Beck Institute is an official Bronze partner of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. This important partnership allows us to provide world class training in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) to the National Council’s 3,400 member organizations at a discounted rate.
Learn about the exciting training offerings available to National Council members, and discover how training your organization in CBT and CT-R can help staff at all levels deliver evidence-based care to their clients, improving outcomes and changing lives.
“We envision a world where everyone can access affordable, effective mental health services appropriately adapted to their specific challenges and backgrounds, including culture, language, education level, and socioeconomic status. Being able to offer training in CBT and CT-R to the National Council’s member organizations is an important step toward that goal.”
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On-Demand Courses
National Council members receive a 20% individual discount on any of our live virtual workshops or on-demand trainings when you use your exclusive discount code during checkout: NationalCouncil!
All of our live and on-demand trainings focus on how to conceptualize, plan, and carry out treatment for each individual client. If you haven’t received training from Beck Institute before, we recommend beginning with our Basics of CBT: Essentials I and CBT in Practice: Essentials II on-demand courses. These two foundational trainings will guide you to implement effective CBT and the principles they emphasize will be important, no matter the population you’re treating or the setting in which you work.
Basics of CBT: Essentials I
Dr. Judith Beck helps health and mental health professionals of all skill levels expand their understanding of CBT in this self-directed interactive training. This course provides you with the history of CBT, the theory behind CBT, and a step-by-step description of how to apply the most important techniques to yourself and your clients.
Essential topics include conceptualizing cases according to the cognitive model, structuring sessions, developing a sound therapeutic relationship, and collaboratively developing Action Plans. You will practice by using CBT techniques on yourself, to give you a greater understanding of why and how to use specific interventions and how to better explain the rationales and process to clients. Role play demonstrations, annotated transcripts, conceptualization diagrams, worksheets, and clinical roundtables with a panel of expert therapists illustrate the main principles of CBT treatment.
CBT in Practice: Essentials II
Led by Beck Institute Director of CBT Programs Dr. Allen Miller and organized around the Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale—Revised (CTRS-R), this interactive multimedia course digs into the “how” of practicing CBT: how to establish a therapeutic alliance, generate internal motivation, structure therapy sessions, and develop effective action plans for each client. Additionally, you will learn to design effective treatment plans based on your conceptualizations, to elicit and respond appropriately to feedback, and much more.
The many role plays included in this course demonstrate what CBT sessions look like and provide guidance to those who are just learning. For seasoned therapists, this course provides the latest developments in the practice of CBT. Upon completion of the course, you will have practiced the most current version of CBT and you will be prepared to provide competent care for each client.
Our newest on-demand course, CBT for Suicide Prevention, will teach you to provide compassionate, evidence-based care for clients experiencing suicidal crises. Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to work with clients who present with a significant risk for suicide in this interactive self-paced course.
CBT for Suicide Prevention
Led by Dr. Rob Hindman, our newest interactive on-demand course presents an evidence-based, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) approach for suicide prevention. You’ll learn to conduct a thorough suicide risk assessment, strengthen the therapeutic relationship, conceptualize suicidal ideation and plan treatment, develop a safety plan, and much more.
Dr. Hindman describes how to conceptualize clients at risk for suicide according to Problem-Based and Strength-Based Cognitive Conceptualizations as well as the cognitive model of suicidal acts. Clinicians see how to tailor treatment to their individual clients using affective, behavioral, and cognitive interventions for suicide prevention. Additionally, Dr. Hindman presents how to use imagery as a method for relapse prevention. These topics are demonstrated through didactic lectures, video recordings of therapy sessions, and roundtable discussions between expert Beck Institute clinicians, including Dr. Judith Beck.
Our CT-R for Serious Mental Health Conditions on-demand course will teach you Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) directly from the team that developed the revolutionary practice along with Dr. Aaron T. Beck. Develop skills to work with individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and other serious mental health conditions in this interactive multimedia training.
CT-R for Serious Mental Health Conditions
Learn Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) from the team that developed this revolutionary practice alongside Dr. Aaron Beck. This interactive online course will help you develop skills to work with individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and other serious mental health conditions. You will learn how to: access and energize adaptive modes of living, use the Socratic process to elicit transformative life aspirations, promote daily action that achieves purpose and meaning, and empower and develop resilience in the face of behavioral, social, and physical challenges.
You can use CT-R with individuals across the age-span in many settings, including: individual, group, and team-based applications in community-based teams and agencies, acute and long-term inpatient units, correctional settings, and integrative health.
You can also browse our full training catalog to find the training that works best for you.
Remember to use discount code NationalCouncil during checkout to receive 20% off!
Center for Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R)
The Beck Institute Center for Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) exists to empower individuals to flourish in the lives of their choosing. Our team promotes and implements the revolutionary practice of CT-R in multidisciplinary settings across the United States and abroad.
What is Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy?
Guided by Dr. Aaron T. Beck’s cognitive model, Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) provides concrete, actionable steps to promote recovery and resiliency. Originally developed to empower individuals given a diagnosis of schizophrenia, CT-R applies broadly to individuals experiencing extensive behavioral, social, and physical health challenges. CT-R is highly collaborative, person-centered, and strengths-based and focuses on developing and strengthening positive beliefs of purpose, hope, efficacy, empowerment and belonging.
Training to Benefit Your Staff and the Individuals They Serve
Our team can facilitate CT-R training at an agency or service level and can help organizations implement this transformative approach across a network of care. Multidisciplinary staff learn effective ways to understand and facilitate recovery and resiliency for individuals given a diagnosis of schizophrenia and other serious mental health conditions. Staff learn approaches that help individuals access motivation, develop powerful aspirations, overcome challenges in daily living, and actively pursue the life of their choosing. This empowering program has been implemented in state and local health systems across the country, helping individuals with serious mental health conditions move from languishing to flourishing.
We deliver flexible and individualized training that caters to the specific needs, staffing requirements, and clinical settings of our client organizations. Prior to implementation, we conduct an assessment to collaboratively develop a comprehensive implementation plan.
Contact Program Director Paul Grant, PhD, to discuss training needs specific to your location, population, staff roles, and project scale.
Case Studies
Learn more about how CT-R uses a whole-person approach to empower individuals to improve their lives.
Transformative Wellness
CT-R helped a case management team form a connection with “Gloria” and empowered her to take steps in pursuit of her aspirations.
Connection, Hope, Purpose, and Empowerment for Justice-Involved Individuals Reentering the Community
CT-R helped “James” build resilience as he worked to create a new life for himself outside the justice system.
Training for Organizations
Beck Institute’s Training for Organizations program brings our CBT and CT-R expertise to diverse organizations around the world. We provide trainings on a wide range of topics, and can help leadership and staff working in public and private behavioral health settings implement evidence-based practices with the populations they treat.
We also design curricula for non-traditional settings ranging from nurse-led health centers to HR departments looking to improve workplace culture. We offer trainings on a variety of topics and ongoing support through supervision and consultation.
Information Packet
Download a helpful information packet about our Training for Organizations program to share with your team.
Case Studies
Read about how Beck Institute’s training partnerships have positively impacted both staff and clients at diverse organizations.
CBT Training with Wolverine Human Services
Beck Institute contracted with an adolescent residential behavioral health organization in Michigan, Wolverine Human Services (Wolverine), to create CBT trainings for staff at residential facilities.
Cohen Veterans Network and Beck Institute
Cohen Veterans Network (CVN) and Beck Institute (BI) worked together to provide high-level online trainings for clinicians. The results of this training have positively impacted many lives.
Washington State Department of Corrections
Beck Institute and the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) Sex Offense Treatment and Assessment Program (SOTAP) began a partnership to provide foundational CBT training for clinicians and staff members working directly with incarcerated individuals.
Learn More
Contact our Training for Organizations team to learn how a Beck Institute training can benefit your staff and the clients they treat.