Psychiatre – Pédopsychiatre – Psychothérapeute – Enseignant – Recherche dans les domaines de la
dépression, l’anxiété et le suicide. Il travaille à la Clinique de l’Auzon à La Roche-Blanche à Clermont-
Ferrand.
Atelier 2 En Anglais
CULTIVATING SELF-ESTEEM: A TRANSDIAGNOSTIC COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL PERSPECTIVE
Melanie J V Fennell (Oxford, UK)
Samedi 5 avril 2014 - HUG, Belle-Idée, Les Champs
Horaire : 9h30-17h30
Abstract Workshop
Low self-esteem is probably one of the problems most commonly encountered in clinical practice. It
crosses diagnostic boundaries, and so is not readily encapsulated by current diagnosis-specific
cognitive-behavioural models. It is associated with a range of painful emotions (including both
anxiety and depression), and can undermine clients’ ability to lead a satisfying life, and to form and
maintain fruitful relationships.
This practical, highly interactive workshop presents a cognitive model of low self-esteem. This forms
the basis for a coherent programme of cognitive-behavioural interventions designed to undermine
old, negative beliefs about the self and to establish and strengthen new, more kindly perspectives.
The programme integrates concepts from evidence-based practice in the treatment of anxiety and
depression with newer ideas on working cognitively with central beliefs about the self. There will be
opportunities for discussion, reflection and practical exercises, and an emphasis on applying the
workshop material in clinical practice. Basic knowledge of Beck’s cognitive model of emotional
disorder, and of cognitive behavioural treatment methods, will be assumed.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Conceptualise a case, using a cognitive model of low self-esteem as a framework
Draw on a range of possible methods for fostering metacognitive awareness
Examine the “evidence” on which clients base their negative opinions of themselves
Help clients to establish and strengthen new, more positive perspectives on the self
Brief biography of Melanie Fennell
PhD, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Oxford University Dept of
Psychiatry, UK
Dr Fennell was a pioneer of cognitive therapy and of cognitive therapy training in the UK. As a
research clinician in the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, she has contributed to the
development of evidence based cognitive models and treatment protocols for depression and
anxiety disorders, most recently Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for patients with recurrent
depression and suicidality. She was a founder member of the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre and