TRAININGS
Here you will find training opportunities offered by members of the NACBTp community.
Please note that the Steering Committee does not endorse individual trainings.
Live Trainings
Live open enrollment trainings and webinars will be offered throughout the year by NACBTp trainers. Please note that, until further notice, these trainings will be offered online due to COVID-19.
Learning CBT for Psychosis:
Live Series
Six live online 4-hour seminars designed to first provide an overview of CBTp, and then to provide a detailed understanding of how it approaches the various problem areas associated with psychosis.
When: April 8, 2022 -
Sept 23, 2022
Cost: $300 - $350
Foundations of CBT for Psychosis
This 4-hour virtual workshop will provide an introductory overview to the foundations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp). It will provide an introduction to CBT, explore how this approach is applied to working with individuals with both long-standing and early psychosis, and introduce key CBTp skills. The format of the workshop will include didactics, breakout groups for clinical discussion, clinical case presentation and experiential exercises.
When: August 8th, 2022
9:00am-1:00pm PST/ 12:00-4:00pm EST
Cost: $50
Master Clinician Series 2022: Psychosocial Interventions for Psychosis
The Master Clinician Series 2022 offers a variety of monthly virtual 4-hour workshops focusing on clinical interventions for psychosis. The series is designed for clinicians with experience of working with individuals with complex mental health needs who are interested in learning skills to advance their clinical practice. Presenters are international experts in the field of clinical interventions for serious mental health problems.
When: Third Friday of each month
9:00am-1:00pm PST/ 12:00-4:00pm EST
Cost: $1,265 - $1,485
CBT for psychosis Training
When: September 12th, 19th, and October 3rd, 2022
(4:00-7:30pm EDT)
Cost: $1099 (early bird special $999 until July 18th 2022 with code earlybirdjuly)
Format: On-demand plus three live Zoom webinars
Addressing Spiritual and Cultural Issues Within Treatment for Psychosis
When: September 23, 2022 (8:30am-12:30pm PDT)
Cost: early bird registration, by 9/2/22, is $89.99
Format: Live Interactive Webinar
CBT for Psychosis: Introductory Training for Mental Health Care Providers
When: October 20-21, 2022 (9:00am-4:00pm PDT)
Cost: $200
Format: Live 2-day workshop
On-Demand Trainings
Pre-recorded courses and webinars are available on-demand.
Click on the links below to learn more about each offering.
Fundamentals Behind CBT for Psychosis
This first course will address the Fundamentals Behind CBT for psychosis. It will provide a foundational training for those licensed clinicians looking to get competency, and it will also provide a useful stand alone training for frontline staff looking to learn techniques to help them work more effectively with psychosis and reduce burnout. Recently re-launched with 5 CE credits available.
Cost: $369
CBT for psychosis
This 6 hour course, with APA & some other CE credit, presents the fundamentals of CBTp as an individualized, recovery oriented approach. Learn the basics of collaboration, normalizing, developing a map or formulation, and then addressing each of the major problem areas associated with psychosis.
Cost: $95
Working with Trauma, Dissociation, and Psychosis
Discover how CBT and some other approaches can be helpful and can support recovery for people who have experienced trauma that then led to dissociation and psychosis. This is a 6 hour course, offering APA and some other CE credit.
Cost: $95
CBTp e-primer course
This free self-paced 3-hour course, sponsored by SAMHSA, is open to all learners. It is designed as an introduction to foundational concepts related to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and its application to psychotic symptoms and experiences. Modules include:
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Psychosis Education
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CBT Fundamentals
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Applying CBT to Psychosis
Cost: Free
CBTp: Understanding the Basics
This free 1-hour webinar provides clinicians and clinicians-in-training with a brief orientation to the application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to psychotic symptoms and disorders, its evidence base and the core principles and techniques of the intervention.
Supporting a Loved One with Psychosis
This free 1-hour webinar will explain how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) can effectively support loved ones experiencing psychosis. An overview will be provided, along with key skills family members can draw on to support their lived one.
Telehealth and Individual CBTp
This free 1-hour webinar aims to help practitioners consider critical intervention targets and high-yield motivational, cognitive, and behavioral strategies that are amenable to telephonic encounters, telehealth, or digital accompaniment. Companion clinical tip sheets and self-directed CBT for psychosis learning resources are available.
Telehealth and
Group CBTp
This free 45-minute webinar discusses:
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How is group CBTp different or the same via teletherapy?
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What problems can arise and how to resolve them?
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Does it work as well as in person?
Psychosis REACH Training
Psychosis REACH is intended to teach family members and caregivers CBTp-informed skills and strategies to improve communication and their relationships with loved ones with psychosis.
Trainings have been scheduled through 2023.
CBT for psychosis:
Evidence and Evolution
This free 1-hour webinar provides an overview of the evidence base, the evolution of CBTp models of clinical application and highlights key training and implementation challenges in
North America.
Conferences
Learn more about upcoming conferences
Society for Research in Psychopathology
September 8-11, 2022
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) was formed following a conference in New York in 1985 on positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia. Attendees at that conference decided that the meeting had been very successful and a valuable exchange of ideas and data among schizophrenia researchers and agreed that it would be great to have such a meeting of schizophrenia researchers annually. Learn more about this year's annual conference by clicking the link below.
The International Early Psychosis Association
September 15-17, 2022
Singapore
Call for abstracts!
The theme of this year's conference is Early Intervention 2.0: Forging Ahead. This theme was chosen given the challenges arising from the current global pandemic, and to convey a spirit of growth – to forge ahead in a post-COVID world with new partnerships, new ideas in early intervention and new ways of doing things.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
November 17-20, 2022
New York City, New York
Call for abstracts!
ABCT is encouraging submissions across the spectrum of science (i.e., basic, translational, clinical, and public policy) to effectively meet the behavioral health needs of our communities during and after emergencies/disasters. There is a particular interest in research from multidisciplinary teams that address these issues in novel ways.
The 10th World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
June 1-4, 2023
Seoul, Korea
Call for papers!
With the theme of “Global CBT Dissemination, Accessibility, and New Technology”, the primary goal of the Congress’ scientific program is to identify ways with which to develop and implement CBT to meet the needs of clients from diverse societal and cultural backgrounds. It will also address the challenges when using cutting edge technologies, and other innovations in the field, to overcome barriers in CBT utilization and dissemination.
The ISPS-US National Conference “Opportunity Through Experience: Psychosis, Extreme States, and Possibilities for Transformation”
November 4-6, 2022
Sacramento, CA
The conference will feature a special series of events that will introduce the next generation of clinicians to the act and art of discovering opportunity in extreme states through the provision of deeper listening. This event plans to take advantage of newfound electronic savvy to include an online option, allowing participants and speakers to join from around the world.