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GET FULLY TRAINED IN ONE OF TODAY'S MOST PROVEN THERAPIES

With lots of intricate interventions and protocols, so many therapies feel like more of a maze than a guide…

…and the work of healing can get lost behind a curtain of complexity and uncertainty.

That's why if you work with trauma, you need to be using CPT.

CPT simplifies the process of trauma treatment, providing you a clear, effective roadmap to healing that let's you know exactly what to do every step of the way.

It's why thousands of therapists are already using its structured and empowering process to get clients past their biggest stuck points and ensure no critical aspect of treatment is overlooked.

Best of all CPT has been proven in dozens of studies to be as effective as today's most respected therapies, all without the need for exposure. Therapists are raving about its ease to learn, flexibility, low dropout rate, and results.

And now in this complete and entirely online program, you can become trained in CPT by co-developer, Dr. Kate Chard.

With 12.5 hours of convenient video-based training, and the Cognitive Process Therapy for PTSD Manual — you'll get everything you need to quickly grasp the methodology and seamlessly implement it in your practice.

With clear, intuitive guidance you'll leave this course ready to deliver remarkable results for your clients in 12 sessions or less.

PLUS your registration gives you access to optional FREE MONTHLY LIVE Q&A ZOOM SESSIONS providing you an exclusive opportunity for support as you start using CPT on your own.

This is your chance to get trained in one of today's fastest growing evidence-based treatments on a schedule that works for you and a price you can afford.

Don't wait to make trauma treatment feel more clear and impactful than ever before.

Register now!

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Mastery Course
A Session-by-Session Instructional Training for Treating PTSD and Trauma
$1,001.93 Value
YOURS $249.99
OWN IT NOW
Plus, earn up to 12.5 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details.
How does CPT work?

Through session-by-session instructions, scripts, worksheets, and handouts you'll gain the training you need to move your clients from despair to hope. Learn exactly how to:

  • Heal your client's trauma in just 12 sessions
  • Resolve core trauma themes including Safety, Trust, Power/Control, Esteem & Intimacy
  • Challenge negative and painful thoughts about trauma WITHOUT reliving the horrors
  • Troubleshoot problems and even if progress is minimal mid-way through therapy
  • Use a compassionate and empathic approach that makes your job more fulfilling
  • Adapt CPT strategies for group therapy, grief, and diverse demographic groups and ages

PLUS, you get the full Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD manual, totally free!

Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Manual

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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Mastery Course
A Session-by-Session Instructional Training for Treating PTSD and Trauma
$1,001.93 Value
YOURS $249.99
OWN IT NOW
Plus, earn up to 12.5 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details.
What You'll Learn

Kate will walk you step-by-step through exactly what you need to know to make CPT therapy successful with your clients from start to finish. Here's what you'll do in each client session…

SESSION 1
  • Get your clients on board and committed to change using psychoeducation about CPT
  • Pin-point targets and goals of treatment with quick and easy assessment strategies
  • Identify and begin to disempower deeply entrenched traumatic memories and stuck points
SESSIONS 2 & 3
  • Teach clients to differentiate between thoughts and feelings, especially with trauma-driven memories
  • Heighten your own skills in identifying cognitive distortions
  • Help your clients begin to change their entrenched thoughts
SESSIONS 4 & 5
  • Empower clients to challenge underlying thoughts and assumptions
  • Begin to explore and disempower clients' underlying belief systems distorted by trauma
SESSIONS 6 & 7
  • Easily identify unresolved parts of traumatic memories and targets for remaining sessions
  • Gain simple skills to return to skills from earlier sessions where progress was incomplete
SESSIONS 8, 9 & 10
  • Help your clients resolve their negative beliefs related to the 5 themes of trauma
  • Target and resolve problems related to their safety, intimacy, and interpersonal relationships
SESSIONS 11 & 12
  • Improve clients' self-worth to take on new life goals
  • Prepare your clients for a successful discharge
  • Ensure your clients have the skills to continue and maintain their progress after therapy ends

Plus, Kate will share with you practical training tips to do group therapy, work with unique types of trauma,
health conditions, grief, and different populations related to age and diversity.
Click here for course objectives and outline.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Mastery Course
A Session-by-Session Instructional Training for Treating PTSD and Trauma
$1,001.93 Value
YOURS $249.99
OWN IT NOW
Plus, earn up to 12.5 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details.
BONUS, $181.98 Value
Absolutely FREE with your purchase!

Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Manual
Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Manual*
Patricia A. Resick, Candice M Monson, PhD, & Kathleen M. Chard, PhD
The culmination of more than 25 years of clinical work and research, this is the authoritative manual to implement CPT for PTSD. Written by the treatment's developers, the book includes session-by-session guidelines for implementation, complete with extensive sample dialogues and 40 reproducible client handouts. It explains the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of CPT and discusses how to adapt the approach for specific populations, such as combat veterans, sexual assault survivors, and culturally diverse clients.
*Details provided in your Online Course portal after purchase on how to receive your free physical copy of the Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Manual.
Free CE Session
The Keys Behind How Cognitive Processing Therapy Heals PTSD
Join Kate as she debunks common myths about PTSD and shows the key cognitive processes that are impacted when you use CPT with your clients.
Free CE Session
CPT for Suicidality: Overcoming Stuck Points and Creating Mental Flexibility
Learn three interventions to help your clients struggling with suicidal thoughts and feelings, as well as, learn from Kate why and how to let go of common misconceptions regarding treating suicidal clients.
Meet Your Expert
Kathleen Chard

Kathleen M. Chard, PhD, is a co-developer of CPT and director of the Trauma Recovery Center at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. Serving as the VA CPT Implementation Director, Dr. Chard oversees the dissemination of CPT to mental health clinicians across the United States. She is the co-author of Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD: A Comprehensive Model (The Guilford Press, 2017) and author of CPT for Sexual Abuse Treatment Manual (2012). A sought-after speaker, Dr. Chard has personally trained over 5,000 clinicians throughout the United States on using CPT with veterans, active duty personnel, and civilians in addition to overseeing the training of tens of thousands of others via the trainers she supervises.

Click here for information about Kathleen M. Chard.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Mastery Course
A Session-by-Session Instructional Training for Treating PTSD and Trauma
$1,001.93 Value
YOURS $249.99
OWN IT NOW
Plus, earn up to 12.5 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details.
Frequently Asked Questions

This CPT course is broken up into easy-to-follow modules that give you exactly what you need to implement this 12-session protocol confidently with all your trauma clients. You can watch these lectures at your own pace and you have the opportunity to join Dr. Chard on a 90-minute live Q&A session via zoom to get your questions answered.
The next live zoom calls are scheduled on:
Feburary 2 & 16, 2024
March 1 & 8, 2024
April 19 & 26, 2024
June 7 & 14, 2024
July 8 & 15, 2024
August 16 & 30, 2024
All sessions start at 11 AM Central Time.
You have unlimited* access to course materials and don't forget that Kate's Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Manual is yours to keep for free! *Access will be limited for archive recordings of the Q&A Call sessions. Details provided in your Online Course portal after purchase on how to receive your free physical copy of the Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Manual.

CPT delivers results and healing consistently, so much so that it's quickly becoming one of the most evidenced-based practices available for trauma. CPT is endorsed as a best practice by the U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, and the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the treatment of PTSD. Some of the most notable scientifically validated clinical outcomes include:
  • Reduce distress related to memories of the trauma
  • Decrease emotional numbing and avoidance of trauma reminders
  • Improve day-to-day living by decreasing depression, anxiety, guilt, or shame
  • Understand why recovery from traumatic events is difficult and how symptoms affect daily life
Register now and give your clients the opportunity to see the life-changing results of this therapy!

CPT has been a game-changer for thousands of clinicians, transforming the way they work with clients, and allowing them to heal trauma and move clients forward in lives, in just 12 sessions. So many of your peers are saying CPT has not only grown their confidence as a therapist with the rapid results they see in clients, it's compassionate and empathetic approach has made their work feel more rewarding and more fulfilling. Whether your work in a residential facility, outpatient clinic, via telehealth, or any other setting CPT will keep new clients coming to you and giving them lasting health after therapy ends.

Immediately! As soon as you register, you'll have on-demand and unlimited* access to all course materials.
*Access will be limited for archive recordings of the Q&A Call sessions.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee
Register for this intensive training course without risk. If you're not completely satisfied, give us a call at 800-844-8260.

We're that confident you'll find this learning experience to be all that's promised and more than you expected.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Mastery Course
A Session-by-Session Instructional Training for Treating PTSD and Trauma
$1,001.93 Value
YOURS $249.99
OWN IT NOW
Plus, earn up to 12.5 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details.
NOTE: No additional discounts or coupons may be applied to this course.
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