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  • Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Nursing Mother's Room
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM PDT
    Gender Neutral Bathrooms
  • 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM PDT
    Congress Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Wellness Room
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    World Congress Opening Ceremony
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Keynote 1 - The Future of Global CBT: Reflections, Achievements, and the Road Ahead
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Symposium 1 - Enhancing Access to and Outcomes from CBT for Anxious Children
    Chair: Allison Waters, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Griffith University
    Discussant: Ronald Rapee, Ph.D. – Macquarie University
    Presenter: Allison Waters, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Griffith University
    Presenter: Carly Johnco, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Macquarie University
    Presenter: Sophie J. Dickson, Other – Macquarie University
    Anxiety disorders
     Earn 1 Credit
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 1 - Depression, Grief, and Loneliness: Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions and Clinical Insights
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    3-Minute Open Paper Group 1 - Personality, Behavioral Dysregulation, and Targeted Interventions Across Addictive and High-Risk Behaviors
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 2 - Behavioral, Digital, and Neurobiological Approaches to Treating Substance Use
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 3 - Behavioral Medicine: Integrated Primary Care, Cardiovascular Health, and Perinatal Depression
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Skills Class 1 - Transforming CBT Supervision: Real-Time Feedback and Deliberate Practice Using the CTRS-R
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Symposium 2 - Moving Toward Equitable Implementation of Behavioral Interventions for LGBTQ Populations
    Chair: Michael E. Newcomb, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Discussant: Steven A. Safren, ABPP, Ph.D. – University of MIami
    Presenter: Danielle S. Berke, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Hunter College
    Presenter: Charles Stewart Kamen, M.P.H., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Rochester
    Presenter: Michael E. Newcomb, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Presenter: Kathryn Macapagal, M.Ed., Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    LGBTQIA+
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Symposium 3 - Comparing Effectiveness Engagement Strategies, and Treatment Fidelity for Two Culturally Informed, Asynchronous Messaging- based Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    Chair: Shannon L. Wiltsey Stirman, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National Center for PTSD and Stanford University
    Discussant: Debra Kaysen, ABPP, Ph.D. – Stanford University
    Presenter: Shannon L. Wiltsey Stirman, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National Center for PTSD and Stanford University
    Presenter: Katy Dondanville, PsyD, ABPP – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    Presenter: Elizabeth Stade, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Interventions and Care Delivery Models in the Context of Resource Limitations
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Symposium 4 - International Issues on Training in CBT
    Chair: Keith S. Dobson, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Calgary
    Discussant: Keith S. Dobson, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Calgary
    Presenter: Firdaus Mukhtar, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Universiti Putra Malaysia
    Presenter: Helen F. Macdonald, M.S. (she/her/hers) – British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies and University of Sheffield UK
    Presenter: Mehmet Zihni Sungur, M.D. (he/him/his) – WCCBT Executive Board Member, Uskudar University
    Training, supervision, and credentialing
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Symposium 5 - Advances in Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Emotional Distress: Applications and Efficacy of Transdiagnostic and Mindfulness-Based Interventions
    Chair: Xinghua Liu, Ph.D. – Peking University
    Discussant: Xinghua Liu, Ph.D. – Peking University
    Presenter: Yanjuan Li, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – the university of Hong Kong
    Presenter: Meirong Pan, M.D. (she/her/hers) – Peking University Sixth Hospital
    Presenter: Jiali Yang, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
    Presenter: Jialu Jin, None (he/him/his) – Peking university
    Presenter: Yinan Zhang, M.D. (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Transdiagnostic and therapeutic processes
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Symposium 6 - Optimizing the Scope and Reach of Disaster Mental Health Supports for Youth: Findings from the Network for Enhancing Wellness in Disaster-affected Youth (NEW DAY)
    Chair: Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Florida International University
    Discussant: Daniel Dodgen, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – American Psychological Association
    Presenter: Clara Godoy-Henderson, M.S., Other (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Presenter: Robin H. Gurwitch, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – RHG International Training and Consulting, PLLC
    Presenter: Jennifer Greif Green, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
    Conflict, disasters, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    CBT for Patients with Chronic Gastrointestinal Disorders: You have them in your practice!
  • 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Culturally Adapting CBT for Asian Heritage Populations: An Evidence-Based Approach
  • 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Task-sharing Lay Health Worker Training and Supervision of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies in Africa. Lessons from Zimbabwe
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 16 - Resilience in Context: Interpersonal and Collective Mechanisms of Social Support for Traumatic Stress
    Chair: Katherine van Stolk-Cooke, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – SUNY College at Geneseo
    Discussant: Debra Kaysen, ABPP, Ph.D. – Stanford University
    Presenter: Katherine van Stolk-Cooke, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – SUNY College at Geneseo
    Presenter: Natalie Thurston, B.A. – Wayne State University
    Presenter: Phyu Pannu Khin, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard medical School
    Conflict, disasters, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders
     Earn 1 Credit
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 8 - Expanding Access to CBT in diverse Asian Contexts: Bridging Barriers
    Chair: Firdaus Mukhtar, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Universiti Putra Malaysia
    Discussant: Susmita Halder, Ph.D. – St. Xavier's University Kolkata
    Presenter: Kyong-Mee Chung, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Presenter: Kee-Hong Choi, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Korea University
    Presenter: Shin-ichi Ishikawa, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Doshisha University
    Interventions and Care Delivery Models in the Context of Resource Limitations
     Earn 1 Credit
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 4 - Help-Seeking, Barriers to Care, and Targeted Interventions in LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 5 - Depression: Cognitive, Motivational, and Emotional Mechanisms
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 6 - Chronic Illness, HIV, Chronic Pain, and Fear of Disease Progression: Intervention Development and Testing
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Skills Class 2 - Building Motivation: Using Positive Reframing to Reduce Resistance in CBT
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Skills Class 3 - Our Four Options: Managing Mindsets in the Daily Situations We Encounter.
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Symposium 11 - Digital Phenotypes of Psychological Disorders
    Chair: Richard Bryant, B.A., Ph.D., PsyM – University of New South Wales
    Discussant: Richard Bryant, B.A., Ph.D., PsyM – University of New South Wales
    Presenter: Jasmine Choi-Christou, Other – University of New South Wales
    Presenter: Tomas Meaney, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of New South Wales
    Presenter: Richard Bryant, B.A., Ph.D., PsyM – University of New South Wales
    Artificial Intelligence and technology-based interventions
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Symposium 12 - Psychology in a Changing Climate: Preparing Clinical Practice for Emerging Mental Health Needs
    Chair: Jack B. Boyse, B.A. (he/him/his) – The University of Sydney
    Discussant: Jack B. Boyse, B.A. (he/him/his) – The University of Sydney
    Presenter: Jack B. Boyse, B.A. (he/him/his) – The University of Sydney
    Presenter: Burcin Ikiz, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Presenter: Emma Lawrance, B.S., D. Phil., M.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Presenter: Adrienne Heinz, Ph.D. – VA National Center for PTSD and Stanford University
    Presenter: Jeremy Bekker, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Portland Psychotherapy
    Conflict, disasters, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 1 - Guides to Advanced Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents: Empirically Supported Treatments in A Youth Lifespan Treatment Approach
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 4 - Navigating Identity: Integrating Tailored DBT and Evidence-Based Group Therapy for Gender Expansive Individuals
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 6 - CBT with Jewish Youth: Meeting the moment and beyond
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Technical Demonstration 4 - Practical AI for Providers: Adding Large Language Models to the CBT Toolkit
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 3 - Targeting threat and reward processes for the treatment of depression and anxiety: from the laboratory to community-based application
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    3-Minute Open Paper Group 3 - Innovations in CBT: Expanding Impact Through Mechanisms, Equity, and Training
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 7 - Anxiety Disorders: Digital Delivery, Virtual Reality, and Novel Interventions
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 8 - Suicidality and Self-Harm: Prevention, Interventions, and Patient Perspectives
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 9 - Culturally Responsive and Tailored CBT for Diverse and Underserved Populations
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 4 - Leading a Modern Family: Evidence-Based Tools for Navigating Parenting Challenges
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 13 - Health for All: Adapting DBT Skills for Intellectual Disability, Autism, BPD Families, and Self-Help
    Chair: Thanh-Lan Ngo, M.D. – Université de Montréal
    Discussant: Jean-François Morin, M.S. – Université de Montréal
    Presenter: Jillian L. Mills, M.S. (she/her/hers) – CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
    Presenter: Lynn Courey, B.A. (she/her/hers) – The Sashbear Foundation
    Presenter: Amina Chekkal, M.D. (she/her/hers) – Université de Montréal
    Presenter: Thanh-Lan Ngo, M.D. – Université de Montréal
    Interventions and Care Delivery Models in the Context of Resource Limitations
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 14 - Emotion Regulation: Bridging Empirical Evidence and Clinical Innovations In Diverse Contexts
    Chair: Danielle C. Mathersul, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Murdoch University
    Discussant: Kate Petrova, B.A., M.A. (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Presenter: Natalia Van Doren, Ph.D. – UCSF
    Presenter: Kristin Gainey, Ph.D., PsyM (she/her/hers) – University of Western Australia
    Presenter: Danielle C. Mathersul, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Murdoch University
    Transdiagnostic and therapeutic processes
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 15 - Expanding Access to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults with ADHD Through Scalable Digital Approaches
    Chair: Hironori Kuga, M.P.H., M.D., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research,
    Chair: Junichiro Kanazawa, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
    Discussant: Steven A. Safren, ABPP, Ph.D. – University of MIami
    Presenter: Aiko Eto, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Chiba University
    Presenter: Ikue Umemoto, M.A. (she/her/hers) – National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry in Japan
    Presenter: Laura Knouse, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Richmond
    Presenter: Jessica McCabe, Other (she/her/hers) – How to ADHD
    Artificial Intelligence and technology-based interventions
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 2 - CBT as Activism: Drawing from Anti-oppressive practice (AOP) to support Clinicians in Using Affirming and Inclusive Treatment Approaches with LGBTQIA+ individuals
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 3 - CBT with pediatric patients: Notions and potions
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 10 - CBT Training and Supervision: Methods, Models, and Cultural Contexts
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 6 - Enhancing Psychiatry Trainees Psychotherapy Education Using a Developmental Education Model with Psychologist Educators
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Technical Demonstration 1 - Beyond the Therapy Hour: Building Affirming, Equitable, and Sustainable CBT Through Between-Session Behavioral Support
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Master Clinician 1 - ACT skills for perfectionism: a process-based, compassionate, and flexible approach for high-achieving, perfectionistic, and striving behaviors
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Personalising CBT Interventions Using Modular Approaches
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Representation in CBT: A Framework for Clinical and Systemic Practice
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Respond with CARE™ (Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement) after Disasters: The Agents of Change in Reducing Risk and Promoting Resilience in Youth
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Upskilling CBT Skills to Work with Older Adults: Key Differences from Standard Practice
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 5 - How can we integrate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Schema Therapy, and Mindfulness Psychotherapy to train our Clients as Self-healers?
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 5 - May the force be with you!: Key supervisory principles and practices for launching trainees' better practice
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 6 - Optimizing CBT-I in Medically Complex Patients: Considerations (and Reassuring Successes) for Stimulus Control and Sleep Restriction
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 18 - Increasing Access to Evidence-based Psychological Therapies Across the World: Shared Learning and Complimentary Initiatives
    Chair: David M. Clark, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Oxford
    Discussant: Rob Saunders, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University College London
    Presenter: Joshua E J Buckman, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University College London
    Presenter: Robert Smith, Ph.D. – Norwegian Institute of Public Health
    Presenter: Roger Muñoz Munoz Navarro, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Valencia
    Presenter: Kyong-Mee Chung, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Presenter: Martin M. Antony, ABPP, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Toronto Metropolitan University
    Interventions and Care Delivery Models in the Context of Resource Limitations
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 19 - Transdiagnostic Interventions for Young People: Current Evidence Base and Critical Next Steps
    Chair: Brian C. Chu, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
    Discussant: Jill Ehrenreich-May, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Miami
    Presenter: Kristin Kicki Martinsen, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Oslo
    Presenter: Brian C. Chu, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
    Presenter: John R. Weisz, ABPP, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Presenter: Sarah M. Kennedy, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Transdiagnostic and therapeutic processes
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 21 - Treatment of ICD-11 Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    Chair: Marylene Cloitre, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – New York University Silver School Of Social Work
    Chair: Anke Ehlers, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Discussant: Richard Bryant, B.A., Ph.D., PsyM – University of New South Wales
    Presenter: Marylene Cloitre, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – New York University Silver School Of Social Work
    Presenter: Thanos Karatzias, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Edinburgh Napier University
    Presenter: Anke Ehlers, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Presenter: Deborah J. Morris, Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – Centre for Developmental and Complex Trauma, UK
    Conflict, disasters, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 5 - Reconceptualizing Depression as an Evolved Adaptation
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 11 - CBT Workforce Development and Implementation of Training Systems
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 1 - Developing Disability Cultural Competence in CBT Clinicians: Rationale, Teaching Strategies, and Implications for Resilience
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 9 - Web-Based CBT Training to Increase Access to Evidence-Based Care for Insomnia, Nightmares, Suicide Risk, and PTSD
    Chair: Kristi E. Pruiksma, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Chair: Daniel J. Taylor, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Arizona
    Discussant: Shannon L. Wiltsey Stirman, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National Center for PTSD and Stanford University
    Presenter: Daniel W. Smith, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Medical University of South Carolina
    Presenter: Kristi E. Pruiksma, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Presenter: Rosie Bauder, M.P.H., Ph.D., LPC (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Presenter: Brooklynn Bailey, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina
    Presenter: Elizabeth Stade, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Training, supervision, and credentialing
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Keynote 2 - Treating anxiety in the context of physical illness: The importance of safety behaviours and fears of disease progression
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
    World Congress Reception/Social Hour
  • Friday, June 26, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Nursing Mother's Room
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM PDT
    Gender Neutral Bathrooms
  • 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM PDT
    Congress Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Wellness Room
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Keynote 6 - Ecological Engagement: A methodological approach to work with at-risk populations
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Keynote 7 - Realising the mass public benefit of evidence-based psychological therapies: politics, measurement-based care, and economics
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Expanding the Scope of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Latin America: Empirical Advances in Trauma, Digital Interventions, and Psychological Processes
    Presenter: Carmem BEATRIZ. Neufeld, Ph.D. – University of São Paulo
    Violence / Aggression
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Panel Discussion 14 - Helping clients to live well through evidence-based strategies
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Symposium 22 - Innovating CBT in China: Toward More Equitable Access and Sustainable Implementation
    Chair: Ning Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
    Chair: Qing Fan, M.D., Ph.D. – Shanghai Mental Health Center
    Discussant: Ning Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
    Presenter: Qing Fan, M.D., Ph.D. – Shanghai Mental Health Center
    Presenter: Haolun Li, M.D., Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Nanjing Medical University affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital
    Presenter: Yiwen Wu, M.A. (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Mental Health Center
    Presenter: Yongjun Chen, M.S. – Nanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University
    Presenter: Yumin Zhang, M.S. (she/her/hers) – The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
    Interventions and Care Delivery Models in the Context of Resource Limitations
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Symposium 23 - Assessment and Treatment of Anhedonia in Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Anorexia Nervosa
    Chair: Jacqueline B. Persons, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Oakland Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center
    Discussant: Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D. – University of California, Los Angeles
    Presenter: Erin Moran, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Presenter: Sarah Dolan, M.A. (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco
    Presenter: Jacqueline B. Persons, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Oakland Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center
    Basic processes and experimental psychopathology
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Symposium 24 - Translating Mechanisms and Transdiagnostic Interventions into New Treatments for Misophonia
    Chair: M. Zachary Rosenthal, Ph.D. – Duke University Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation
    Chair: Jane Gregory, Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Discussant: M. Zachary Rosenthal, Ph.D. – Duke University Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation
    Presenter: Jane Gregory, Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Presenter: Emily C. Gates, B.A. (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Presenter: Grace A. Heppes, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Presenter: Marta Siepsiak, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Faculty of Psychology, University SWPS Warsaw
    Transdiagnostic and therapeutic processes
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Symposium 25 - Adapting and Implementing Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments in Real-World Care: Lessons Across Disorders, Settings, and Populations
    Chair: Allison G. Harvey, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: J.D. Smith, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Utah School of Medicine
    Presenter: Allison G. Harvey, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Presenter: Shannon L. Wiltsey Stirman, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National Center for PTSD and Stanford University
    Presenter: Candice Monson, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Toronto Metropolitan University
    Presenter: Debra Kaysen, ABPP, Ph.D. – Stanford University
    Dissemination and implementation science
     Earn 1 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 12 - Anxiety, Depression, and Burnout: Metacognition, Stress Processes, and Health Anxiety
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 13 - Minority Stress, Stigma, and Intersecting Vulnerabilities Among LGBTQIA+ Individuals
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 14 - Artificial Intelligence and Technology-Based Interventions for Mental Health
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 15 - Trauma and PTSD Interventions Across Clinical and Humanitarian Contexts
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 15 - Trauma and PTSD Interventions Across Clinical and Humanitarian Contexts
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Panel Discussion 2 - CBT Implementation in Action: Training for Fidelity and Flexibility in Large Health Systems
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Adult ADHD: An Implementation-Focused Approach
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-Informed Treatment for Psychosis
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Mapping change: A workshop on precision therapy through transtheoretical case conceptualization and treatment planning
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 1 - The Friendship Bench: Lessons from a Thousand Grandmothers
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 2 - The Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Lessons from Global Successes in Modification and Implementation
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 3 - Existential Concerns and Cognitive-behavioural Procedures: Managing Death, Isolation, Identity, Freedom and the Search for Meaning
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 4 - CBT for ADHD in Adults - Basics and Beyond
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Exhibits
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 8 - All Together Now: Integrating Mental and Physical Health in Young People
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 9 - Personalized & Optimized Therapies (POTs) using the Resilience Training App for subthreshold depression in the community: the RESiLIENT trial (n=5361)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 25 - Psychological Interventions for Global Use: Experience-based Reflections, Key Lessons and Future Directions
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 8 - Anatomy of a Rupture & the Practice of Repair: Using CBT to Interrupt the Blame, Shame, and Anger Cycle in Personal Relationships
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 9 - Evidence-Based Skills to Support Peripartum Individuals
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 26 - Unveiling the Mechanisms of Internalizing Disorders: From Daily Affective Dynamics to Multidecade Trajectories and Scalable Interventions
    Chair: Nur Hani Zainal, M.S., Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Sherry A. Beaudreau, ABPP, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – VA Palo Alto Health Care System/Stanford
    Presenter: Nur Hani Zainal, M.S., Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Presenter: Tian Liang, Other (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Presenter: Annie-Lori Joseph Denk, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Presenter: Natalia Van Doren, Ph.D. – UCSF
    Transdiagnostic and therapeutic processes
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 27 - Responsible Innovation: Using AI Resources to Advance Therapist Training and Parenting Interventions
    Chair: Eduardo Bunge, Dr., Ph.D. – Palo Alto University
    Discussant: Robert D. Friedberg, ABPP, Ph.D. – Independent Training Consultant in CBT
    Presenter: Ana Zdravkovic, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Northern California Mental Health Training Program
    Presenter: Christina Desage, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Palo Alto University
    Presenter: Daniella Vaclavik, M.A., M.S., Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Florida International University
    Presenter: Eduardo Bunge, Dr., Ph.D. – Palo Alto University
    Presenter: Ren Hong, Ph.D. – Kaiser Permanente
    Artificial Intelligence and technology-based interventions
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 28 - Advances in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Japan: Cultural Adaptation within a Social Context
    Chair: Takayuki Harada, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Tsukuba
    Discussant: Takayuki Harada, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Tsukuba
    Presenter: Takayuki Harada, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Tsukuba
    Presenter: Minoru Takahashi, M.Ed. (he/him/his) – Mejiro University
    Presenter: Yuka Asami, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Mejiro university
    Presenter: Asami Komazawa, Ph.D. – Mejiro University
    Presenter: Saya Moriyama, M.A. (she/her/hers) – University of Tsukuba
    Dissemination and implementation science
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 7 - Brave Beginnings: Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Innovations for Childhood Anxiety
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 16 - Low-Intensity and Self-Help Interventions in Global Settings
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 17 - Experimental Neuroscience and Emotional Processes in CBT
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 4 - Community-Centered Approaches to Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions in Youth Mental Health
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 5 - Resilience under Pressure: Adapting Trauma-Informed Care for LGBTQ+ Patients across the Lifespan amidst Shifting Psychosocial Landscapes
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 7 - Bottom-Up Informational Mechanisms in Exposure-Based Interventions: The Role of Interoception and Expectancy Violation
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    3 Minute Open Paper Group 2 - Transdiagnostic Processes and Culturally Adapted Interventions in Mood and Anxiety Disorders
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    How to think like Socrates: From Socratic Questioning to Stoicism to Modern CBT
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Stepping Up our Game: Improving Use of Exposure Therapy for Eating Disorders
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Supervision Essentials for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Training Clinicians to Excel in CBT Conceptualization, Interventions, and Therapeutic Relationship Skills
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 5 - Cognitive-behavioural Approaches for People with Complex Presentations of Psychosis
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 6 - OCD Unlocked: Evidence-Based CBT Strategies for Immediate Impact
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 11 - Equitable Implementation of a Behavioral Parent Training Intervention in Community-Based Pediatrics
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 12 - Advancing Global Mental Health for All
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 11 - Measurement as a Clinical Skill in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 29 - Culture Beliefs and Dynamic Cognitions in CBT in China: From Cultural Meaning-Making to Family Related Belief Informed Intervention
    Chair: Zhongfang Fu, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Discussant: Meirong Pan, M.D. (she/her/hers) – Peking University Sixth Hospital
    Presenter: Jinxing Liu, M.S. (he/him/his) – Department of Psychology, Peking University
    Presenter: Xueqian Wei, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Presenter: Linmin Duan, Other (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Presenter: Zuozhi Fang, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Presenter: Elizabeth Zhu – Peking University
    Basic processes and experimental psychopathology
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 30 - Playing with 'scale': Novel methods to scale interventions, improve access, and build clinical capacity to meet global treatment shortages
    Chair: Anushka Patel, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Discussant: Ken Carswell, Other (he/him/his) – World Health Organization
    Presenter: Anushka Patel, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Presenter: John Naslund, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School
    Presenter: Emma Hill, B.A. – Harvard Medical School
    Presenter: Katy O'Neill, M.P.H. – Harvard Medical School
    Dissemination and implementation science
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 8 - Affirming, Equitable and Sustainable Applications of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 18 - Exposure Therapy: Expectancy Violations, Learning Mechanisms, and Outcome Prediction
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 19 - Supporting Youth at Risk: CBT, DBT, and Technology-Based Interventions for Mental Health, Sleep, and Problematic Internet Use
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 19 - Supporting Youth at Risk: CBT, DBT, and Technology-Based Interventions for Mental Health, Sleep, and Problematic Internet Use
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 10 - Improving Outcomes for Treatment-Resistant Chronic Depression with Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Symposium17 - Global Innovations in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: Efficiency, Cultural Adaptation, and Immersive Delivery
    Chair: Naoki Yoshinaga, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Miyazaki
    Discussant: David M. Clark, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Oxford
    Presenter: Graham R. Thew, D. Phil. (he/him/his) – University of Oxford, UK
    Presenter: Naoki Yoshinaga, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Miyazaki
    Presenter: Jill M. Newby, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – UNSW Sydney at the Black Dog Institute
    Presenter: Anne S. Hildebrand, M.Sc. – University Medical Center OWL, University of Bielefeld
    Anxiety disorders
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Adapting and Expanding Your CBT Skills for Working with Misophonia
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    CBT Adaptations for Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Repetitive Negative Thinking
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Extending Access to Care for Youth with Selective Mutism: Helping All Children Find Their Voice
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Integrating Mindfulness with Clinical Precision: Strategic Practice Selection in CBT
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 13 - How far have we really come in the treatment of paediatric anxiety: An overview of successes and failures
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 14 - Beyond Diagnosis: Clinical Insights from Symptom Networks
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 15 - Impact Of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Against Women in the Perinatal Period
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Symposium 20 - From Innovation to Implementation: Uses of Artificial Intelligence to Support Training and Skill in CBT
    Chair: Shannon L. Wiltsey Stirman, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National Center for PTSD and Stanford University
    Presenter: Tianyu Zhang, M.S. – University College London
    Presenter: Daniel Szoke, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Rush University Medical Center
    Presenter: Shannon L. Wiltsey Stirman, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National Center for PTSD and Stanford University
    Artificial Intelligence and technology-based interventions
     Earn 1 Credit
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Symposium 32 - Is digital CBT a realistic option to make evidence-based intervention more accessible and equitable?
    Chair: Anna Van Meter, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – NYU Grossmand School of Medicine
    Discussant: Stephen Schueller, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of California, Irvine
    Presenter: Erum Nadeem, Ph.D. – Rutgers University
    Presenter: Henry Artez Willis, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Maryland- College Park
    Presenter: Nur Hani Zainal, M.S., Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Artificial Intelligence and technology-based interventions
     Earn 1 Credit
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 10 - Validation across CBT, DBT, ACT, CBASP, and CPT
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 31 - Leveraging Insights from Cognitive Psychology to Inform CBT Interventions
    Chair: Anne E. Milner, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Chair: Allison G. Harvey, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Allison G. Harvey, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Presenter: Anne E. Milner, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Presenter: Colette R. Hirsch, B.S., Ph.D., Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – King's College London
    Presenter: Emily Holmes, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Uppsala University
    Presenter: Merel Kindt, D. Phil. – University of Amsterdam
    Presenter: Graham R. Thew, D. Phil. (he/him/his) – University of Oxford, UK
    Basic processes and experimental psychopathology
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 33 - From Trying to Conceive to Postpartum: Evidence-Based Approaches to Peripartum Mental Health
    Chair: Neda Kharrazi, Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    Discussant: Maureen Satyshur, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Presenter: Neda Kharrazi, Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    Presenter: Elsa Rojas-Ashe, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Presenter: Connor Adams, Psy.D. (She/They) – Stanford University
    Presenter: Christina T. Khan, M.D., Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Behavioral medicine, chronic illness, and integrated primary care
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 9 - Expanding Access to High-Quality CBT: Preserving Mechanisms of Change Across Care Settings—Lessons from TEAM-CBT
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 20 - Youth Resilience and Adjustment: Trauma, Identity, Stress, and Skills-Based Interventions
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 20 - Youth Resilience and Adjustment: Trauma, Identity, Stress, and Skills-Based Interventions
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 12 - Chain Analysis in Practice: Understanding and Reordering the Dominos
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 13 - Getting Out of the Office: Making Interpersonal Exposure Work in the Real World
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 14 - Seeing Clearly Under Emotional Stress: A CBT-Informed Skills Class for Preemptive Relationship Resilience and Suicide Prevention
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 15 - Targeting Rumination as a Transdiagnostic Mental Habit: Practical Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies Across Disorders
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 3 - Building Capacity through Community-Based Care: Adapting and Implementing Problem Management Plus (PM+) for Diverse US Contexts
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Keynote 10 - One Size Fits None: Why an Idionomic Revolution is Necessary for Our Field
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
    World Congress Signature Event & Dinner
  • Saturday, June 27, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Nursing Mother's Room
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM PDT
    Gender Neutral Bathrooms
  • 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Congress Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Wellness Room
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Keynote 16 - From Theory to Practice: Understanding Grief and Healing in Chinese Bereavement
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Keynote 17 - Single-Session Interventions as a Mental Health Moonshot
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Symposium 35 - Innovations in CBT delivery for Older Adults
    Chair: Carly Johnco, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Macquarie University
    Discussant: Louise Sharpe, Ph.D. – University of Sydney
    Presenter: Sherry A. Beaudreau, ABPP, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – VA Palo Alto Health Care System/Stanford
    Presenter: Carly Johnco, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Macquarie University
    Presenter: Viviana Wuthrich, Ph.D., Other (she/her/hers) – Macquarie University
    Aging and Lifespan Psychology
     Earn 1 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 11 - Enhancing Psychological Care in the Psychiatric Inpatient Setting
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 12 - When Translation Is Not Enough: Diversity-Related Communication Barriers and Adaptations in CBT for Culturally Diverse and Neurodivergent Individuals
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    3 Minute Open Paper Group 4 - Innovations and Real-World Applications of CBT and Psychosocial Interventions in Youth Mental Health
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Symposium 34 - Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD and Related Populations: From Efficacy to Implementation Across Cultures
    Chair: Russell Ramsay, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – independent practice
    Discussant: Laura Knouse, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Richmond
    Presenter: Carlos López-Pinar, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – European University of Valencia
    Presenter: Russell Ramsay, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – independent practice
    Presenter: Misuzu Nakashima, Ph.D., Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – Kyushu University
    Presenter: Tsuyoshi Oguro, M.A. (he/him/his) – Free Style Psychological Counseling Office
    Presenter: Junichiro Kanazawa, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
    Neurodevelopmental and autism spectrum disorders
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Symposium 36 - Anxiety and Depression Across the Lifespan: From Early Risk to Evidence-Based Prevention and Intervention
    Chair: Satoko Sasagawa, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Mejiro University
    Chair: Shin-ichi Ishikawa, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Doshisha University
    Discussant: Jill Ehrenreich-May, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Miami
    Presenter: Satoko Sasagawa, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Mejiro University
    Presenter: Shin-ichi Ishikawa, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Doshisha University
    Presenter: Chuong Hock Ting, M.D. – Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
    Presenter: Cecilia A. Essau, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Roehampton
    Child and adolescent mental health
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 21 - Examining Models, Competencies, and Predictors of Outcomes in Transdiagnostic CBT
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 21 - Examining Models, Competencies, and Predictors of Outcomes in Transdiagnostic CBT
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 22 - Eating Disorders: Assessment, Treatment Approaches, and Therapist Perspectives
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 22 - Eating Disorders: Assessment, Treatment Approaches, and Therapist Perspectives
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Open Paper Group 23 - Dissemination and Implementation Science in CBT
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Skills Class 16 - An evidence-informed PRACTICE course for individual and organizational well-being
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Panel Discussion 9 - Global Collaboration in Action and the Future of CBT Worldwide
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Technical Demonstration 2 - Moku: A No-Code RLHF Platform for Developing Clinically-Safe AI CBT interventions
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Symposium 7 - Enhancing Reward Processing to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety and Depression
    Chair: Allison Waters, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Griffith University
    Discussant: Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D. – University of California, Los Angeles
    Presenter: Allison Waters, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Griffith University
    Presenter: Aleeza West, B.A. (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Presenter: Brooke Cullen, M.A. (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Presenter: Charles T. Taylor, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of California San Diego
    Anxiety disorders
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Master Clinician 2 - Positive Affect Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Master Clinician 3 - Preventive Cognitive Therapy for Depression: An Evidence-Based Approach to Reduce Relapse Risk: why and how
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Master Clinician 5 - Why Your Patients Really Don't Get Better
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Empirically-Supported Assessment and Treatment of Functional Impairments in Executive Function and Organizational Skills in ADHD and Related Disorders in Children and Teens
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Metacognitive Therapy for Health Anxiety
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Providing Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Severe Obesity across Settings
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Resilience for Trauma-Informed Professionals: Protecting Clinicians and Researchers from the Effects of Exposure to Secondary Traumatic Stress
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 10 - Exposure Therapy for Eating and Weight Disorders: Evidence, Practice, and Challenges
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 11 - Evidence Based Management of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 7 - Preventing and Repairing Ruptures in the Therapeutic Relationship for Clients with Personality Disorders
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 9 - Context Matters: Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention with At-Risk Populations in the Global South
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Exhibits
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 18 - Advancing Research on Suicide Risk and Prevention in LGBTQ+ Youth and Young Adults: Challenges and Future Directions
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 19 - Amplifying and Extending the Framework of Treatment
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Symposium 38 - Evaluating the Implementation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for Children and Adolescents in Puerto Rico
    Chair: Emily Sáez-Santiago, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
    Discussant: Keishalee Gómez-Arroyo, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Puerto Rico
    Presenter: Emily Sáez-Santiago, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
    Presenter: Camile Borja, B.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
    Presenter: Eduardo Cumba-Avilés, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
    Child and adolescent mental health
     Earn 1 Credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 10 - Doing more with less:using low intensity, digital and task shifting approaches to improve access to psychological therapies globally
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 13 - Culturally Enhanced CBT: Current Limitations of the CTRS
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 14 - Empowering Adults with Mental Health Disorders through Personalized Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 37 - Broadening the Reach of CBT for Hoarding and OCD: Engagement, Equity, and Sustainable Care
    Chair: Richard Moulding, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Cairnmillar Institute
    Discussant: Guy Doron, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Reichman University
    Presenter: Jessica Grisham, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – UNSW Sydney
    Presenter: Richard Moulding, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Cairnmillar Institute
    Presenter: Maja Nedeljkovic, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Swinburne University of Technology
    Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 24 - CBT Outcomes, Digital Interventions, and Resilience in Older Adults
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 25 - Mechanisms of Change, Dropout, and Theoretical Debates in Transdiagnostic CBT
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 26 - School-Based Mental Health: Interventions, Staff Training, and Youth Well-Being
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 17 - Elephant in the Therapy Room: Conversations about Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in CBT Practice
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 18 - Melting Away Resistance in Treating Eating Disorders
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 8 - Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Develop a Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Curriculum
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Technical Demonstration 3 - Demonstrating Scalable CBT and Psychological First Aids in Humanitarian Crises: Media-Based and Virtual Training Approaches Following Earthquake and Political Violence in Myanmar
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 12 - Scaling EBPTs: A Transnational Dialogue on Addressing Barriers and Accelerating Reform
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 20 - How One RCT Sparked a Global CBT Movement
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Quality CBT Without Borders: Implementing WCCBT’s Global Training Standards
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 12 - Designing Real-Time Research: Practical Approaches to Ecological Momentary Assessment
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 13 - An evidence-based approach to treating fears of recurrence and disease progression in chronic physical conditions
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 14 - Using the Implementation Research Logic Model (IRLM) to Effectively Implement EBTs in Your Organization
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 21 - These Once Innovative Ideas Now Need to be Radically Applied
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 22 - The Friendship Bench: Reaching A Million People-Lessons Learnt
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 11 - Health for All in Africa: From Roundtable to Roadmap for a Trans-African CBT Regional Association
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 39 - The Kids FACE FEARS pragmatic randomized effectiveness study of therapist-led vs guided online CBT for pediatric anxiety: Overview, main findings, and secondary outcomes
    Chair: Alyssa M. Farley, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University
    Discussant: Anne Marie Albano, ABPP, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Medical Center
    Presenter: Donna B. Pincus, Ph.D. – Boston University
    Presenter: Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Florida International University
    Presenter: Jami M. Furr, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Florida International University
    Presenter: Adelia Kamenetskiy, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Florida International University
    Child and adolescent mental health
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 40 - Prevention of Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: Design, Methods, and Preliminary Findings of the Path 2 Purpose (P2P) Study.
    Presenter: Benjamin Van Voorhees, MD, MPH – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Presenter: Tracy Gladstone, Ph.D. – Brown University
    Child / Adolescent - Depression
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 27 - Exposure-Based, Intensive, and Digital Treatments for OCD and Related Disorders
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 28 - Basic and Experimental Processes: Cognitive Biases, Attention, and Learning Mechanisms
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 29 - Family and Caregiver Interventions: Spotlight on Parenting and Caregiver Well-Being
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 30 - Sexual Wellbeing and Relational Skills: CBT Approaches Across Diverse Populations
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 30 - Sexual Wellbeing and Relational Skills: CBT Approaches Across Diverse Populations
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 19 - Advanced Clinical Consultation: Ultra-Rapid CBT Intervention and Skill Development
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 20 - Clinical Discernment in an Information-Saturated World: A CBT-Informed Approach
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 21 - Coping when the Struggle is Real: Telling Youth and Family Stories with Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 22 - Don’t Let it Slide: Targeting Therapy Interfering Behaviors in DBT
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Master Clinician 4 - Less Avoiding, More Doing: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workshop for Chronic “Later‑ers”
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Help Suicidal Patients Choose to Live (With an extra spotlight on vulnerable populations, including refugees, sexual minorities)
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Failing Better. Encouraging Adoption of CBT by Non-Psychologist Professionals Through a Competency-Focused Approach
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    TEAM-CBT for Shame and Anxiety: A Blueprint for Helping Your Patients Heal
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 4 - The Science of Happiness: Experimentally Increasing Wellbeing Through Gratitude, Kindness, and Conversation Interventions
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 23 - Risk Factors that Predict Future Onset of Eating Disorders: Implications for Prevention
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Keynote 24 - Cognitive-behavioural approaches for working with complexity in people with psychosis
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion 13 - Safety Behaviors vs Safety Signals in Exposure Therapy: Are Safety Behaviors Always Contraindicated?
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 15 - Psychopathology in Athletes: Strategies for Prevention, Treatment, and Wellbeing
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Clinical Round Table 16 - Severe and complex OCD: Multidisciplinary approach to behavioral treatment
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Symposium 10 - Creative Approaches to Exposure: Acceptability, Mechanisms, Effectiveness and Patient Experiences
    Chair: Jane Gregory, Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Discussant: Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D. – University of California, Los Angeles
    Presenter: Jean-Philippe Gagné, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Université du Québec à Montréal
    Presenter: Jennie M. Kuckertz, Ph.D. – McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Presenter: Joon Lee, B.A. – Concordia University
    Presenter: Jane Gregory, Psy.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Transdiagnostic and therapeutic processes
     Earn 1.5 Credit
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Open Paper Group 31 - Social Anxiety: Mechanisms, Assessment, and Multi-Format Interventions
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 23 - CBT with Cognitive Training for children with ADHD
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 24 - Clinical Skills for Affirming CBT with Older Adults
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 25 - From Empathy to Change: Teaching TEAM-CBT Skills in Latin American Clinical Practice
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 26 - Identifying the Maintaining Mechanisms of a Cognitive-Behavioral Case Formulation
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 27 - Tic’d! Mastering the CBIT Protocol to Defeat the Global Tic Epidemic
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Skills Class 28 - Working with Existential Anxiety in CBT: Fear, Uncertainty, and Meaning
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Technical Demonstration 5 - Behavior Analysis VR Learning Hub
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM PDT
    World Congress Closing Ceremony
  • Sunday, June 28, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Gender Neutral Bathrooms
  • 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Nursing Mother's Room
  • 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Congress Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Wellness Room
  • 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 15 - Positive Affect Treatment for Depression, Anxiety and Anhedonia
  • 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 16 - Understanding and Treating Addiction
  • 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 17 - A 4-Stage Model of Socratic Dialogue to Improve Therapy Effectiveness
  • 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 18 - Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): An Empirically Supported Approach for Young Children and Their Caregivers
  • 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 19 - The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive Behavior Therapy
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 21 - A Process-Based Approach to Evidence-Based Practice
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 22 - The Single-Session Consultation: An Introductory Clinical Workshop
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 23 - Gain without pain: Practical CBT skills for perfectionism
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 24 - Body Project Eating Disorder Prevention Program: Evidence-Base, Intervention Theory, and Implementation
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Traditional Workshop 25 - CBT Perspective on Grief Counseling: Assessment and Intervention