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ABCT’s Mary Cover Jones Webinar

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ABCT’s Mary Cover Jones Webinar

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Thank you to everyone who attended our free webinar panel discussion on September 18, 2025, “Examining the Caregivers’ Role in Trauma-Focused CBT for Youth: Modeling the Work and Values of Dr. Mary Cover Jones.”

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies’ (ABCT) Dr. Mary Cover Jones “Partners in the Studies of Human Lives” Honorary Award and Lecture Series celebrates the pioneering legacy of Mary Cover Jones, “Mother of Behavior Therapy.”

The award aims to showcase the range of scientist-practitioners who are innovating either with small sample clinical studies that set the stage for the advancement of youth treatment or larger-scale community efforts. Consider making a donation to this fund.

Monies will support presenter honoraria, award, and travel.

Additionally, attendees have the opportunity to purchase the same statues of Mary Cover Jones as the presenters held up during their presentation for $75 plus taxes and shipping charges.

Did you attend the live webinar on September 18th? Click here! You can access all PowerPoints shown during the webinar (under “handouts”), take the quiz, and download your CE certificate after the quiz is passed.

If you’re interested in accessing this webinar as a recording, check back here later this week! It will be going live on our eLearning site.

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What Is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a type of treatment that is based firmly on research findings.  It places emphasis on changing your cognitions (thoughts) or behaviors (actions) in order to effect change in how you feel. These approaches help people in achieving specific changes or goals.

Changes or goals might involve:

A way of acting: like smoking less or being more outgoing;
A way of feeling: like helping a person to be less scared, less depressed, or less anxious;
A way of thinking: like learning to problem-solve or get rid of self-defeating thoughts;
A way of dealing with physical or medical problems: like reducing back pain or helping a person stick to a doctor’s suggestions.

Cognitive behavioral therapists usually focus more on the current situation and its solution, rather than the past. They concentrate on a person’s views and beliefs about their life. CBT is an effective treatment for individuals, parents, children, couples, and families. The goal of CBT is to help people improve and gain more control over their lives by changing behaviors that don’t work well to ones that do.

How to Get Help

If you are looking for help, either for yourself or someone else, you may be tempted to call someone who advertises in a local publication or who comes up from a search of the Internet. You may, or may not, find a competent therapist in this manner. It is wise to check on the credentials of a psychotherapist. It is expected that competent therapists hold advanced academic degrees. They should be listed as members of professional organizations, such as the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies or the American Psychological Association. Of course, they should be licensed to practice in your state. You can find competent specialists who are affiliated with local universities or mental health facilities or who are listed on the websites of professional organizations. You may, of course, visit our website (www.abct.org) and click on “Find a CBT Therapist”

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) is an interdisciplinary organization committed to the advancement of a scientific approach to the understanding and amelioration of problems of the human condition. These aims are achieved through the investigation and application of behavioral, cognitive, and other evidence-based principles to assessment, prevention, and treatment.