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.
Due to COVID-19 Restrctions, please check each Associations links for udated information.
You may be able to attend virtual sessions.
- 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.
55th Annual Convention – VIRTUAL CONVENTION
2021 November 18-21 / New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
from 7:30 am PST/10:30 am EST to 5:30 pm PST/8:30 pm EST
THEME: Promoting Cognitive and Behavioral Practice and Science in the Context of Public Health, Social Justice, Policy, Research, Practice, and Training
- 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
8-11 September 2021 / Belfast, Northern Ireland
Theme “CBT: Back to the Future”
The Irish Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (IABCP) in association with The British Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies (BABCP) are pleased to host the Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT). It will also include the 49th BABCP Annual Conference.
International Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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.
[Formerly the IACP (International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy]
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
26-29 June 2024 / St Petersburg, Russia
11th International Association Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Congress
(IACBT-C’24)
Host Organizations
- The International Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (IACBT)
- The Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapy of Russia (founded 1999).
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 2021
The Annual Congress of the
European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies
Theme “CBT: Back to the Future”
8-11 September 2021 / Belfast, Northern Ireland
ICC / (International Convention Centre)
The Irish Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (IABCP) in association with The British Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies (BABCP) are pleased to host the Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT). It will also include the 49th BABCP Annual Conference.
EABCT’s Annual Congress presents an excellent opportunity
to travel and learn!
IMPORTANT NOTICE. The conference has been moved to 2023, Seoul, Korea, due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
- 1-4 June 2023 Seoul, South Korea – Sejong University Convention Center
- Theme: East Meet West – Embracing Diversity and Improving Access to CBT
- Sign up for updates at the Conference Website: https://wccbt.org/world-congress
- The Sejong University Convention Center is a modern facility with the stunning Acha Mountain and the lush forest of the Children’s Grand Park in the backdrop.
- 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.
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.
- 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)
- 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: IACP 2000 (worldwide_2000.htm#ARCHIVAL INFORMATION)
European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCP)
- 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 (http://wcbct2019.org) (17-20 July 2019 / The City Cube, Berlin, GERMANY – Theme: Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies at the Crossroads). You can read a report of the World Congress Berlin that has interviews and a summary of the symposia. The report consists of two parts. Part I : several interviews with experts. Part II: a summary of several symposia and a reaction of Dutch experts in the field.
- 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