Join us for the newest Feeling Good Institute workshop for therapists with CBT legend Dr. David Burns and Feeling Good Institute's Director of Training Dr. Jill Levitt, in collaboration with Palo Alto University. Learn powerful, fun, and engaging skills to help you and your patients break out of the "not good enough" spiral.

Date: Friday December 6th 8:30am-4:30pm Pacific Time
Location and Format: In-Person and Online. In-person (Limited to 60 seats) at Palo Alto University, Mountain View Campus | 1172 Castro Street, Room 124 Mountain View, CA
Early Bird Price: In Person $195 (only 60 seats), Online $135
For online registration enter discount code: Online when purchasing to receive the online price of $135.
CE Credits: 7 CEs

In this workshop, Drs. Burns and Levitt will present powerful and creative CBT techniques to help your patients AND yourself overcome feelings of self-doubt and self-loathing which often arise from beliefs that drive much of the world’s emotional suffering. During the workshop, you will observe dramatic excerpts from live therapy sessions that will bring the techniques to life along with didactic teaching and interactive practice exercises. You’ll leave with tools to support your patients in overcoming feelings of inferiority, inadequacy, and self-doubt.

In This Workshop You Will Learn:
- Cutting-edge CBT techniques to overcome self-loathing and develop self-acceptance
- Powerful methods to reduce resistance like Positive Reframing and Externalization of Resistance
- Strategies to overcome entrenched beliefs including the double standard technique, let's define terms and
externalization of voices
- How to heal yourself and transform your feelings of self-doubt into feelings of joy and confidence
- How to help patients embrace their flaws and reduce shame with the Feared Fantasy Technique, the Survey Technique and Self-Disclosure
- How to use the TEAM-CBT framework—T = Testing, E = Empathy, A = Assessment of Resistance, and M = Methods—to follow a step-by-step approach to making therapy more effective.

Learning Objectives:
After completing this workshop you will be able to:
1. Identify two distortions in negative thoughts that drive feelings of shame
2. Describe one benefit of positive reframing
3. Explain the rationale for the double standard technique
4. Set up a survey to test the validity of your negative thoughts
5. Describe the benefits of self-disclosure
6. Use self-defense and self-acceptance to challenge a negative thought
7. Name one method that is helpful in overcoming resistance to change

100% attendance and completion of the CE survey is required to receive CE certificate of completion. Partial completion cannot be granted.

One week before the workshop, registrants will have access to the workshop materials through this online platform.

Continuing Education Accreditation
*The Feeling Good Institute (FGI) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Feeling Good Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Feeling Good Institute Inc. 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-0175. The Feeling Good Institute (FGI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6750. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. FGI is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Feeling Good Institute, #1442, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/30/2024-05/30/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 7 continuing education credits. Feeling Good Institute, Inc. 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-0678. A certificate of attendance will be emailed to attendees who attend 100% of the training within a week of completion of the workshop survey. Individuals with disabilities requiring special accommodations please contact Dr. Maor Katz at maor@feelinggoodinstitute.com.

Instructor Bios for Jill Levitt, Ph.D. and David Burns, M.D. are at the top of the page under the tab: Instructor Bios