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CBT and Relapse Prevention: Creating Longer-Term Change & Maintaining Treatment Effects | 3 CE Credits

Apr. 26, 2025

10:00 AM - 1:15 PM (EST)

Virtual Event
3 CE Credits
Join us for a crucial workshop on relapse in depressive and anxiety disorders. We will explore the literature on relapse rates following cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and identify predictors of long-term outcomes.
This workshop will review the literature on relapse in depressive and anxiety disorders and outline release rates following CBT treatment. Predictors of longer-term outcomes will be reviewed, and the targets for a relapse prevention approach will be described. Evidence-based methods for optimizing maintenance and preventing relapse in CBT for depression and anxiety will be demonstrated and discussed.

  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Therapists
  • Counselors
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
John Ludgate, PhD

John has worked as a psychotherapist for almost 30 years. He currently works at the CBT Center of Western North Carolina, located in Asheville, NC. He specializes in treating mood, anxiety, relationship, and psychosexual disorders. As well as having an active clinical practice, he is involved in training and supervision in CBT.

He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Trinity College, Dublin; a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from University of Edinburgh in Scotland; and a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin. He trained at the Center for Cognitive Therapy under Dr. Aaron Beck, the founder of Cognitive Therapy, obtaining a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cognitive Therapy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. He subsequently became Assistant Director of Training at Dr. Beck’s Center. In the early 1990s, Dr. Ludgate was a Research Clinical Psychologist at the University of Oxford in England and served as a cognitive-behavioral therapist in several outcome studies of panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, and hypochondriasis. He subsequently worked as a clinical psychologist in state agencies and private practice.

In 1988, he published the book Maximizing Psychotherapeutic Gains and Preventing Relapse in Emotionally Distressed Clients and was co-editor with Beck and others of Cognitive Therapy with Inpatients: Developing a Cognitive Milieu, published in 1990. He published Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Relapse Prevention for Depression and Anxiety in 2009 and Heal Yourself: A CBT Approach to Reducing Therapist Distress and Increasing Therapeutic Effectiveness in 2012. In 2014, he co-authored the book Overcoming Compassion Fatigue: A Practical Resilience Workbook with Martha Teater. In 2016, he co-edited the book Teaching and Supervising Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, published by Wiley. With Teresa Grubr, he published the CBT Couples Toolbox in 2018. He has written numerous journal articles and book chapters in the field of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for anxiety and depression. He has presented many seminars and workshops on cognitive behavioral approaches, both nationally and internationally. He is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and serves on the Credentialing Committee of the Academy.

After this training, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the incidence of relapse in depression and anxiety.
  • Describe the risk factors related to relapse for depressed and anxious clients.
  • Implement evidence-based CBT strategies to reduce the likelihood of relapse.

10:00 -10:05 am – Introduction

10:05-10:30 am – The scope and nature of the problem, Long-term outcome in CBT with Depression and Anxiety, Predictors of relapse in the treatment of Depression and Anxiety

10:30-11:00 am – The CBT Model of Relapse and its implications, Relapse as process v relapse as an event, Intervention points in reducing release risk

11:00-11:30 am – Assessing relapse risk and targeting high risk

11:30-11:45 am – Break

11:45-12:15 pm – Relapse Prevention Guidelines, Throughout therapy, Pre-termination

12:15-12:45 pm – Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for relapse prevention, Maintenance CBT

12:45-1:05 pm  – Working with clients who have relapsed

1:05-1:15 pm – Q&A

Registration $65 | Apr. 26 | Virtual Event | 3 CE Credits

Registration Deadline: Apr. 26

 

Cancellation Policy

You may request to cancel your registration for a future credit up to 72 hours before the event’s date and time. Cancellation requests made within 24 hours of the event date/time will not receive a transfer. When you register for an event, you agree to these terms.

A total of 3 CE Credits are offered.

Additional Approvals Pending.

ASWB ACE

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NBCC

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NY State Board of Social Workers

Clinical Events, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0828.

NY State Board of Mental Health Counselors

Clinical Events, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0329.