The complete CBT package
Next session: Wed, November 4, 2026 (12:00PM–3:30PM Eastern)
Earlybird deadline: Fri, October 30, 2026 at 5:00PM Eastern
3.0 hours | 100% over Zoom
Date options below
Significant earlybird savings
All workshops are held c/o Zoom, with its terrific convenience, fancy polls, easy breakouts—and legendary flexibility in pantwear.
Workshop overview
Aaron Beck, the "father of CBT", was asked during a dinner party if a novel therapy tool was part of CBT. He replied, “Is there solid proof that it works?” The guest nodded yes. Beck grinned: “Then it is now.”
CBT is the Great Assimilator—any intervention backed by evidence eventually earns its place. Its strength lies in a pragmatic, ever-evolving approach that integrates what works.
Since Aaron Beck’s Version 1.0, CBT has been on a relentless path of improvement, continually unburdening itself of low-yield components and incessantly embracing next-gen ones. If your CBT for depression know-how comes from a brief residency session or a training years ago, it’s likely just a glimmer of what’s current.
This workshop is a powerful integration of CBT with other respected modalities*, both old and new. Join us and you’ll acquire powerful techniques that brighten lives like never before—tools designed for your most intense practice days.
As always, we assume your appointments are brief, averaging only ten minutes. With that in mind, we teach only the most impactful and practical tools. Topics include:
- Recognizing antidepressant alexithymia
- Identifying and managing empathy addictions
- Targeting depressogenic core beliefs
- Disrupting rumination spirals
- Uncovering rational reasons for optimism
- Cultivating learned hopefulness
- Harnessing therapeutic persuasion and the "physics" of CBT
- Structuring goalification, scaling, and I/O charts
- Prescribing strategic behavioral antidepressants
- Overcoming behavioral inertia
- Enhancing motivation with the CUE question
- Boosting willpower with targeted strategies
- Breaking through reductionistic stagnation
- Releasing the past and fiercely focusing on the future
* CBT integrates classic and cutting-edge tools from modalities like ACT, BA, CFT, DBT, EFT, ET, FAP, GT, IFS, IPT, MBCT, MBSR, MCT, MI, NT, PST, REBT, RO-DBT, SFT, ST, STPP, and TA (glossary). We note tools' origins and alternate names to encourage deeper dives.
CBT for Depression provides physicians with a clean, contemporary, and comprehensive kit to more effectively manage a sadly common human affliction.
Join us for a highly practical approach to brightening lives. Be sure to register by Friday, October 30 to save $200.
Recommended companion courses
- GriefWork Growing from Life's Inevitable Losses
- Dysthymia CBT's Pathway out of Chronic Depression & Suicidality
- Happiness Science Evidence-Based Guidance for the Universal Quest
Head instructor Greg Dubord, MD is the CME Director of CBT Canada, and the prime developer of medical CBT. He has presented over 500 workshops, including over 50 for the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and is a University of Toronto CME Teacher of the Year.
| Physicians | Allied health | Residents | |
| Earlybird tuition | $395 | $295 | $195 |
| Regular tuition | $495 | $395 | $295 |
| Last minute tuition | $595 | $495 | $395 |
Sponsors of CBT Canada's workshops have included the CFPC,
Dalhousie, McGill, McMaster, Memorial, Queen's, UAlberta,
UBC, UCalgary, UdeM, USask, UToronto, and Western (UWO).
Times below are Eastern
| Date & time All times Eastern |
Mainpro+ credits & duration |
Earlybird deadline | Workshop status |
| Jun 4, 2025 12:00PM–3:30PM |
9.0 credits 3.0 hours |
May 30 save $200 |
COMPLETED |
| Nov 5, 2025 12:00PM–3:30PM |
9.0 credits 3.0 hours |
Oct 31 save $200 |
COMPLETED |
| Nov 4, 2026 12:00PM–3:30PM |
3.0 credits 3.0 hours |
Oct 30 save $200 |
REGISTER NOW |
If you ever need to cancel your registration for any reason whatsoever, you may transfer 100% of your tuition to another workshop without any penalty, or receive a full refund minus a 25% processing fee (policy).
Kind words
Many physician leaders have been trained by CBT Canada over the past 30 years. Alumni include CFPC presidents (both national & provincial), department chairs, residency training program directors—and even a few doctors who can juggle drills & saws. For a compilation of testimonials, click here.
1. Absolutely recommended!! Best workshop that I have attended.
Mervin Scholtz, MD of Chilliwack, BC
CBT for Depression at UBC
2. Very accessible & very informative... high utility... no question it's recommended.
Michael Stephenson, MD of Toronto, ON
CBT for Depression at FMF in Montreal
3. Far more relevant with practical tools than other CME workshops I've taken... recommended!
Jacob Manonyane, MD of Saskatoon, SK
CBT for Depression at the SCFP ASA
4. Excellent! Very helpful... medical CBT training should be included in all medical school & family practice residency training.
Edward Howard, MD of Comox, BC
CBT for Depression on a Caribbean CME cruise
5. Medical CBT should be part of the medical school training process & all practicing physicians should take it irrespective of area of practice.
Sandeep Kumar, MD of Edmonton, AB
CBT for Depression on a Caribbean CME cruise
6. Much more practical than other psychiatric CME... gave me some real, practical tools that apply to many patients... I strongly recommend it.
Ruth Wilson, MD of Lindsay, ON
CBT for Depression in Mexico
7. Excellent. The best psychiatric CME I have attended. Recommended to colleagues!
John Le Roux, MD of Didsbury, AB
CBT for Depression at Primary Care Today
8. Very highly recommended. Should be taught in med school and FM residency.
Cynthia Lo, MD of Richmond, BC
CBT for Depression at UBC
9. Very practical... this seminar will change your practice!
Anne Kavulu, MD of Regina, SK
CBT for Depression at the SCFP ASA
10. Excellent—practical, time efficient & helpful for real change!
Kathryn Walker MD of Regina, SK
CBT for Depression at the SCFP ASA
CBT Canada won the National CME Program Award from the College of Family Physicians of Canada for providing "exceptional learning experiences". CBT Canada was also the first organization to be authorized by the CFPC to provide three-credits-per-hour CME. One accreditation reviewer wrote, "Two words: superlative & exemplary".
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