Description
November 14, 2025 | 9:00am-12:00pm | Virtual via Zoom
Description:
CBTp is a specialized form of cognitive behavioral therapy tailored for individuals experiencing psychosis. Rather than challenging the reality of these experiences, CBTp helps individuals:
• Understand and manage their symptoms
• Reduce distress and build coping strategies
• Reconnect with meaningful life goals
CBTp-informed care means applying these principles even if the provider is not delivering full CBTp therapy—making it more accessible across various care settings.
Objectives:
• Understand spectrum of psychosis experiences and CBT principles
• Learn trauma-informed approaches to early psychosis care
• Gain tools for engagement and in community CBTp interventions
• Learn strategies to mprove continuity of care between disciplines
Audience:
Case managers, nurses, employment specialists, peer support, other behavioral health professionals
Presenters:
Sarah Lynch, LCSW
Graham Botto, LMSW-CC
Elsie Moshimer, RN
Liisa Sloat
Mary Ross
Elias Pierce
Read more about the PIER team HERE!
Contact hours:
3 contact hours for nurses. CCSME is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
3 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
3 contact hours for drug and alcohol counselors. This course has been approved by CCSME, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 3 educational credits. NAADAC Provider #324712. CCSME is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
3 Category I contact hours for Maine psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Maine Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
3 contact hours for CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
