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Incorporating Behavioral Activation for Depression into Clinical Practice

When
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Online WEBINAR
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Presenters: Nina Josefowitz

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Costs: CSCSW Member: FREE | Nonmember (with CEUs): $35 | Student: FREE

1 CEU

Description:

Behavioral Activation is one of the most effective treatments for depression. It has been endorsed as an evidence-based treatment by psychiatric and psychological

associations in the United States, Canada, England, Australia and New Zealand. Behavioral activation is based on disrupting the vicious cycle of depression. Individuals who are depressed start to avoid daily activities, even ones they previously found pleasurable. While this can provide short-term relief, when people avoid, they become more depressed and then want to avoid more. This sets up the vicious cycle where depression leads to avoiding activities, which leads to more depression, which leads to more avoidance and increasing depression.

Behavioral Activation focuses on breaking this cycle. This workshop will start with how to develop a collaborative case conceptualization to help your client understand their depression. We will then demonstrate the steps involved in behavioral activation interventions: 1) how to assess your depressed client's daily life using the Daily

Activities Schedule and 2) how to use what you discover in the Daily Activities Schedule to systematically and effectively incorporate activities into your clients’ lives that improve their functioning and mood.

The second part of the workshop will focus on how to improve the overall effectiveness of behavioral activation and client motivation by using strategies associated with third-wave CBT. We will specifically look at the role of mindfulness and values-based action. The workshop will be helpful to clinicians who have wanted to include behavioral activation into their practice but are not sure where to begin, as well as clinicians who regularly use behavioral activation and are looking for strategies to improve their effectiveness and client motivation.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Understand the theoretical assumptions underlying behavioral activation
Outline the key steps of behavioral activation
Identify clients’ patterns of mood boosting and mood busting behaviors
Collaboratively develop effective behavioral activation plans
Identify and troubleshoot motivational barriers

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Dr. Nina Josefowitz has over thirty years of experience as a CBT therapist and teacher. She has spent most of her career as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of

Applied Psychology and Human Development at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education//University of Toronto. She teaches a graduate course in cognitive behavioural therapy as well as counselling courses in the Global Mental Health program. Dr. Josefowitz was on the Council of the College of Psychologists for 9 years and President of the College from 2001 to 2003. She has published in the area of cognitive behaviour therapy, trauma, women’s issues, forensic assessment, ethics and clinical psychology. The second edition of her book CBT Made Simple: A Clinicians Guide to Practicing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy was published 2021. Her most recent book, The Behavioral Activation Workbook on Depression, which she co-authored with Dr. Stephen Swallow, was published this year.

This ONLINE WEBINAR meets the qualifications for 1.0 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Note: With supervisor approval, registered ASWs may use CEs toward LCSW hours.

Cancellation Policy

14 days or more before event date: Full refund
13-7 days before event date: 75% refund
6 days or less before event date: No refund

Note: Registration will be canceled if payment is not made at least 7 days prior to the event.