We have transitioned all our CBT for psychosis trainings to a new hybrid format. They will now consist of material to work through online, on-demand, plus three live 3-hour webinars to consolidate this material with experiential exercises. This will help maximize learning and minimize zoom fatigue. In addition it makes all our programs as accessible as possible. 

This is a hybrid online plus live webinar training. Students must work through the relevant online materials prior to the live webinar dates to be eligible to attend, and pass CE quizzes. 

CBT for Psychosis Training

This 15 hour training which includes online, on-demand and live webinar material is a simplified version of our Full CBTp workshop, for clinicians working psychosis in any type of setting. CBT for psychosis (CBTp) is an evidence-based treatment, commonly available in Europe, and recommended by best practice guidelines in both the US and the UK in the early intervention for psychosis.

Important Dates

August 11th, 2025 –– Online Material Goes Live

August 25th, 2025  –– All Registration Closes

September 9th, 2025–– Live, Zoom Webinar #1

September 15th, 2025–– Live, Zoom Webinar #2

September 29th, 2025–– Live, Zoom Webinar #3

Learning Objectives

By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:

1. Describe what is psychosis, listing typical symptoms and possible diagnoses that include these

2. Summarize the evidence base for CBT for psychosis, including key critiques

3. Summarize the ABC model of CBT

4. Explain the concepts of delusions and voice hearing as part of the spectrum of normal human experience

5. Demonstrate increased empathy for psychosis by applying at least one empathy generating exercises

6. Describe the concept of “working within a delusional belief system” and be able to recite both one reason why we do it and one technique how we do it

7. Demonstrate the concept of normalizing

8. Set operationalized, patient-centered goals to track progress over time and utilize empirically supported measures to track change

9. List at least five examples of ‘curious questions’

10. Demonstrate how to pull relevant information together into a CBT formulation

11. Summarize the concept of coping skills enhancement

12. Demonstrate interventions for beliefs about voices

13. Differentiate between the three different types of delusions

14. List three ways of generating alternative explanations for delusions

15. Describe the role of homework or action plans in cognitive behavioral skills building

Successful completion to be awarded CE credits

In order to successfully complete this online training and be eligible for CE credits participants must:

  • Review the material from all 15 modules

  • Watch every slide and video to the end

  • Complete all quizzes and evaluations

  • Post comments to discussion where requested

  • Score 75% or higher for evaluation quizzes (maximum 3 attempts)

Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • How to use this course

    • Learning objectives

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Before we begin...

    • How to download workbook for this course

    • PDF Workbook for this training

    • How to download transcript for this course

    • PDF Transcript for this training

    • Follow along case example
  2. 2

    • What is psychosis?

    • What is psychosis? Discussion

    • What is psychosis?

    • Which DSM diagnoses include psychosis?

    • Which DSM diagnoses include psychosis?

    • Evidence base

    • The CBT model

    • ABCs

    • The CBT triangle

    • Is it a thought or a feeling? learning quiz

    • Is it a thought or a feeling?

    • Follow along case example

  3. 3

    • Strongly held beliefs exist on a continuum

    • Plausibility of Beliefs Exercise instructions

    • Plausibility of Beliefs Exercise

    • Plausibility of Beliefs Discussion

    • How common are so called unusual beliefs? Gallup & Newport (1991) Exercise instructions

    • How common are so called unusual beliefs? Gallup & Newport (1991)

    • What did you use to determine your answers for the last quiz?

    • Strongly held beliefs on a continuum

    • Follow along case example
  4. 4

    • Hallucinations are also part of normal human experience

    • Voices simulation

    • Trail running for beginners

    • Feedback voice simulation

    • Prevalence of voice hearing

    • Pre-quiz Survey

    • Learning Objectives 1 - 4 Evaluation Quiz

    • Follow along case example

  5. 5

    • Empathy enhancement

    • Key points on empathy

    • How to express empathy practice quiz

    • Follow along case example
  6. 6

    • Working within the belief system

    • Working within the clients belief system

    • Clip 1

    • Lessons from clip 1

    • Clip 2

    • Lessons from clip 2

    • Clip 3

    • Lessons from clip 3

    • Video feedback

    • Why do we work within the belief system?

    • Thoughts about the concept of Working within the belief system

    • How do we work within the belief system?

    • Don’t assume symptom is part of “illness”

    • Suspend disbelief quiz

    • Answering the question "do you believe me?"

    • More on the how

    • Is this colluding, challenging or working within the belief system? Quiz

    • Update to answering the question "do you believe me?"

    • Follow along case example

  7. 7

    • Normalizing

    • How do we normalize

    • Normalizing video

    • Normalizing video quiz

    • Normalizing video discussion

    • Normalizing individual exercise

    • Pre-quiz Survey

    • Learning Objectives 5 - 7 Evaluation Quiz

    • Follow along case example

  8. 8

    • Goal setting

    • Goal setting

    • Goal setting video

    • Goal setting video quiz

    • Goal setting video discussion

    • Follow along case example

  9. 9

    • Assessment - being curious with our questions

    • How to ask curious questions

    • Cognitive assessment of voices

    • Chadwick's Cognitive Assessment of Voices

    • Curious questions voices assessment video

    • Curious questions voices assessment video quiz

    • Curious questions voices assessment discussion

    • BAVQ-R measure

    • BAVQ-R paper

    • Follow along case example

  10. 10

    • Guided Discovery & Socratic Questioning

    • Guided discovery & socratic questioning

    • Guided discovery sketch

    • Guided discovery sketch quiz

    • Guided discovery approach discussion

    • Guided discovery quiz instructions

    • Guided discovery quiz

    • Columbo technique

    • Columbo Tries To Trick A Surgeon _ Columbo

    • Pre-quiz Survey

    • Learning Objectives 8 & 9 Evaluation Quiz

    • Follow along case example

  11. 11

    • How to access the live Webinar
  12. 12

    • Formulation

    • What is formulation?

    • ABCs mini formulation
  13. 13

    • Intervention for Voices Part I: coping strategy enhancement

    • Interventions for voices

    • Coping strategies for voices

    • Look-point-name demonstration

    • Coping-skills-flyer

    • Coping_Voices Poster

    • look point name handout
  14. 14

    • How to access the live Webinar
  15. 15

    • Interventions for Voices part II: Beleifs about Voices

    • Interventions for voices

    • Why beliefs about voices are so crucial

    • How to work with beliefs about voices

    • Beliefs about voices video

    • Beliefs about voices video quiz

    • Beliefs about voices video discussion

    • Voices measures

    • Voice Diary

    • Voices profile

    • Pre-quiz Survey

    • Learning Objectives 10 - 12 Evaluation Quiz

    • Follow along case example

  16. 16

    • Interventions for delusions

    • Which type of delusion?

    • How to tell if the client has wiggle room

    • Follow along case example

    • No wiggle room

    • Passengers On A Bus an Acceptance Commitment Therapy ACT Metaphor

    • Discussion Passengers on the Bus video

    • No wiggle room cont

    • Wiggle room

    • 3Cs

    • Examining the evidence video

    • Examining the evidence video quiz

    • Examining the evidence video discussion

    • Working with "amorphous" belief systems

    • What do we mean by "amorphous" belief system

    • Working with "amorphous" belief systems

    • Follow along case example

  17. 17

    • Homework

    • Homework slides

    • Follow along case example

    • A note on session structure

    • Session structure

    • Follow along case example

    • Pre-quiz Survey

    • Learning Objectives 13 - 15 Evaluation Quiz
  18. 18

    • How to access the live Webinar
  19. 19

    • Fair Use Disclaimer

    • Financial disclosure

    • Attestation of completion by self

    • Feedback evaluation instructions

    • Feedback evaluation

    • Congrats! Here's what's next...

    • Ongoing coaching in using this CBT for psychosis material

    • More resources for you

    • References

What people are saying about our previous CBTp trainings

  • "Great learning environment combining different learning styles so everyone can benefit from the class."

  • "I enjoyed how interactive it was and the way in which learning was welcomed."

  • "I found this training very helpful! The information was presented in a clear way, all the skills were very clinically relevant, and I liked that we could focus on one of our cases throughout."

  • "Really one of the best trainings I've attended. Information is useful and well presented."

  • "The course was well structured, engaging, and very informative. The instructor did an excellent job making sure everyone understood the content and was able to provide ample examples of how to apply the information to my clients. Everything involving the instructor and course content were amazing."

  • "The simulations that were utilized to help us understand the client experience is a game-changer and something I plan to utilize with my families and staff that work within my program. I did not really see anything that needed improvement, as all the material and the way it was taught not only kept my interest, but immediately began changing the way I worked with clients and families. It taught me what areas I was not exploring that were vital to the therapeutic process and how to find those out."

  • "This training was useful because it gave lots of concrete examples and reminded me of some important principles (curious questions; avoiding adversarial challenges; examining beliefs) that I can use with my current patients."

  • "This was wonderful! Overall, I am very happy that I took this course and feel that I have a much better understanding of CBT for psychosis. It left me eager to continue my learning and growth in this area."

  • "I love the blended format of the learning and the experiential exercises in the webinars.."

  • "No suggestions other than have more trainings available. Best training I have attended.."

Instructor

CBTp trainer in training

Roshane Wright

Dr Wright is a licensed psychologist with 10 years of experience working with individuals who experience psychosis. She completed Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis training under Dr. Sally Riggs and has been utilizing CBTp with clients for the past 5 years. She received her doctorate from Howard University in Washington DC in 2013 and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Serious & Chronic Mental Illness at the Oklahoma City VA through the University of Oklahoma Fellowship program in 2014. Since then she has worked primarily in public health settings including inpatient and outpatient state and forensic psychiatric facilities, providing treatment to individuals with psychosis and other complex psychiatric presentations. Currently she works at a city hospital in NYC on the acute inpatient psychiatric unit.

Financial & commercial disclosure:

Dr. Riggs and Riggs Psychology PLLC and sallyriggs.com receive no financial or commercial support for this online training, the content of this training, and gain no commercial support or benefit from endorsement of products. They also report that in the past 12 months they have had no other financial relationship with a commercial organization that produces healthcare goods or services that could be considered a conflict of interest.