Live Trainings
Live open enrollment trainings and webinars will be offered throughout the year by NACBTp trainers.
Advanced CBT for Psychosis Training
This Advanced CBT for Psychosis workshop is tailored for practitioners who have previous training in CBT for psychosis or CBT for First Episode Psychosis and experience working with clients, ideally with case consultation. The core focus is on advancing skills in areas such as schema and core belief change, addressing complex cases like command hallucinations, and integrating third-wave CBT techniques. Upon successful completion, participants will be equipped to summarize and apply cognitive behavioral models to psychosis, develop individualized case formulations for complex presentations, and implement effective interventions for schema change and challenging symptoms like voices. This workshop provides 12 CE credits and contributes 12 didactic hours towards future CBTp accreditation.
When: June 16th, 2025 (All Online Material goes Live)
2 live webinars on July 14th and 28th, 2025, both from 5pm to 8:30pm EST.
Where: Online Website and Zoom
Cost: $899 Regular Price
Advanced CBT for Psychosis Training Series
Fall 2025
This experiential workshop series focuses on developing clinical skills for working with clients experiencing distressing psychosis. Join us for an advanced CBT for psychosis workshop series focused on advanced applications of CBTp including internalized stigma, OCD and psychosis, multi-sensory hallucinations, and thought intererence beliefs. Experiential approaches will emphasize clinical demonstrations, video demonstrations, and case examples.
NOTE: This is an advanced CBTp workshop series and requires previous completion of introductory CBTp training. If you have not completed introductory CBTp training yet then you will be required to complete introductory training prior to initiation of the advanced CBTp workshops. When you register for all for advanced CBTp workshops you will receive a discount code for 50% off our introductory CBTp training program.
When: Monthly on the first Monday of the month Sept - Dec 2025, 9 AM - 4 PM
Where: Zoom
Cost per workshop (25% discount if attending entire series):
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Graduate Student: $179.00
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Postdoc/Resident: $199.00
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Professional: $229.00
CBT for Psychosis Training
CBT for Psychosis training - this is a simplified, hybrid version of our Full CBTp workshop, for clinicians working with psychosis in any type of setting. CBT for psychosis (CBTp) is an evidence-based treatment, commonly available in Europe, and recommended by best practice guidelines in both the US and the UK in the early intervention for psychosis.
Who can attend? Licensed mental health professionals, those with a limited permit, or students currently enrolled in a licensure qualifying graduate program who work with psychosis. Participants must have some experience of working with people with psychosis. Some knowledge of the principles of CBT is also necessary (ideally competence – basic CBT principles will not be covered in this training).
When: 3 live webinars on September 8th, 15th, & 29th 2025, 5 PM - 8:30 PM (EST)
Where: Zoom; Online material goes live August 11th 2025
Cost: $1149
Early Bird Cost:
$1049 for first 5 registrations with coupon code earlybirdfirst5cbtp2025
$1099 for next 5 registrations with coupon code earlybirdsecond5cbtp2025
On-Demand Trainings
Pre-recorded courses and webinars are available on-demand.
Click on the links below to learn more about each offering.
Where: Zoom
Cost: $280 per learner
Working with Substance Abuse within CBTp
This 3 hour course is intended to provide clinicians who are trained in CBTp additional training on how to work with Substance Use within the context of CBT. The course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the intricate relationship between substance abuse and schizophrenia, focusing on co-occurrence and effective treatment strategies. Through units covering diverse topics such as integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), cognitive models of substance abuse, tailored psychoeducation, and coping with cravings, you will learn to collaboratively address these complex issues.
Cost: $79.99
CBTp: Working with PTSD, Trauma, and Dissociation
This 3-hour course is intended to provide clinicians who are trained in CBTp additional training on how to work with PTSD, trauma and dissociation within the context of CBTp treatment.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
1) Conceptualize psychosis from a trauma-informed perspective
2) Identify when it is appropriate to integrate trauma into CBTp
3) Understand trauma within the context of comorbid PTSD & psychosis
4) Learn skills to address trauma within CBTp
Cost: $79.99
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: $89
Working with Trauma, Dissociation, and Psychosis
This 6 hour and 6 CE course explores the continuum of difficulties which can occur in response to adverse life events, and then outlines how to use CBT and related approaches to help people change their relationship with their reactions and experiences. Using the methods covered in this course, you will become able to collaborate with people in building coherent and compassionate self-narratives even regarding extremely confusing and disturbing events, helping to set the stage for real recovery
Cost: $89
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. This course offers 3 continuing education credits for completion. Modules include:
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Psychosis Education
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CBT Fundamentals
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Applying CBT to Psychosis
Cost: Free
Cognitive Remediation for Serious Mental Health Disorders
This in-depth course offers a practical roadmap for addressing the cognitive challenges that often underlie poor functioning in clients with psychosis, bipolar disorder, and other complex presentations. You’ll learn structured strategies to improve attention, memory, and executive function.
Cost: $349.99
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
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?
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.
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.
Foundational Principles of CBTp e-Course
We are thrilled to now offer a self-paced, online training in Foundational Principles of CBTp. This course provides didactics and reflection activities to support the development of a CBTp mindset and gain a foundational understanding of both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and psychosis. Asynchronous online training is appropriate for behavioral health and allied professionals looking to increase their understanding of psychosis and psychosis care. The course takes between 3-5 hours to complete and is available at $150. No previous therapy or CBT experience is required.
CBTp for Command Hallucinations
This 3 hour workshop focuses on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approaches for managing command hallucinations, which are auditory verbal hallucinations that instruct individuals to perform specific actions. Given the distress and potential risk associated with these experiences, understanding their nature, impact, and effective intervention strategies is crucial. The workshop explores theoretical frameworks, empirical research, and practical techniques to conceptualize and address command hallucinations. Participants will learn evidence-based strategies, including cognitive restructuring, imagery modification, and behavioural experiments, to reduce compliance with harmful commands and empower individuals to regain control over their experiences.
Compassion-Focused Therapy for Psychosis
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), developed by Dr. Paul Gilbert, is a transdiagnostic psychotherapy that helps individuals develop compassion for self and others while enhancing emotional regulation. It draws on Evolutionary Psychology, CBT, Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory, and Mindfulness. Compassion is viewed as both a motivation and a skill in responding to suffering. This course introduces Compassion Focused Therapy for Psychosis (CFTp), a CFT adaptation for those experiencing voices, unshared beliefs, or other psychosis symptoms. Using the biopsychosocial and “three systems” models of threat, drive, and soothing, CFTp supports emotional regulation and reduces self-criticism and shame. It adopts a trauma-informed lens, recognizing how early adversity, exclusion, and shame heighten threat responses. Participants will explore compassionate imagery, multiple selves work, and letter writing to reduce distress, build emotional safeness, and strengthen inner compassion.
CBTp Course Series: Comprehensive, Modular, and Flexible
Whether you’re just starting your CBTp journey or looking to refine advanced competencies, this 10-module series gives you a flexible and complete training experience. The total course series is a full 35 hour introductory CBTp course that will give you all the information required to begin using CBTp with your clients. This course is led by Dr. Michael Best and includes video demonstrations, case examples, and content relating to working with delusions, hallucinations, negative symptoms, and communication disturbances.
Cost: $99.99 per module (20% bundle discount)
Conferences
Learn more about upcoming conferences
International Early Psychosis Association 15 Conference
September 8-10, 2025
Berlin, Germany
More information coming soon! Click the link below to view the Save the Date.