CBT for Anxiety in Adult Primary Care
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in your practice. Treat it with confidence.
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Primary care clinicians: Family physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
Anxiety affects millions of adults — and most of them are seen first, and often only, in primary care. This course teaches you to use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques with anxious adult patients, giving you evidence-based tools you can apply right away without waiting on a specialist.
Faculty include both a mental health professional and a primary care clinician, so every session connects research to real-world clinical practice.
Like all REACH training, this course is built on adult learning science. It has two components:
- A full-day interactive workshop focused on building knowledge, skills, and confidence in CBT for adult anxiety.
- Four follow-up case-based calls — one hour each — where you present cases from your own practice, get expert feedback, and put your learning to work.
Participants can earn up to 11.25 CME credits for both components.
COURSE GOALS
After this course, you’ll be able to:
Identify and understand the core components of adult anxiety
Screen and assess for anxiety in primary care settings.
Apply evidence-based CBT techniques — including cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, and exposure — with anxious adult patients.
Develop a treatment plan for anxiety within your practice.
Recognize when to refer to specialty care.
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Accreditation & Designation
CME Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and The REACH Institute. UAMS is jointly accredited by the ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA Credit Designation
AMA Credit Designation
This live activity is designated for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Participants should claim credit commensurate with their participation.
ANCC Credit Designation
This live activity is designated for a maximum of 11.25 ANCC contact hours, awarded based on documented attendance and completed evaluations.
AAPA Credit Designation
Authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), this activity is designated for 11.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should claim credit commensurate with their participation
YOUR Questions Answered
Everything you need to know before you register.
This course is built for adult primary care clinicians — family physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants — who regularly see anxious adult patients and want practical, evidence-based CBT tools to help them effectively.
No prior CBT training is required. The course builds skills and confidence from the ground up, with faculty from both mental health and primary care backgrounds supporting clinicians at all experience levels.
You’ll be able to screen and assess for anxiety, apply evidence-based CBT techniques with anxious adult patients, develop a treatment plan within your practice, and recognize when to refer to specialty care.
The course covers core evidence-based CBT techniques for adult anxiety, including psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, and exposure — practical methods you can begin applying with anxious patients immediately after the workshop.
The course has two components: a full-day interactive workshop on CBT for adult anxiety, followed by four one-hour follow-up group calls where you present cases from your own practice and receive expert coaching.
The Adult Behavioral Health course is a comprehensive 3-day program covering the full range of adult behavioral health conditions. This course goes deep on one area — CBT for anxiety specifically — in a single focused day.
Participants can earn up to 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 11.25 ANCC contact hours, or 11.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits by completing both the workshop and the follow-up calls.
Yes. Check current course dates for available formats and schedules.
Cancellations made 20 or more days before the course receive a 90% refund. Refunds decrease on a sliding scale closer to the course date. Transfers to another session are available within 12 months of registration.
Still Have Questions?
Our team is happy to help you determine if CBT for Anxiety
is the right fit for you or your institution.
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