Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Youth Anxiety
Audience
Mental health clinicians treating children and adolescents: clinical social workers, counselors, psychologists, and therapists.
Description
Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health concerns in children and adolescents, and they’re on the rise. Clinicians often see anxious youth every day, yet many report feeling unsure of how to provide effective, evidence-based care.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most well-supported psychotherapy for pediatric anxiety, backed by extensive research, including randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses.
Participants will gain a strong foundation in CBT principles and a structured approach to intervention, focusing on core techniques such as behavioral activation and cognitive restructuring. The course emphasizes real-world application, providing clinicians with tools that can be immediately integrated into their practice.
This training consists of two key components:
- Dynamic, One-Day Workshop – A live, interactive workshop where you’ll learn to diagnose and treat anxiety using behavioral activation, cognitive restructuring, and other CBT techniques to treat depressed children and teens.
- Case-Based Learning Calls – A series of six calls over three months, where participants present real client cases, share their approach in applying course learnings, and receive coaching and feedback from their peers and REACH’s expert faculty.
Each component is led by REACH’s national faculty of renowned psychologists. Participants receive a structured treatment manual with session-by-session guidelines and reproducible client handouts. Those who complete both components will receive a certificate of completion.
Course Goals
By completing this course, you will learn to:
- Identify and understand the core components of youth anxiety.
- Screen and assess anxiety symptoms in clinical practice.
- Conceptualize patient cases using a cognitive-behavioral perspective.
- Apply key CBT techniques, including behavioral activation, cognitive restructuring, coping strategies, and problem-solving.
- Confidently develop and implement exposure plans with anxious youth
- Provide psychoeducation for youth anxiety
Course Dates
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REACH also offers private trainings on CBT for Youth Anxiety, CBT for Youth Depression, and Treatment for Disruptive Behavior Disorders for groups of 10 or more — contact us to learn more.
The REACH Institute’s CATIE program (Child/Adolescent Training in Evidence-Based Psychotherapies) gives clinicians practical tools to implement evidence-based therapies for youth.