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Welcome to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). For over 50 years, ABCT and its members have strived to alleviate human suffering through the application of scientific principles.
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Resources for individuals and families who are looking for assistance with understanding CBT concerns.
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Resources for practicing CBT professionals including clinicians and researchers.
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Resources for those who are studying to become a professional CBT professional.
Behavioral & Cognitive Therapy Resources
Browse through our library of Fact Sheets, Self-Help Books, and other resources.
Fact Sheets
ABCT provides Fact Sheets covering a number of topics.
Self Help Books
ABCT provides Self-Help books covering a number of topics.
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New & Noteworthy
ABCT news and position statements on current events and issues shaping the world around us.
World CBT Day Opportunity: Promoting Mental Health in an Age of Uncertainty - Unique opportunity to showcase your work on Promoting Mental Health in an Age of Uncertainty on World CBT Day, April 7th. World CBT Day is an annual event sponsored by the World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.
Calendar of Events
Live Webinar April 27 - Scaling Single-Session Interventions to Bridge Gaps in Mental Healthcare Ecosystems with Dr. Jessica L. Schleider
Event Date: Thursday, April 27 2023
Event Time: 11:00 ET
Live Webinar July 21 - Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: The Fundamentals of an Evidence-based Transdiagnostic Approach with Dr. Jeffrey Lackner
Event Date: Friday, July 21 2023
Event Time: 11:00 ET
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Featured People and Information
Showcasing the people and ideas that make our community better for everyone.
Featured Fellow
Maureen Whittal - This is the first of a series of articles meant to spotlight current Fellows of ABCT. Meet Maureen Whittal, who is a Fellow and also a Member of the ABCT Fellows Committee.Featured Therapist
Andrew E. Colsky - When I started working with clients, it quickly struck me that a great majority of people live with negative self-talk. Featured Mentor
Omid V. Ebrahimi - Omid V. Ebrahimi is a second year double-degree Ph.D. student at the University of Oslo, parallelly engaged in a clinical specialization at Modum Bad Psychiatric Hospital. Featured Lab
The Knouse Lab (KNAB), located in the Department of Psychology at the University of Richmond, is directed by Laura E. Knouse, Ph.D. - Dr. Knouse partners with undergraduate student researchers to investigate self-regulation problems in people with and without ADHD with a focus on better understanding the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes that contribute to effective and ineffective self-regulation and motivation. Featured Researcher
Gabrielle Ilagan - We study whether daily fluctuations in invalidation are associated with fluctuations in BPD symptoms, and whether identity-related invalidation and self-validation may serve as a risk and protective factors, respectively, for Black and Latinx people with BPD symptoms.Helpful Tips and Featured Articles
CBT Tools to Address Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Children and Adolescents - CBT tools to help children and adolescents confront stress, anxiety, depression
Confronting Social Anxiety & Depression in a Fish Bowl - Imagine struggling with social anxiety, while confronting the prospect of talking to the press and, by extension, the world. Living in a fishbowl outside of your control.
Allowing Good to Be Good Enough, or Addressing Perfectionism - Emily Bilek and a host of others help propel a discussion of perfectionism, its ramifications, telling it apart from striving for excellence, and steps we might take to allow good to be good enough.
Radical Acceptance Can Keep Emotional Pain From Turning Into Suffering - Jenny Taitz, recently one of ABCT’s Featured Therapists, guides New York Times’ readers through Radical Acceptance as a means to better navigate emotional and worldly difficulties we confront daily.
Coming Out of Hermithood - It is the year of the locust (ok, the cicada) who have been underground for 17 years waiting to emerge. And, for some of us, that’s how it might feel as we begin to encounter people beyond the confines of our house and Zoom.
Dealing with Panic Attacks - The Washington Post offered some tips on Panic Attacks, recognizing them and dealing with them.
Gun Violence Briefing Book - Gun Violence: a briefing book for journalists to help put guns and violence in context and provide an overview of how CBT might help to combat those elements that promote violence and sooth the effects of the trauma witnessed upon others.
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