Continuing Education Events That Require Purchased Tickets
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Pre-Convention Institutes

Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 7 Hours
Full Day Session

Institute 1

Working With Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Presentation, Assessment Strategies, and Treatment

Eric A. Youngstrom, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Level: Intermediate level of familiarity with the material

Thursday, 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. - 5 Hours

Institute 2

Intensive Treatment of Specific Phobia: The One-Session Treatment Method

Lars-Goran Öst, University of Stockholm, and Thomas H. Ollendick, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Level: Basic to intermediate level of familiarity with the material

Institute 3

Cognitive and Behavioral Techniques for Weight Loss and Maintenance

Judith S. Beck, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research; University of Pennsylvania

Level: Basic familiarity

Institute 4

Cognitive Therapy for Suicidal Patients

Amy Wenzel and Gregory K. Brown, University of Pennsylvania

Level: Intermediate level of familiarity with the material

Institute 5

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Prevention of Relapse in Major Depression

Zindel Segal and Mark Lau, University of Toronto

Level: All Levels

Institute 6

Using ACT Principles to Empower Therapeutic Work Regardless of Label

Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada, and Kirk Strosahl, Mountainview Consulting Group

Level: Beginning to intermediate familiarity with the material

Institute 7

Collaborative Case Conceptualizaton: A Three-Stage Model for Individualizing Evidence-Based Treatments

Christine A. Padesky, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Huntington Beach CA, and Willem Kuyken, University of Exeter, UK

Level: Intermediate to advanced

Institute 8

The Reluctant Angry Client: Engagement, Assessment, and Treatment

Howard Kassinove, Hofstra University, Raymond Chip Tafrate, Central Connecticut State University

Level: Basic to moderate level of familiarity with the material