CBT for Healthier Habits: Lasting Change for You and Your Patients
Willpower alone isn’t enough. Join best-selling author and psychiatrist Dr. David Burns, M.D., and Jill Levitt, Ph.D., Director of Training at the Feeling Good Institute, for a fun day of learning, practice, and community building, where you’ll discover innovative CBT techniques designed to help both your patients (and yourself) build healthier habits and overcome challenges like tech addiction, overeating, procrastination, and poor exercise habits. Through didactic teaching, live demos, and opportunities to practice new therapy techniques in small breakout groups with expert feedback—such as The Triple Paradox Technique, The Problem-Solution List, The Five-Minute Rule, and The Anti-Procrastination Sheet (among many others)—you’ll walk away with new, actionable skills to help your patients—and yourself.
David Burns, M.D.
Jill Levitt, Ph.D.
Friday, March 28th, 2025 8:30am - 4:30pm PST
Offers 7 CE Hours*
Provides 7 TEAM-CBT Units towards Level 1, 2 or 3 Certification
Need-based scholarships available. Email certification@feelinggoodinstitute.com to apply.
We all struggle with unwanted habits, including:
- Overeating/binging
- Poor eating habits (too many sweets, caffeine at night, fast food, junk food, etc.)
- Drinking too much
- Procrastination
- Smoking
- Internet surfing
- Shopping too much
- Not exercising regularly
- Nail-biting
- Poor sleep habits
Even when patients seek therapy for other problems, overcoming habits and addictions is often an essential part of successful treatment.
In this one-day online workshop, you'll learn to:
- Identify how positive distortions fuel temptations and repetitive behaviors
- Apply the Triple Paradox Technique to assess motivation and ambivalence
- Use the Five-Minute Rule and Anti-Procrastination Sheet to combat procrastination
- Implement stategies like the Devil's Advocate Technique to overcome immediate urges
- Increase accountability and consistency with the "I Stubbornly Refused" Technique
- Practice effective relapse prevention to ensure lasting progress
You'll walk away with:
- Concrete Tools to identify and challenge tempting thoughts (like "I deserve this extra cookie" or "I'll do it tomorrow)
- Motivation Strategies to tackle challenges head-on and spark sustainable action
- Accountability Frameworks that will keep clients engaged and honest about their progress
- Relapse Prevention Techniques to help clients maintain their hard-earned gains
Whether you're a seasoned therapist looking for fresh insights or a new clinician seeking a strong framework for habit change, this workshop will provide everything you need to help your clients build healthier, more fulfillling lives.
Workshop Details
Date & Time: Friday, March 28th, 2025 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (PST)
Location: Live Online (Zoom link provided upon registration)
Format: Didactic Teaching, Live Demos, Q&A, Small Group Breakout Practice
CE Credits: Earn 7 Continuing Education Units (CEs)
Course Fee: $195 (regular $245)
- Reduced Fee: $95 for Registered Associates and Post Docs (Use discount code: EarlyCareer)
Why Attend?
- Immediate Impact: Leave with ready-to-use tools for your very next session
- Interactive Learning: Practice in small breakout groups and get personalized feedback form experts
- Professional Growth: Equip yourself with cutting-edge methods to address a broad range of habitual problems
- Personal Benefits: Apply these strategies to your own life as well as your clients'
Plus we've added a free Bonus Home Study Crash Course in Core Skills for Effective Therapy. This 5-hour (5 CE*) asynchronous training will teach you the essential skills you need to be an effective therapist. Completion of the free Home Study Crash Course plus attendance at the workshop will earn you free Level 1 TEAM-CBT Certification (with the $50 application fee waived).
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the role of cognitive distortions in triggering habits and addictions
- List two positive distortions that trigger addictions
- Explain the purpose of the Five-Minute Rule
- Explain the purpose of the Devil's Advocate Technique to address tempting thoughts
- Explain the importance of stimulus control
- Describe the anti-procrastination sheet
- Name one method to increase accountability
Note: We will not focus on life-threatening addictions such as opiate addiction and the intravenouse use of amphetamines, which require inpatient treatment - even though many of the techniques we teach can be part of scuessful treatment for those addictions.
Can't attend live? A recording of the workshop will be available on the workshop page for all registrants a few days after the event.
**Please note that CEs can only be provided to those who attend live.**
Anti-Discrimination Statement
FGI stands against discrimination. We believe in acceptance, inclusion, and equality. Discrimination against people based on identify status (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ability status, country of origin, religion) is harmful and not tolerated. We understand the need for formative feedback and learning, thus we will make every effort to invite community members to humbly learn and grow when missteps occur. Hate speech, discriminatory practices, or harmful interventions (defined by clinician’s governing board) may result in removal from this training opportunity. This includes public statements or behaviors made outside of the trainings. I/we maintain the right to deny or revoke access to this training space if safety of the community cannot be maintained because of a person causing harm to others. In the case that this policy is invoked, we will follow guidelines to offer a learning opportunity and then determine whether safety of the community can be maintained or if the person will be removed from the training space. Guidelines include steps such as talking with the person, providing opportunities to learn (e.g., addressing the harm, renouncing a problematic statement or behavior), and consulting with other trainers.
Continuing Education Accreditation
*The Feeling Good Institute (FGI) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Feeling Good Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Feeling Good Institute Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0175. This course has been approved by FGI as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 7 CEs. NAADAC Provider #149212. The Feeling Good Institute (FGI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6750. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. FGI is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Feeling Good Institute, #1442, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/30/2024-05/30/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 7 continuing education credits. Feeling Good Institute, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0678. A certificate of attendance will be emailed to attendees who attend 100% of the training within a week of completion of the workshop survey. Individuals with disabilities requiring special accommodations please contact Dr. Maor Katz at maor@feelinggoodinstitute.com.
Instructor Biographies
Dr. Jill Levitt is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Training at the Feeling Good Institute in Mountain View, CA. Dr. Levitt has almost 20 years of experience conducting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has been trained by some of the world’s leaders in CBT. She has co-written several scholarly articles in the areas of OCD, PTSD and Panic Disorder. Most recently she has been co-teaching CBT with Dr. David Burns at the Stanford University School of Medicine in her role on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She also trains other therapists in David Burns’ model of CBT called TEAM-CBT Therapy. She is a certified Level 5 Master Therapist and Trainer in TEAM-CBT Therapy. Dr. Levitt teaches both in-person and online workshops for Feeling Good Institute on CBT methods, reducing resistance in psychotherapy, and improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
Refunds are available for cancelations outside of a 14-day window prior to the beginning of a training event or course. All refunds are subject to a $50 processing fee. Within a 14-day window prior to the beginning of a training event or course, no refunds are available. For cancelations within this window, credit may be applied towards a future similar training within a year of the original purchase date.