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CBT Comprehensive Training 2026
July 8, July 9, July 13, July 15, July 16
9:00am - 5:00pm
Anne D'Alessandro | 914-506-4732 | adalessandro@cbc-psychology.com
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN:
Updated to address navigating mental health in the post-pandemic world, CBC’s virtual CBT 5-Day Comprehensive Training will return in July 2026!
Dates: July 8, 9, 13, 15 and 16, 2026: 9:00am - 5:00pm EST (Virtual)
The coronavirus pandemic has brought on a mental health tsunami. Over the past five years, therapists have seen new and heightened mental health challenges surrounding social isolation, the increased use of technology and disruptions to daily routines. According to the CDC, the percentage of adults with recent symptoms of an anxiety or a depressive disorder increased from 36.4% to 41.5% from August 2020 to February 2021, and the percentage reporting that they recently needed but did not receive mental health counseling or therapy jumped from 9.2% to 11.7%. Another study published in the Lancet journal found that daily COVID-19 infection rates and reductions in human mobility were associated with increased prevalence of major depressive disorder.
To address these issues, CBC is offering a five-day training to help mental health professionals and students deepen and build their cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) skills. The workshop, led by Dr. Lata McGinn and other master clinicians, will provide comprehensive training for all experience levels - whether beginner or advanced - in evidence-based techniques and strategies for mental health professionals to meet the increased mental health needs in the community today.
What will I gain from this workshop?
- List scope of mental health issues in a post-pandemic world.
- Define CBT, describe CBT history, theory and how it differs from other psychotherapies
- Describe evidence base of CBT
- Describe goals, objectives, and processes of CBT
- Explain the structure of a CBT session
- Utilize cognitive and behavioral strategies using lectures, videos, discussions, and demonstrations.
- Learn and practice cognitive and behavioral strategies using role plays to treat stress, worry, general anxiety, rumination, panic, agoraphobia, social anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, selective mutism, oppositional defiant disorder, and relationship problems.
- Demonstrate application of skills in cognitive and behavioral therapies
- Identify, label, and assess symptoms
- Learn and practice cross-sectional and longitudinal CBT sessions case conceptualizations.
skill to understand and decrease problem behaviors - Define behavioral targets with precision based on values and goals and measure treatment outcomes.
- Produce treatment plans and guide therapeutic interventions using CBT case conceptualizations
- Explain cognitive models, assumptions, processes, and treatments
- Define cognitive distortions
- Manage dysfunctional cognitions using cognitive restructuring and cognitive delusion
- Provide rationale for exposure and response prevention
- Assess fears and create exposure hierarchy
- Conduct in-vivo, imaginal, simulated, and interoceptive exposures
- Monitor and process exposure using cognitive processing, inhibitory learning, and behavioral experiments,
- Assess, create hierarchy, and prevent active avoidance
- Define, explain rationale, and practice physiological strategies
- Define, explain rationale and practice behavioral activation
- Define, explain rationale and practice problem solving
- Define, explain rationale and practice communication and social skills
- Define, explain, and practice behavior modification and parent training
Dates: July 8, 9, 13, 15, 16 2026: 9:00am - 5:00pm EST (Virtual)
*Student scholarships are also available. To apply, please complete: 2026 CBT-Comprehensive Student Scholarship Application. Scholarship must be approved before registering.
Participants will receive 35 Continuing Education credit hours (35 CE credits) for New York social workers and all psychologists. CBC also offers other CE credits throughout the year. This course will also provide required hours of training in CBT necessary to apply to become a certified diplomate through the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (A-CBT).
Feedback from 2025 CBT-Comprehensive participants:
"The CBT-C experience was not only organized, and well-planned, but provided invaluable resources, demonstrations and explanations to complicated CBT principles and strategies that increased my ability to practice and utilize CBT skills in my daily work"
"This was an excellent overview of CBT and provided the opportunity to put many of the concepts into practice"
"Incredibly knowledgeable clinicians skilled at teaching. You will gain hands-on experience and leave with skills you can apply immediately"
"I thoroughly enjoyed this training and learned far more than I had anticipated. Dr. McGinn was extremely knowledgeable and professional. I feel comfortable implementing the teachings in my practice as a therapist"
"The instructor is extremely knowledgeable and the training covers everything you need to know to understand the basics of CBT"
"Grateful for the opportunity to get such a broad yet detailed overview of CBT, and how to implemnt the intervention effectively. I loved learning from others from the training and thinking thoughtfully how I can approach my work with clients"
"I thoroughly enjoyed the CBT comprehensive training and found it to be both engaging and informative. The virtual format was well-organized and accessible, allowing for meaningful interaction. The presenters were knowledgeable, and the contact was applicable to real-world clinical and school-based settings. I appreciated the balance between theory and practical strategies, Overall it was a valuable learning experience, and I would highly recommend it to others in the field"