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From rumination to reflection…and back again
Stephen Barton, Newcastle University (UK)
Date et salle : samedi 18 avril 2015, HUG, Belle-Idée, Les Champs, Genève
Horaire : 9h30-17h30
Prix : membres ASPCo Frs 180.non membres Frs 280.- psychologues et psychiatres formés ou en formation
Délai d’inscription : 13 avril 2015
Les inscriptions sur place restent possibles mais sont majorées de Frs 10,--.
Modalité de paiement : en cas de désistement une semaine avant l’atelier ou si un(e) participant(e)
inscrit(e) n’assiste pas à l’atelier, 20% de frais seront facturés.
Workshop Abstract
Dwelling repeatedly on negative thoughts, sad memories and unpleasant body states is a well-known
feature of depression. Rumination of this type has been identified as a key maintenance process in
depressed moods and most CBT therapies target it in some way: e.g. modifying thought-content,
beliefs, functional analysis, attentional training, meta-cognitive awareness, etc. In most cases the
aim is to stop or reduce the impact of the ruminative process.
This workshop takes a different view. Repeated reflection on significant events is a normal helpful
process, sometimes essential for emotional processing, meaning-making, adjustment and decisionmaking. During periods of depression it is understandable people ruminate, since rumination is a
normal helpful part of emotional adjustment. Within depression the problem is not rumination – the
problem is depressed moods disrupting the way rumination usually works, locking the patient into
closed mental loops rather than useful reflections.
The workshop will summarise evidence on depressive rumination and present a self-regulation
model to explain why it is so common, yet generally counter-productive. In this form of cognitive
therapy, the aim is to help patients ruminate more productively rather than ruminate less - in other
words, transform the cognitive process to make it more functional and helpful, rather than limit it or
stop it. A number of case illustrations and live role-play will be used illustrate the approach
Bibliography
Barton, S.B., Armstrong, P., Freeston, M.H. & Twaddle, V. (2008). Early Intervention for Adults at
High Risk of Recurrent/Chronic depression: Cognitive Model and Clinical Case Series. Behavioural
and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36, 263-282
Carver, C.S. & Scheier, M.F. (2008). On the Self-Regulation of Behavior. Cambridge University Press.
Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1991). Responses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive
episodes. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 100: 569-582
Rimes, K.A. & Watkins, E. (2005). The effects of self-focused rumination on global negative selfjudgements in depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 43: 1673-1681
Brief CV
Stephen Barton qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1996 and for the last 15 years has specialised in
CBT. He has particular interests in mood disorders, interpersonal processes and therapeutic
responsiveness and is a highly experienced therapist, trainer, supervisor & researcher. Most of his
clinical work has been with working-age adults and some with adolescents. He has an active interest
in the developmental and interpersonal aspects of patient’s difficulties and how CBT can respond to
those in a therapeutic way. He is developing applied research in three main areas - self-regulation
models of depression, interpersonal processes in CBT, personal development within psychotherapy
training. He has been actively involved in clinical psychology and CBT training since 1999 and
became director of the Newcastle CBT Diploma in 2011.