Training Substance Use Disorder Counselors in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: Development and Initial Exploration of an Online Training Program

Therapist Training on Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety Disorders Using Internet-Based Technologies

“…Other reasons include lack of time and support for such training for those working in community organizations (Herschell, et al, 2010) and negative beliefs about EBTs (e.g., that they impair the therapeutic relationship, limit clinical decision making, are too manualized and thus robotic, and that they do not translate well outside of research the environment; (Curran, et al, 2015; Shafran, et al, 2009; Stewart, et al, 2012). Negative beliefs about certain components of treatment, such as fears that exposure therapy will cause clients harm, have also been identified (Deacon et al, 2013) and discredited by scientific evidence (see for a review (Olatunji, Deacon, & Abramowitz, 2009).…”

“…Negative beliefs about certain components of treatment, such as fears that exposure therapy will cause clients harm, have also been identified (Deacon et al, 2013) and discredited by scientific evidence (see for a review (Olatunji, Deacon, & Abramowitz, 2009). Curran et al (2015) described several approaches for overcoming these biases, including providing clinicians with empirical evidence to counter these beliefs and listening to and working with clinicians to flexibly integrate EBTs within their current practice approach.…”

“…Web-based training has also shown superiority to paper-based manuals in long-term knowledge retention and utilization of skills in clinical practice (Dimeff, Woodcock, Harned, & Beadnell, 2011). Recent research has found that a two-stage training model consisting of a web-based tutorial for didactic training combined with live remote observation of clinical skills via videoconference significantly improves both applied clinical skills as well as conceptual knowledge (Curran et al, 2015; Kobak, Lipsitz, Williams, Engelhardt, & Bellew, 2005; Kobak, et al, 2013; Kobak, Engelhardt, & Lipsitz, 2006; Weingardt, Cucciare, Bellotti, & Lai, 2009) and can help ensure proper implementation over time (Kobak et al, 2007). …”

Evidence-based training in the era of evidence-based practice: Challenges and opportunities for training of PTSD providers

“…Despite potential advantages in scalability and access, inconsistent findings have been reported to date on clinician's actual use or acceptance of online training. Some clinicians report preferences for online training in comparison to face-to-face alternatives (Hubley, Woodcock, Dimeff, & Dimidjian, 2015), or training formats that impact less on work or personal time (Curran et al, 2015;Herschell, Lindhiem, Kogan, Celedonia, & Stein, 2014). Some PTSDoriented, online training programs have had wide circulation and dissemination, particularly:…”

Online training for substance misuse workers: A systematic review

“…Five of these provided written manuals to a control group (Henggeler et al, 2013;Larson et al, 2013;Rawson et al, 2013;Sholomskas & Carroll, 2006;Sholomskas et al, 2005), two of the RCTs studied post-training support and offered no resources to the control group (Carpenter et al, 2012Smith et al 2012, and one study used a delayed training group as a control (Weingardt, Villafranca, & Levin, 2005). Of those studies that were not RCTs, one was a randomised trial comparing face-to-face and online training (Clancy & Taylor, 2016); two were randomised trials comparing different online training formats (Leykin, Cucciare, & Weingardt, 2011;Weingardt, Cucciare, Bellotti, & Lai, 2009); two were prototype, pilot or feasibility studies (Larson et al, 2009;Matejkowski, Dugosh, Clements, & Festinger, 2015); one was a crosssectional survey of substance misuse staff (Aletraris, Shelton, & Roman, 2015); one was a longitudinal study of online learning (Shafer, Rhode, & Chong, 2004), and one was a qualitative study reporting participant experiences of online learning (Curran et al, 2015).…”