Workshops & Networking Events

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Upcoming Events

    • Saturday, May 03, 2025
    • 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    • Drake's Dealership, 2325 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
    • 2
    Register



    Join us for this FREE membership event in Oakland.

    Help us welcome our new NCCBT Network colleagues and

    reunite with long-time members and NCCBT Leadership.

    Invite your partner, colleague or friend.

    Enjoy delicious appetizers, craft beer, wine and more!

    Drake's Dealership
    2325 Broadway
    Oakland, CA 94612

    This event will be held outdoors.

    RSVP: By Friday, April 25, 2025
    Space is limited. Please register 
    to reserve your spot. 

    To request adding more than one guest, email Ayesha at support@nccbt.net.

    We look forward to seeing you there!

    NCCBT Network Leadership Committee


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    Event Details


    Directions
     
    Map your route
     HERE.

    Public Transportation
    19th Street BART Station

    Parking 
    Drake’s Dealership offers validated parking from 4-10PM on weekdays and 12-10PM on weekends at the
    Hive Oakland parking lot on 24th St & Broadway.

    To get discounted parking:

    • Turn into parking lot on 24th St & Broadway
    • Select GET A TICKET at the kiosk (DO NOT INSERT CREDIT CARD)
    • Enjoy Drake’s Dealership
    • Ask host or your server to validate
    • Exit lot on 23rd St and enjoy your day

    Discounted parking at the Hive lot is $4.50/hr, down from $12/hr, and has on-site security during Dealership’s business hours.

    Attire
    Casual

    Questions? 
    Email
     
    support@nccbt.net

    • Saturday, September 20, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
    • 58
    Register

    (FLYER)

    Description

    Dr. Luskin will present the research tested rudiments of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects. He will offer lecture and guided practice in the basic steps to forgiveness. Guided imagery, mindfulness, gratitude and simple use of cognitive and narrative approaches will be examined and shown how they relate to forgiveness. Both forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others will be covered.

    Learning Objectives

    Attendees will be able to:

    1. Practice three (3) techniques for forgiveness of self.
    2. Identify and apply the nine (9) steps to forgiveness.
    3. Integrate forgiveness into their work with patients in at least three (3) ways that will benefit their patients' well-being.

    References

    Luskin, F., Harris, L. (2025). Forgive for Good Workbook for Recovery. New Harbinger Publishers, Inc.

    Luskin, F. (2002). Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

    Presenter


    Dr. Frederic Luskin
    has a Ph.D. in Counseling and Health Psychology from Stanford University where he has been teaching for the past 30 years. Currently, he is on the faculty for the Stanford School of Business Executive Education program where he teaches mindfulness, emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and positive psychology to executives from all over the world. He serves as Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects, researching the positive effects of forgiveness for a healthy and happy life. Dr. Luskin is one of the world’s recognized authorities on forgiveness of self and others. He’s been interviewed and featured in such media outlets as The New York Times, O Magazine, Today Show, LA Times, Time Magazine, Huffington Post, and CBS Morning News. In addition, he’s published 3 books and dozens of articles on forgiveness. His book Forgive for Good is the best-selling secular self-help book published on the topic of forgiveness.

    Cost

    Members

    Early Bird Rate (on or before 08/01/25)

    • Professional Member - $150
    • Early Career Member - $100
    • Pre-Licensed Associate/Retired Member - $60
    • Student - $25

    Regular (after 08/01/25)

    • Professional Member- $175
    • Early Career Member - $125
    • Pre-Licensed Associate/Retired Member - $75
    • Student - $30

     Non-Members (after 08/01/25)

    • Professional - $185
    • Pre-Licensed Associate/Student - $85

    Register Please visit https://www.nccbt.net/event-6091779 to register or join our mailing list to be notified when registration is open to the public. Limited to 72 attendees. Check-in begins at 9:30 am. Onsite registration available only if space permits.

    There will be a one-hour lunch break (lunch provided and included in the price) and two 15-minute breaks. Coffee, tea, and afternoon snacks will be available.

    NOTE: This is an indoor event. There will be some ventilation with back doors, weather and temperature permitting. Access to rooftop is available during lunch and breaks.

    Cancellation

    IMPORTANT — To be eligible for a refund, the San Francisco Bay Area Center of Cognitive Therapy and the NCCBT Network must receive notice of cancellation via email (support@nccbt.net) 14 days prior to the date of the workshop. All cancellations are subject to a $35.00 processing fee per workshop.

    Questions?

    Email support@nccbt.net.


    Continuing Education (CE) Credit

    The San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy is approved to offer 6.0 hours of continuing education (CE). No partial CE credits are granted.

    Those who attend this workshop in full and complete the appropriate evaluation form will receive CE credits. Please note that the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy will issue credit only to those who attend the entire workshop. Those who arrive more than 15 minutes after the start time or leave before the workshop ends will not receive CE credits.

    The San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy (Provider Approval No.: CEN034) is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) recognizes CE credit offered by any CPA-approved provider for license renewal for its licensees. The San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    Disclosure Information

    The California Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association require that continuing education providers inform participants as to the source, amount, nature, and disposition of any funding used to support the continuing education activity, whether in the form of educational grants, cash contributions, or in-kind contributions. Individuals in a position to influence course content must also disclose whether they have one or more relevant financial relationships with individuals and companies who have a financial interest in activity content. These individuals include the CE Advisory Committee of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy (SFBACCT) and the Leadership Committee of the Northern California Cognitive Behavior Therapy Network (NCCBT).

    Institutional Conflict of Interest Disclosure

    The San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy does not receive commercial support for any of the continuing education activities it provides.

    Individual Conflict of Interest Disclosure

    • Janie Hong, PhD, NCCBT Network Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • Kathrine Gapinski, PhD, NCCBT Network Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • Nancy Liu, PhD, NCCBT Network Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • Simone Madan, PhD, SFBACCT CE Advisory Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • John R. Montopoli, LMFT, LPCC, NCCBT Network Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • Daniela J. Owen, PhD, SFBACCT CE Advisory Committee and NCCBT Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • Katherine Schulz, LCSW, NCCBT Network Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • Aleksandra Soykin, PhD, NCCBT Network Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • Melinda White, LMFT, NCCBT Network Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.
    • Bridget Whitlow, LMFT, NCCBT Network Leadership Committee, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.

    Speaker Conflict of Interest Disclosure

    • Frederic Luskin, PhD, Workshop Leader, has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts.

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Saturday, October 19, 2024 FREE NCCBT Fall Social
Saturday, September 21, 2024 David M. Clark, DPhil - Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in Adults and Adolescents (6CEs)
Friday, March 22, 2024 Kristin Bianchi, PhD - I Can’t Stop this Feeling: Targeting Disgust and Shame as Allies in Avoidance (3CEs)
Saturday, October 21, 2023 Janie Hong, PhD - Neurodiversity Matters: Practical strategies to increase the effectiveness and inclusivity of CBT in clinical practice (3CEs)
Saturday, September 09, 2023 FREE NCCBT Network Fall Social (Members & Guests Only)
Friday, April 28, 2023 Jacqueline B. Persons, PhD - The Case Formulation Approach to CBT (6CEs)
Saturday, January 28, 2023 Debra Hope, PhD with Nathan Woodruff - Affirming CBT for Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients (3CEs)
Sunday, October 02, 2022 NCCBT Network FREE Fall Social
Friday, May 20, 2022 Mary V. Solanto, PhD - Implementing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adults with ADHD (3CEs)
Saturday, January 22, 2022 Janie Hong, PhD - Seeing Autistic People: Practical CBT Interventions from a Neurodiversity Perspective (3CEs)
Friday, May 14, 2021 C. Alec Pollard, PhD - An Integrative Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Treatment-Interfering Behavior (3CEs)
Friday, October 23, 2020 Allison Briscoe-Smith - How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race (1.5CEs)
Saturday, March 07, 2020 Colleen Carney, PhD - Cognitive Behavioral Insomnia Therapy for those with Depression: A Case Formulation Approach (6CEs)
Saturday, January 25, 2020 NCCBT Network Winter Social
Friday, October 11, 2019 Andrew Christensen, PhD - Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) (6CEs)
Friday, March 08, 2019 Amy Wenzel, PhD, ABPP - Cognitive Therapy for Suicidal Patients (6CEs)
Saturday, January 12, 2019 NCCBT Network Winter Social
Friday, October 26, 2018 Edward Watkins, PhD - Rumination-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (12CEs)
Saturday, June 09, 2018 NCCBT Network Summer Social
Saturday, March 03, 2018 Jonathan B. Grayson, PhD - Difficult, Complicated & Resistant: The Artful Science of Treating OCD (6CEs)
Saturday, October 14, 2017 Robert Reiser, PhD - Evidence-Based Cognitive Behavioral Supervision (6CEs)
Saturday, May 20, 2017 NCCBT Network Summer Social
Saturday, February 25, 2017 Valerie Gaus, PhD - Living Well on the Spectrum: CBT for Anxiety & Depression in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (6CEs)
Saturday, January 28, 2017 NCCBT Network Winter Social
Friday, September 23, 2016 Mark Dombeck, PhD - Using Technology in Private Practice (4CEs)
Saturday, June 11, 2016 NCCBT Network Summer Social
Saturday, May 07, 2016 Lizabeth Roemer, PhD & Susan Orsillo, PhD - The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: Acceptance Based Behavior Therapy in Practice (6CEs)
Saturday, January 23, 2016 NCCBT Network Winter Social
Saturday, September 12, 2015 Lynne Henderson, PhD - Compassionate Social Fitness for Shyness, Social Anxiety & Other Clinical Applications (6CEs)
Saturday, June 13, 2015 NCCBT Network Summer Social
Friday, January 30, 2015 Tom Lynch, PhD - Radically Open DBT: A 2-Day Introductory Workshop (11CEs)
Saturday, September 27, 2014 Shelly Frank, Phd, and Joan Davidson, PhD - Transdiagnostic Mechanisms: Mapping the Way to Case Formulation & Treatment Planning (5CEs) followed by NCCBT Network Fall Social
Friday, May 30, 2014 Yvette Tazeau, PhD & Ken Weingardt, PhD - Using Technology and Mobile Apps in Clinical Practice (2CEs) followed by NCCBT Network Spring Social
Sunday, January 12, 2014 NCCBT Network Winter Social
Saturday, September 07, 2013 Jacqueline B. Persons, PhD - Handling Treatment Failure Successfully
Saturday, June 01, 2013 NCCBT Network Summer Social
Friday, May 10, 2013 James Bennett-Levy, PhD - 2-Day Workshop: Creating Effective Behavioral Experiments: Uniting Heart and Mind (6CEs) & Integrating Imagery-based Interventions into your Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Practice (6CEs)
Saturday, January 12, 2013 NCCBT Network Winter Social
Friday, December 07, 2012 Stuart Eisendrath, MD - Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Treatment Resistant Depression (4CEs)
Saturday, September 15, 2012 NCCBT Network Fall Social
Friday, March 30, 2012 Jonathan Abramowitz, PhD - CBT for OCD: Tricks of the Trade (6CEs)
Saturday, January 21, 2012 NCCBT Network Winter Social Event
Friday, October 14, 2011 Victoria Lemle Beckner, PhD - Understanding the Nature of Trauma: Memories & the Transformation of Meaning in Memory Exposure for PTSD (3CEs) followed by NCCBT Network Fall Social
Saturday, April 30, 2011 Rochelle Frank, PhD - Trans-Diagnostic Application of DBT in Everyday Practice (5CEs) followed by NCCBT Network Spring Social
Friday, February 25, 2011 Robin Yeganeh, PhD - Neurobehavioral Research, Attentional Control, Mindful Psychotherapy (2CEs) followed by NCCBT Network New Member Welcome Social
Saturday, September 25, 2010 Allison Harvey, PhD - Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Trans-Diagnostic Sleep Problems (5CEs) followed by NCCBT Network Fall Social
Saturday, May 22, 2010 Matthew McKay, PhD & Patricia Zurita Ona, PhD (Offered by New Harbinger Publications) - 2-Day Workshop: Intro to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (14CEs)
Saturday, May 01, 2010 Matthew McKay, PhD - How to Publish Your Book (3CEs)
Saturday, March 06, 2010 Sheri Johnson, PhD - Empirically Supported Psychotherapies for Mania Prevention (5CEs)
Friday, February 19, 2010 Georg Eifert, PhD (Offered by New Harbinger Publications) - 3-Day Workshop: ACT for Anxiety Disorders (11.75CEs)
Friday, January 08, 2010 NCCBT Network Winter Social
Friday, September 25, 2009 Dan Taub, PhD - Legal & Ethical Issues for Psychotherapists (3CEs)
Friday, June 12, 2009 Janie Hong, PhD, Jacqueline Persons, PhD, and Cannon Thomas, PhD - Practical Strategies for Case Formulation (6CEs)
Friday, April 24, 2009 NCCBT Network Spring Social
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 NCCBT Network Fall Social
Saturday, April 26, 2008 Jacqueline Persons, PhD - Case Formulation & Progress Monitoring (6CEs)
Saturday, January 19, 2008 David Burns, MD - Treating Angry/Critical Clients (3CEs)
Friday, October 19, 2007 John White, MD - Schema Focused Therapy for Anxiety (3CEs)
Friday, April 13, 2007 Robyn Walser, PhD - 2-Day Intensive: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Training (14CEs)
Saturday, October 14, 2006 Paula Wilbourne, PhD, - Motivational Interviewing (3CEs)
Saturday, April 29, 2006 Robyn Walser, PhD - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (3CEs)
Saturday, January 14, 2006 Philippe Goldin, PhD - Social Anxiety Disorder & Mindfulness: Treatment & Research Update (3CEs)
Sunday, October 30, 2005 Marsha Linehan, PhD, - Behavioral Tech DBT Workshop (12CEs) followed by Cocktail Party for Dr. Linehan
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 Shane MacKay, MD - Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: Diagnostic & Treatment Advances (3CEs)

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