The Center for Deployment Psychology is offering a two-day evidence-based workshop on the fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression (CBT-D) for behavioral health providers working with service members and ceterans.  The workshop will be held online via Second Life, 26-27 July 2023, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern. 

Registration for the course is $45 and comes with 14 CEs. (Please note the CE details and refund policy at the bottom of the page.) This course will be held online through Second Life. Participants will need to have an account in Second Life and install the Second Life Viewer program in order to take part in this event. Those who do not have a Second Life account can create on and download the Second Life Viewer program here: http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/.

Click on the gold "Join Now" at the top of the page to create an account and click on the "Download the SL Viewer" button to getr the Second Life Viewer.

Also, a functioning microphone is MANDATORY to attend, in order to be able to participate in the role-play sessions. 

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Description:
This intensive 2-day workshop will provide training for behavioral health providers in the fundamentals of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression (CBT-D), with a specific focus on working with service members and veterans. We will begin with a discussion of depression in the military, followed by an examination of the central principles of CBT-D. Based on this model, participants will then learn how to conceptualize depressed patients and organize the components of a standard CBT-D session. We will also highlight specific cognitive, behavioral, and problem-solving strategies to use with service members to help them modify unhelpful cognitions and re-engage with their environments.

Participants will have multiple opportunities to observe video examples and practice intervention strategies through interactive role plays. This program content focuses on the application of assessment and intervention methods for treating depressed patients that have consistent and credible empirical support in the scientific literature (Beck, 2020; Hays, 2019; Kazantzis et al., 2018; Patel et al., 2019; Yew et al., 2021). Participants must attend both days of the workshop.

Attendance Requirements:
Participants will be required to have a Second Life account and install the Second Life viewer on their computer. Those who do not have a Second Life account can sign up and download the viewer here: http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/. Click the gold "Join Now" at the top of the page to create an account and click the "Download the SL Viewer" button to get the Second Life viewer.

If you are unfamiliar with Second Life, we HIGHLY recommend watching these brief orientation videos we have created to introduce Second Life to new participants.

Participants are also required to attend one of the pre-event "open houses" held online in Second Life. This is to ensure that participants can successfully log into Second Life, enter the training space, hear the presenter and speak with them via their computer's microphone. Participants will not need to attend for the entire "open house," just a portion of the two-hour window.

The scheduled times for the open houses are as follows:

• 10 July 2-4 p.m. Eastern
• 12 July 7-9 p.m. Eastern
• 21 July 2-4 p.m. Eastern
• 24 July, 1-3 p.m. Eastern

​​Participants will need to attend their open house session of choice from the computer and Internet connection they plan on using for the training. This is to ensure all technical issues can be solved in advance of the event.

Failure to attend one of the Open Houses will result in being disenrolled from the training.
***We recommend attending on a non-DoD computer network. Second Life is not permitted on networks or internet connections belonging to US military bases or the US Department of Veterans Affairs. In these instances, we encourage participants to use a home internet connection. Second Life is not compatible with Chromebooks, tablet computers, and mobile phones. 

CE Details:
Final CE details are under internal review. This section will be updated in advance of the event. 
For any other questions, please contact Aric Bowie (Aric.Bowie.ctr@usuhs.edu) or Chris Adams (Christopher.Adams.ctr@usuhs.edu).

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Refund Policy: Cancellations more than two weeks before the start of the event will receive a full refund, minus an approximate 10% credit card processing fee. Cancellations less than two weeks, but more than one week before the event will receive a 50% refund. Any cancellations less than a week before the event date will not be eligible for a refund.