Professional associations and conferences offer high quality products and services regarding cognitive behavior therapy. We list some of our favorites below.
Posted dates are for upcoming conferences.
Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT)
- Excellent resources for clinicians and the public
- Best Resource for “How to Find a Certified Therapist”
- Offers certification of cognitive therapists
- Members receive 30% discount on subscription to the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
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.
53rd Annual Convention: Wisdom of Purpose and Perspective, Extending the Social Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Science
The conference theme is intended to address how to extend the reach and social impact of scientific knowledge to reduce mental health burden and improve lives.
2019 November 21-24 / Atlanta, Georga
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: TBA
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- 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
British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
- 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
3-5 September 2019 / Bath England
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: www.babcpconference.com/
The International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP) sponsors international and regional conferences. Membership includes: subscription to the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy / Cognitive Therapy Newsletter / Triennial world conferences.
2020 ICCP / 10th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy: Toward Integrative CBT; Implications for Science and Practice
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)
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!
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: the World Congress in Berlin replaces their conference for 2019: http://wcbct2019.org/
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2018 Sofia, BULGARIA / September 5-8, 2018 / 48th Annual Congress
2017 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA / September 13-16, 2017 / 47th Annual Congress
2016 Stockholm, SWEDEN/ August 31 – September 3 / 46th Annual Congress of EABCT
9th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT)
- 17-20 July 2019 / The City Cube, Berlin, GERMANY
- Theme: Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies at the Crossroads
- Conference Website: http://wcbct2019.org/
- Sign up here for conference updates: http://wcbct2019.org/mailing-list
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.
See here, why Berlin is “the place to be”!
Previous WCBCT Locations: 1st: Copenhagen, DENMARK 1995 / 2nd: Acapulco, MEXICO 1998 / 3rd: Vancouver, CANADA 2001 / 4th: Kobe, JAPAN 2004 / 5th: Barcelona, SPAIN 2007 / 6th: Boston, USA 2010 / 7th: Lima, PERU 2013 / 8th: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA 2016
Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- 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.
We are trying to locate the link to the published speeches from the event (previously on the beck institute website). If you have any information regarding this, please contact us.
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
