Unified Psychotherapy: Applications for Brief Treatment with College Students
June 9th, 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
Kean University, Downs Hall

6 CE Credits for clinicians

With Jeff Harris, Ph.D.

Cost - Prices went up May 3rd!

Registration, with CEs - $115.00  
Early Bird price, $95 ($20 Discount), ended May 3rd, 2025.

Registration, no CE's - $95.00
Early Bird price, $75  ($20 Discount),  ended May 3rd, 2025.
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Students - $40.00
Early Bird price, $30 ($10 Discount), ended May 3rd, 2025.

Lunch and light breakfast included.
The Training
Unified Psychotherapy will be described as one of five pathways to psychotherapy integration. Brief Unified Psychotherapy (BUP) focuses on the interaction between cognition, emotion, and behavior. BUP begins with a multidimensional survey that results in describing a maladaptive (red-light) pattern. Psychotherapists can help clients discover the origins of a dysfunctional pattern by exploring external contexts and internal influences. BUP results in the description of a more adaptive (green-light) pattern which clients can put into practice over time. Live demonstrations and small-group practice will be used to encourage practical application.
Learning Objectives
  • Describe how Unified Psychotherapy differs from other routes to integration.
  • Explain a simple foundation for unified practice.
  • Demonstrate a multidimensional survey with clients in order to describe a maladaptive pattern.
  • Describe how external contexts and internal influences contribute to maladaptive patterns.
  • Demonstrate how to work with clients to describe adaptive patterns.
  • Explain how psychotherapists can encourage multidimensional change over time.
Target Audience
This educational activity is intended for Behavioral Health Professionals (including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists).
Agenda
9:00 Introduction to Unified Psychotherapy as a Pathway to Integration
  1. a. Five Pathways to Psychotherapy Integration
  2. b. Holistic Model of Psychological Functioning
  3. c. Unified Framework for Individual Psychotherapy
10:00 How can We use a Comprehensive Model to Guide Brief Therapy?
  1. a. A Simple Foundation for Unified Psychotherapy
  2. b. Working Interactively with Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior
  3. c. Explore-Validate-Change-Accept
15-minute break
11:00 Putting Brief Unified Psychotherapy into Practice
  1. a. Multidimensional Survey
  2. b. Describing a Maladaptive (Red-Light) Pattern
  3. b. Live Demonstration
  4. c. Small Group Practice
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Where do Maladaptive Patterns Come From?
  1. a. Exploring External Contexts
  2. b. Exploring Internal Influences
  3. c. Identifying Interactive Focal Dimensions
  4. d. Live Demonstration
  5. e. Small Group Practice
2:00 Describing an Adaptive (Green-Light) Pattern
  1. a. Live Demonstration
  2. b. Small Group Practice
15-minute break
3:00 Encouraging Multidimensional Change over Time
  1. a. Discussion
  2. b. Planning for Application
  3. c. Preview of Broader Unified Psychotherapy Model
4:30 End of workshop