CBT for Youth Anxiety
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in young people. Treat it with skill and confidence.
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Mental health clinicians treating children and adolescents: clinical social workers, counselors, psychologists, and therapists.
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health concerns in children and adolescents — and rates are rising. Many clinicians see anxious young patients every day, yet feel uncertain about how to deliver effective, structured care. This course closes that gap.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most well-supported psychotherapy for pediatric anxiety, backed by randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses. You’ll build a strong foundation in CBT principles and structured intervention, with focused training on core techniques including exposure, cognitive restructuring, and coping strategies — tools you can apply in your practice right away.
This training has two components:
- A full-day interactive workshop where you’ll learn to assess and treat youth anxiety using evidence-based CBT techniques, including exposure planning, cognitive restructuring, and psychoeducation.
- Six case-based learning calls over three months — where you present real client cases, apply course learning, and receive coaching and feedback from peers and REACH’s national expert faculty.
All participants receive a structured treatment manual with session-by-session guidelines and reproducible client handouts. Participants who complete both components receive a certificate of completion.
COURSE GOALS
After this course, you’ll be able to:
Identify and understand the core components of youth anxiety.
Screen and assess anxiety symptoms in clinical practice.
Conceptualize patient cases using a cognitive-behavioral framework.
Apply key CBT techniques — including exposure, cognitive restructuring, coping strategies, and problem-solving — with anxious young patients.
Develop and implement exposure plans confidently with anxious youth.
Deliver effective psychoeducation for youth anxiety to patients and families.
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About CATIE
This program is part of CATIE — REACH’s Child/Adolescent Training in Evidence-Based Psychotherapies — which gives mental health clinicians practical tools to implement evidence-based therapies for youth.
Hear from participants
“Completely worth it to gain new techniques, build skills, and connect with others in the field. I got to hear from national-level experts and get feedback from colleagues in rural areas — that connection was invaluable.”
— Amelia Lincoln, MEd, LCMHC
Vermont
YOUR Questions Answered
Everything you need to know before you register.
This course is built for mental health clinicians treating children and adolescents — clinical social workers, counselors, psychologists, and therapists — who work with anxious young patients and want structured, evidence-based CBT approaches to assessment and treatment.
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health concern in children and adolescents — and rates are rising. Many clinicians see anxious young patients every day yet feel uncertain about how to deliver structured, effective care.
You’ll be able to screen and assess anxiety symptoms, conceptualize cases using a cognitive-behavioral framework, apply key CBT techniques with anxious young patients, develop and implement exposure plans, and deliver effective psychoeducation for youth anxiety.
he course covers evidence-based CBT techniques for youth anxiety, including psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, exposure planning, and coping strategies — practical methods grounded in extensive research, including randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses.
Exposure is the single most effective CBT technique for anxiety — and the one clinicians most often avoid. This course builds the confidence and structure to use it consistently and effectively with anxious young patients.
All participants receive a structured treatment manual with session-by-session guidelines and reproducible client handouts — a complete, ready-to-use resource you can integrate into your practice immediately after the workshop.
The course has two components: a full-day interactive workshop on CBT for youth anxiety, followed by six one-hour case-based learning calls over three months where you present real client cases and receive expert coaching.
Yes. Clinicians who complete both the full-day workshop and all six case-based learning calls receive a certificate of completion from The REACH Institute.
All three CATIE courses — CBT for Youth Anxiety, CBT for Youth Depression, and Treatment for DBDs — address different clinical needs. This course focuses specifically on anxiety, with particular emphasis on exposure-based treatment for anxious young patients.
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Our team is happy to help you determine if CBT for Youth Anxiety
is the right fit for you or your institution.
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