The Center for Deployment Psychology will be presenting a two-day course in the use of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) on 23-24 June 2025, 9 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Eastern via Second Life. Registration for the course is $45 and comes with 14 CEs. (Participants with a .mil email address can contact william.tiwari.ctr@usuhs.edu to have this fee waived.) 
Capacity for this event is limited and registration will close when all seats have been claimed, even if this is before the final registration date.

Participants will need to have an account in Second Life and install the Second Life Viewer on their computer in order to take part. Those who do not have an existing Second Life account can create one and download the Second Life Viewer program here: http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/.

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

Also, a functioning microphone is MANDATORY to attend, in order to participate in the role-play sessions. Headphones are also HIGHLY recommended to provide the optimal experience.

For questions or technical issues, please email cdp-tech-support-ggg@usuhs.edu.

Click here for more information about Second Life and the event.

Description: This intensive two-day module provides training in CPT, an evidence-based treatment for PTSD. It presents theory underlying CPT, a brief overview of CPT’s empirical support, and step-by-step instructions in CPT protocol techniques. Throughout the workshop strategies for conceptualizing and dealing with co-morbidity, managing avoidance, and keeping patients optimally engaged are provided. Video clips of expert therapists demonstrate CPT skills, and participants are asked to do role-plays and other assignments to learn concepts and practice skills.

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 who have not previously attended a CDP-led training in Second Life 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. Participants must attend this "open house" session from the computer and Internet connection they intend to use for the training. The "open house" windows will be announced in advance of the event. 

Failure to attend one of the Open Houses will result in being disenrolled from the training.

If you participate in the Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) program and want to register for this online EBP workshop, please note that it will not qualify as an SBHP Tier 3. While you are welcome to attend the training, your participation will not be tracked by SBHP, nor listed on the SBHP registry.

Attendees are also responsible for acquiring a copy of the required text for this workshop Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD: A Comprehensive Therapist Manual by Resick et al., April 2024 (2nd Edition) [ISBN: 9781462554270]. Attendees are responsible to acquire a copy of the text prior to the workshop. It is available in print and electronic versions, and may be purchased from a number of vendors. The following links are provided for convenience only, and CDP does not endorse any specific vendor.

• Amazon
• Guilford Press
• Google Books

Continuing Education Details:
Participants are required to attend the entire training. Partial credits cannot be issued. This training contains non-instructional time of one hour for lunch and two 15-minute breaks each day. Attendance is taken through the use of electronic logs, and a post-training evaluation form must be completed in order to receive ACE social work CE credits.

For other CE credits, completion of the evaluation is strongly encouraged, but if you do not wish to complete the evaluation, please contact the training event's POC after the training event. There is a 30-day time limit post-training to complete all CE requirements. There is a 30-day time limit post-training to complete all CE requirements. CE Credit Certificates will be emailed to qualifying participants within 30 days of the workshop completion date.

For additional details, please click here or on the "CE DETAILS" button at the top of the page.

American Psychological Association Sponsor Approval:
The Center for Deployment Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Deployment Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education Provider Approval: The Center for Deployment Psychology, #1761, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Deployment Psychology maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: May 19, 2022 – May 19, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive 14 Live, Interactive Webinar continuing education credits.

New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology Provider Approval: The Center for Deployment Psychology is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0178).

New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work Provider Approval: The Center for Deployment Psychology 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-0744).

Inquiries regarding CE credits may be directed via email to Will Tiwari at william.tiwari.ctr@usuhs.edu.

Refund Policy: Cancellations more than two weeks before the start of the event will receive a full refund. 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.