Associations & Conferences
Professional associations and conferences offer high quality products and services regarding cognitive behavior therapy. Some of our favorites are listed below. We have posted dates of upcoming conferences and have some archival information about past conferences.
Please check each Association’s links for updated information.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions and world events, meetings may be virtual only or possibly cancelled.
- Supporting Professionals, Educating Consumers, and Connecting Individuals with Truly Effective Care
- Excellent resources for clinicians and the public
- Best Resource for “How to Find a Certified Therapist”
- Offers certification of cognitive therapists
- A-CBT certification indicates to consumers, potential employers, and other clinicians that the individual is a skilled cognitive therapist.
- Access to the A-CBT Member Listserv which provides a forum for dialogue among A-CBT members worldwide
ABCT offers one of the best conferences in the USA for cognitive therapists. Their excellent annual conference is held the third week of every November. Membership includes: the Behavior Therapist newsletter, ABCT’s List Serve, free access to ABCT journals online.
57th Annual Convention
2023 November 16-19 / Seattle, Washington USA
from 7:30 am PST/10:30 am EST to 5:30 pm PST/8:30 pm EST
THEME: Cultivating Joy With CBT
https://www.abct.org/2023-convention/
- Invaluable CT resource for Cognitive Therapists worldwide
- Excellent organization and website full of information
- Listserv and journal with membership
- BABCP’s Annual Conference is one of the best CBT training conferences in the world
The 51st BABCP Annual Conference of the British Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Psychotherapies will be held at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, WALES, from 11th – 13th July 2023.
The 50th Annual Conference of the British Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Psychotherapies was held at Imperial College, London from 20th – 23rd July 2022. Visit their website for archival information: https://babcp2022.org/
Formerly known as the International Association for
Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP}
The International Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (IACBT) is an international professional, scientific, interdisciplinary organization whose mission is to alleviate human suffering by facilitating the world-wide development, utilization, and growth of cognitive psychotherapy as a scientific discipline and professional activity.
Membership benefits vary depending on membership category but can include:
- Subscription to the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
- Quarterly newsletter
- Triennial international conferences
- Directory listing
- Opportunities for training
The The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies is an organization consisting of 53 full member and 8 affiliate associations from 45 different countries with over 25,000 individual clinicians and researchers in its membership making it one of the largest psychotherapy organizations in the world. It is dedicated to the “empirically based principles and practice of behavioural and cognitive therapy approaches in health, social, education and related fields.”
EABCT’s Annual Congress presents an excellent opportunity
to travel and learn!
The European Association of Behavior is pleased to host the 52nd Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies in Antalya, TURKEY.
Theme: “CBT in a Changing World: Migration and Cultural Diversity”
4-7 October 2023 / Antalya, TURKEY
Granada Luxury Belek, Antalya/TURKIYE
Conference Website: https://eabct2023.org/
WCBCT is home to the World Congress Committee (WCC). The WCC was established by mutual agreement of seven organizations and has the primary function of selecting organizations to host World Congresses of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy.
A World Congress event is held once every three years.
- 1-4 June 2023 Seoul, South Korea – Coex Convention Center
- Theme: East Meet West – Embracing Diversity and Improving Access to CBT
The Korean Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (KABCT) is one of the leading multidisciplinary associations in the Asian Pacific region and is committed to hosting this international meeting with the most updated and sound science for cognitive and behavioral therapies.
Coex Convention Center
Websites
Updates are posted on the World Confederation website.
https://wccbt.org/world-congress
The Official Congress website is in development.
https://www.wccbt2023.org/
- Non-profit organization (circa 1994) as an outgrowth of Dr. Aaron T. Beck’s original Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania
- International training and resource center
- Provides clinical mental health services and consultations
- Promotes research
- Loaded with CBT information for the public and professionals
HISTORICAL NOTE: Festschrift for Dr. Aaron T. Beck, MD, founder of Cognitive Therapy November 15, 2001 at the annual meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy to honor the life and work of Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
The speeches from that day were previously published on the Beck Institute website. However, they can now be found in the book: Contemporary Cognitive Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice (2004). Edited by Robert L. Leahy. Guilford Press. Old link was: http://beckinstitute.org/Library/InfoManage/Guide.asp?FolderID=174&SessionID={60619957-CCBA-4C84-9EA1-606A10D519CB}
– Archival Information: Special Festschrift for Dr. Beck
At Beck’s 2001 Festschrift, Dr. Christine Padesky offered her personal commentaries based on observations of Beck since 1978. To read a summary of her comments, visit our Clinical Corner Publications (Print) section and under the subject Aaron T. Beck, click on the Article titled: Mind, Man, and Mentor: an overview of Beck’s career to date in three broad areas.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
- 56th Annuation Convention: 2022 November 17-20 / New York City, New York, USA / Theme: Emergency & Disaster Preparedness and Response: Using Cognitive and Behavioral Science to Make an Impact
- 55th Annual Convention: 2021 VIRTUAL CONVENTION / 2021 November 18-21 / Theme: Promoting Cognitive and Behavioral Practice and Science in the Context of Public Health, Social Justice, Policy, Research, Practice, and Training
- 54th Annual Convention: 2020, November 19-22 / Virtual Conference / Theme: Better Access, Better Outcomes: Enhancing the Impact of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
- 53rd Annual Convention: 2019, November 21-24 / Atlanta, Georgia / Theme: Wisdom of Purpose and Perspective, Extending the Social Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Science
- 52nd Annual Convention: 2018, November 15-28 / Washington, DC / Theme: Cognitive Behavioral Science, Treatment, and Technology
- 51st Annual Convention: 2017, November 16-19 / San Diego CALIFORNIA / Theme: Applying CBT in Diverse Contexts
- 50th Annual Convention: 2016, October 27-30 / New York NEW YORK / Theme: HONORING the Past / ENVISIONING the Future
- 49th Annual Convention: 2015 November 12-15 / Chicago ILLINOIS / Theme: Improving Dissemination by Promoting Empirically Supported Principles of Psychopathology and Change
- 48th Annual Convention: 2014 November 20-23 / Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA / Theme: Enhancing CBT by Drawing Strength From Multiple Disciplines
International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP)
- 2017 ICCP / 9th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy: Toward Integrative CBT; Implications for Science and Practice. Held from 29 June – 1 July 2017 in Cluj-Napoca,Transylvania, ROMANIA. 550 participants from 42 countries
- Coming in the future: Archival Info for IACP 2000 (worldwide_2000.htm#ARCHIVAL INFORMATION)
European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT)
- 2022: Barcelona, SPAIN / September 7-10 / Re-Thinking CBT: Providing Strategies for a New Way of Living
- 2021: Belfast, NORTHEN IRELAND / September 8-11 / CBT: Back to the Future
- 2020: Cyberspace / September 2-5, 2020 / Adapting CBT to Socially and Culturally Diverse Environments
- 2019: the World Congress in Berlin replaces their conference for 2019
- 2018 Sofia, BULGARIA / September 5-8, 2018 / 48th Annual Congress / Beck greeting
- 2017 Ljubljana, LOVENIA / September 13-16, 2017 / 47th Annual Congress [link not active http://eabct2017.org/]
- 2016 Stockholm, SWEDEN/ August 31–September 3, 2016 / 46th Annual Congress of EABCT
- 2015 Jerusalem, ISRAEL / September 1-3/ 45th EABCT Congress
World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT)
- Founded January 7, 2019. Officially launched at the 9th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Berlin, Germany.
- 2023 – scheduled for Seoul, Korea
World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT)
Previous WCBCT Locations.
- 9th: Berlin, GERMANY 2019 (17-20 July, City Cube)
Theme: Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies at the Crossroads. A report of the proceedings iincludes interviews with experts and summaries of symposia. CLICK HERE to read the report. - 8th: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA 2016
- 7th: Lima, PERU 2013
- 6th: Boston, USA 2010
- 5th: Barcelona, SPAIN 2007
- 4th: Kobe, JAPAN 2004
- 3rd: Vancouver, CANADA 2001
- 2nd: Acapulco, MEXICO 1998
- 1st: Copenhagen, DENMARK 1995