Reading and Topic Schedule Subject to Change.

Textbooks for class

These texts must be accessed off-campus with login authentication from the Brooklyn College Library links in the titles below.

• Vernon, A. & Doyle, K, editors. (2018). Cognitive behavior therapies: a guidebook for practitioners. American Counseling Association.
• Josefowitz, N., & Myran, D. (2021). CBT made simple : A clinician’s guide to practicing cognitive behavioral therapy. New Harbinger Publications.

Week 1 (8/29) CBT Overview and Syllabus

• Social annotate the syllabus 
• Read: Vernon & Doyle Chapter 1 
• Read: Josefowitz & Myran Chapter 1 and 2 

Week 2 (9/5) Intake and Assessment; Identifying Clients Problems and Strengths

• Read: Josefowitz & Myran Chapter 3
• Social annotate the following reading Huey, S. J., Jr, Park, A. L., Galán, C. A., & Wang, C. X. (2023). Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Ethnically Diverse Populations. Annual review of clinical psychology, 19, 51–78.

Week 3 (9/12) Case Conceptualization and Making Therapy Goals 

• Read: Josefowitz & Myran Chapter 4
• Read, Watch and Reflect: How to Write a Case Conceptualization: 10 Examples

Week 4 (9/19) Structuring Sessions, Monitoring, Therapist-client relationship

• Read: Josefowitz & Myran Chapter 5
• Practice and Reflect: Building Resiliency During Stressful Times, Mayo Clinic Interactive Skill-Building Module

Week 5 (9/26) Identifying Feelings and Physical Reactions, and Relaxation Techniques

• Read: Vernon & Doyle Chapter 3
• Read: Josefowitz & Myran Chapter 6 & 7

Week 6 (10/3) Cognitive Therapy

• Read: Josefowitz & Myran Chapter 8
• Practice and Reflect: Managing Negative Thinking, Mayo Clinic Interactive Skill-Building Module

Week 7 (10/10) Cognitive Therapy Continue

• MIDTERM (start of class, details TBA)
• Read: Vernon & Doyle Chapter 4

Week 8 (10/17) Rational and Emotive Behavior Therapy 

• Read: Vernon & Doyle Chapter 2
• Social Annotation: Compare and contrast the two therapy transcripts from Vernon & Doyle. Cognitive therapy transcripts are on pages 99-104 and REBT transcript is on pages 133-138 (use the page drop-down tool at the top of the reader to skip to a page number).

**10/24 No Class, Monday Schedule

Week 9 (10/31) Behavior Therapy

• Read Josefowitz & Myran Chapter 10 & 11

Week 10 (11/7) Behavior Therapy Continue

• Read Josefowitz & Myran Chapter 12
• Practice and Reflect: Behavioral Activation, Mayo Clinic Interactive Skill-Building Module

Week 11 (11/14) Putting CBT in Action 

• Read: Vernon & Doyle Chapter 6

Week 12 (11/21) Acceptance and Commitment

• Read: Vernon & Doyle Chapter 8
• Read: Kabat-Zinn, J. (2003). Mindfulness-based interventions in context: Past, present, and future. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10(2), 144-156. 
• Practice and reflect: Values Identification (PDF)

**11/28 College Closed, No Class

Week 13 (12/5)  Mindfulness Based Therapy

• Read: Vernon & Doyle Chapter 7
• Read: Mindfully Making Mistakes | Psychology Today

Week 14 (12/12) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Continue

• Read: Vernon & Doyle Chapter 9

Week 15 (TBA) Final Exam