PSYC 951
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Fall 2025 · Advanced Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Topics
- Advanced cognitive-behavioural therapy
- Unified Protocol
- functional assessment
- collaborative case conceptualization
- schema change
- acceptance and commitment therapy
- dialectical behaviour therapy
- motivational interviewing.
Readings
- Course Materials
- Required Text
- Barlow, D. H., Farchione, T. J., Sauer-Zavala, S., Murray Latin, H., Ellard, K. K., Bullis, J. R., Bentley,
- K. H., Boettcher, H. T., Cassiello-Robbins, C. (2017). Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic
- Treatment of Emotional Disorder: Workbook (2nd Ed). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- *Referred to as Workbook in the Course Timeline below.
- Note: The Workbook includes several handouts used for interventions in each module. In this
- course, students will use these for Homework Assignments and Video-Recorded Role-Plays. All
- handouts are available to download as PDFs here. Students will also use the Case
- Conceptualization form from the Therapist Guide, which is available for free here.
- Required Articles
- In addition to chapters from the Workbook (Barlow et al., 2017), additional empirical and/or
- review articles will be assigned for some topics (see Reading List below). The articles are all
- available to download from the Queen’s University library. The URL for each of the readings is
- provided in the reading list. To access the articles, first ensure that you are connected to the
- Queen’s server (either from an on-campus computer, or remotely). Then, simply click on the
- URL and you will be directed to a page that will allow you to download a copy of the article.
- Required readings from Applications of the Unified Protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of
- emotional disorders (D. H. Barlow & T. J. Farchione, Eds) are available as an ebook:
- https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/queen-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5750082#goto_toc
- Optional / Supplemental Texts
- Treatment of Emotional Disorder: Therapist Guide (2nd Ed). New York, NY: Oxford University
- Press. *Referred to as Therapist Guide in the Course Timeline below.
- Bennett-Levy, J., Butler, G., Fennell, M., Hackman, A., Mueller, M., & Westbrook, D. (2004).
- Oxford Guide to Behavioural Experiments in Cognitive Therapy. New York, NY: Oxford University
- Press.
- Greenberger, D. & Padesky, C. A. (2016). Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing
- the Way You Think (2nd Ed). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
- Harris, R. (2019). ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment
- Therapy (2nd Ed). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
- Linehan, M. M. (2014). DBT Skills Training Manual (2nd Ed). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
- Miller, W. R. & Rollnick, S. (2012). Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change (3rd Ed).
- New York, NY: Guilford Press.
- Reading List
- Ametaj, A. A., Wong Sarver, N., Anakwenze, O., Ito, M., Rattner-Castro, M., & Potluri, S. (2018).
- Cross-cultural applications of the Unified Protocol. In D. H. Barlow & T. J. Farchione (Eds.),
- Applications of the Unified Protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders (pp.
- 268-290). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Available to read here.
- Barlow, D. H., Ellard, K. K., Sauer-Zavala, S., Bullis, J. R., & Carl, J. R. (2014). The origins of
- neuroticism. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9(5), 481-496.
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691614544528
- Boettcher, H., Brake, C. A., & Barlow, D. H. (2016). Origins and outlook of interoceptive
- exposure. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 53, 41-51.
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.10.009
- Bryan, C. J. (2019). Cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (CBT‐SP): Implications for
- meeting standard of care expectations with suicidal patients. Behavioral Sciences & the Law,
- 37(3), 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2411
- Bullis, J. R., Boettcher, H., Sauer‐Zavala, S., Farchione, T. J., & Barlow, D. H. (2019). What is an
- emotional disorder? A transdiagnostic mechanistic definition with implications for assessment,
- treatment, and prevention. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 26(2), e12278.
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cpsp.12278
- Craske, M. G., Treanor, M., Conway, C. C., Zbozinek, T., & Vervliet, B. (2014). Maximizing
- exposure therapy: An inhibitory learning approach. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 58, 10-23.
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2014.04.006
- Ferguson, A., Dinh-Williams, L. A., & Segal, Z. (2021). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. In A.
- Wenzel (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive behavioral therapy: Overview and approaches (pp.
- 595-616). Available to read here.
- Pachankis, J. E. (2014). Uncovering clinical principles and techniques to address minority stress,
- mental health, and related health risks among gay and bisexual men. Clinical Psychology:
- Science and Practice, 21(4), 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpsp.12078
- Padesky, C. A. (2020). Collaborative case conceptualization: Client knows best. Cognitive and
- Behavioral Practice, 27(4), 392-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2020.06.003
- Padesky, C. A. (1994). Schema change processes in cognitive therapy. Clinical Psychology &
- Psychotherapy, 1(5), 267-278. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.5640010502
- Padesky, C.A. (1990). Schema as self-prejudice. International Cognitive Therapy Newsletter, 6,
- 6-7. Available at: https://www.padesky.com/clinical-corner/publications/
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2025
- Fall 2025. Required workbook/articles and optional/supplemental texts preserved with complete bibliographic names and titles.