what to do when clients struggle to engage in techniques