Phone: 301.593.6554

Through our Cognitive Behavior Training Institute, mental health professionals participate in a 2-year training program designed to advance their expertise and experience in the understanding of and provision of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with children and adolescents. The Institute provides both didactic training and consultation/case discussion.

Trainings take place every other month and are 3-hours and 15 minutes (3 hours of instruction with a 15-minute break). Small group consultation sessions occur during the alternate months and last 90-minutes. No meetings are scheduled during the months of July and August. 

Participants will receive a continuing education certificate for each didactic presentation that they attend. Participants who complete at least eight of the ten didactic sessions and seven of the nine consultation sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the two-year institute. Each group is led by an experienced Alvord Baker & Associates therapist with expertise in CBT.

There are four training opportunities. All are held over Zoom: 

  1. Full Certificate program: Ten 3-hour live didactic workshops, plus nine 90-minute small case consultation group meetings; includes a copy of The Action Mindset Workbook for Teens by Mary Alvord and Take Control of OCD: Kid’s Guide to Conquering Anxiety and Managing OCD by Bonnie Zucker.    
  2. Didactic only program: Ten 3-hour live didactic workshops   
  3. Individual didactic workshops, Live via Zoom. Purchase one or more workshops   
  4. Home Study: Purchase one or more workshops. You will be required to complete a post-test to receive your CE credit.

 

Download the informational brochure and mail-in registration form. 

To register online, click here. 

For additional information, contact our Professional Development coordinator, Dr. Keri Linas (301) 593-6554 ext. 58, or email:  klinas@alvordbaker.com 

The following is our didactic seminar schedule for the 2024-2026 CBT training: 

DateTopic
11.01.24Mary Alvord, Ph.D. - Tenets of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Enhanced with Motivational Strategies
11.15.24Consult Group
12.13.24Elizabeth Malesa, Ph.D. - Application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Specific Anxieties in Children and Adolescents
1.10.25Consult Group
2.14.25Heather Loffredo, Psy.D - Incorporating Others in Treatment of Childhood Anxiety Disorders
3.21.25Consult Group
4.11.25Anahi Collado, Ph.D. - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Children and Adolescents
5.16.25Consult Group
6.06.25Colleen Cummings, Ph.D. Keri Linas, Psy.D, Ph.D. - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Disorder in Children and Adolescents
9.19.25Consult Group
10.10.25Colleen Cummings, Ph.D., Keri Linas , Psy.D, Ph.D. - Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents
11.14.25Consult Group
12.12.25Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D - Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
1.09.26Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D, - Advanced Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
2.06.26Consult Group
3.13.26Nina Shiffrin, Ph.D. - Behavioral Parent Training for Disruptive Childhood Behaviors
4.17.26Consult Group
5.08.26Jessica Samson, Psy.D - Treating Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors using Evidenced Based Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
6.05.26Consult Group

ALVORD , BAKER & ASSOCIATES ACCREDITATIONS

  • Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC maintains responsibility for each program and its content.
  • Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of Continuing Education. A certificate for Category 1 credits will be awarded at the completion of each workshop.
  • Alvord Baker & Associates, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0213.

    Alvord, Baker Associates, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Alvord, Baker Associates, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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