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Essential Elements of CBT for Psychosis: Engagement Style, Normalizing, Developing a Formulation

CE Hours 4

About this live event

This seminar explores and offers practice in the fundamentals of CBT for psychosis. Questions will be discussed such as: How is it possible to engage collaboratively in exploring experiences with people whose view of reality is radically different from your own? How can providers realistically offer hope to people who may feel their mind is broken? One CBT method that conveys hope and facilitates engagement is that of normalizing. Framing psychotic experiences as extreme versions of normal reactions “puts them on the map” of healthy human functioning and allows people to consider transitioning to less extreme approaches. Once experiences are understood in a normalized way, it is then possible to follow up by helping people map out or develop formulations about what is happening. These formulations then can be used to develop specific suggestions about what might be done to effect change.

Learning Objectives

  • List four key elements of a collaborative engagement style consistent with CBT for psychosis, and demonstrate this style in practice.
  • Apply the practice of normalizing while discussing psychotic experiences.
  • Based on descriptions of psychotic experiences, create CBT formulations which map out what may be happening and what might be changed to “shrink” the problem.
  • Describe an approach to integrating collaborative decision making around medications with CBT.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's. It may also be of interest to others, including family members and people with lived experience of psychosis.

Agenda

8:30–10:30:  Style of relating in CBT for psychosis

  • Establishing a collaborative relationship

  • Finding a balance with hope

  • Curious questioning from a position of uncertainty

  • Overcoming difficulties in relating due to psychosis

10:30 - 10:45: Break

10:45–11:00: CBT, psychosis, and antipsychotic medications

11:00–11:45: Normalizing: theoretical and practical approaches


11:45-12:45:  Developing and using various types of formulations to guide therapy

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Ron Unger, LCSW

    Ron Unger works as a therapist, and as a therapy supervisor at the Center for Family Development and in private practice in Eugene Oregon. For the past 22 years he has also worked as an educator, providing seminars on CBT for psychosis and related topics across the United States and internationally. He served as the chair of the education committee for ISPS-US for over a decade and currently organizes webinars with a variety of presenters through Mad in America. His website is https://recoveryfrompsychosis.org/

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) to earn CE credits.

Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

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1. This virtual event will be hosted via Zoom Meeting, and you may be prompted to download or upgrade your Zoom app if using a mobile device. A strong WiFi connection will be required for best quality.


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3. CE's are provided for the "live" sessions only. CE's will not be available for the recordings.

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  • CE Hours
    4
  • Type
    Hybrid Event
  • Location
    Center for Family Development (261 E 12th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401)
  • Date
    Thu Apr 2nd, 2026
  • Time
    08:30am - 12:45pm PDT

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