Learn CBT for anxiety and OCD from the person who developed and tested the treatments.
Live and self-paced training, consultation, and CE for clinicians, schools, agencies, health systems, and graduate students. Plus keynotes, workshops, and media for any audience.
I don't just teach evidence-based practice. I build the systems and cultures that sustain it.
Over two decades training clinicians and systems, from NIMH multisite trials to urban school districts, building durable, high-fidelity training infrastructure at scale. A pioneer of technology-driven and train-the-trainer models that carry evidence-based practice out of the research setting and into real clinical systems.
What you can learn
Select a topic to see its courses. Topics include, but aren't limited to, those below. Every training can be tailored to your team.
Anxiety
Youth + AdultsNeed something specific? I build custom trainings around your population and setting.
OCD
Youth + AdultsNeed something specific? I build custom trainings around your population and setting.
School-Based Groups (K-12)
K-12Need something specific? I build custom trainings around your population and setting.
Stress in Young Adults
Young AdultsNeed something specific? I build custom trainings around your population and setting.
Coping Cat, Session by Session
CliniciansNeed something specific? I build custom trainings around your population and setting.
Digital CBT Programs
CliniciansNeed something specific? I build custom trainings around your population and setting.
Working with Parents
CliniciansNeed something specific? I build custom trainings around your population and setting.
Learn your way
CBT4CBT: Computer-based training in CBT for anxiety in youth
Thirteen modules on implementing Coping Cat and Camp Cope-A-Lot, developed and tested by Dr. Kendall and Dr. Khanna, completed at your own pace.
Table of contents
- Building rapport and treatment orientation
- Identifying anxious feelings
- Identifying somatic responses to anxiety
- First meeting with parents
- Relaxation training
- Identifying and challenging anxious self-talk
- Self-talk review and problem solving
- Self-evaluation and self-reward
- Second meeting with parents
- Exposure tasks: sessions 10 to 16
- Final practice, producing a commercial, and termination
- Video examples of exposure tasks
- Print materials and tips from experienced therapists
Personalized live training for you and your team
From a one-hour workshop to a full week, built around your team's needs.
Workshops designed for your setting
Half-day, full-day, and multi-day workshops that fit your team's schedule and goals, including train-the-trainer models.
Training builds knowledge. Consultation builds expertise.
Research shows clinicians get the best outcomes when training is paired with ongoing support. I offer consultation for providers working with youth with anxiety, OCD, and related conditions.
Credit for your growth
Built by a former member of both the APA and ABCT Continuing Education Committees.
Continuing Education
Select live, virtual, and in-person trainings offer CE credit throughout the year.
Certificate of Completion
CBT4CBT users can receive a Certificate of Completion on request.
Talks that turn research into practice
Keynotes, grand rounds, panels, and interviews for parents, educators, clinicians, health systems, and media. Each talk is tailored to your audience.
Raising resilient kids in an anxious age
Practical, research-based strategies from The Resilience Recipe for helping kids face uncertainty and build lasting confidence.
CBT and ERP for anxiety and OCD in young people
Exposure, parent involvement, and what makes treatment work, from the lead trainer on the landmark NIMH trials.
Bringing evidence-based care into schools
Lessons from one of the longest-running urban school-based training studies in the country, and how to build care that lasts.
Clinical intelligence and responsible AI in behavioral health
Embedding expert clinical guidance into digital care platforms, scaling quality, and preparing for outcomes-based reimbursement.
Train with me, or invite me to speak
Tell me about your team, audience, and goals, and I'll reply with the right format and availability.
Helpful to include
- Your organization and audience
- Date, location, or virtual
- Format and length
- Topics or goals
- Whether CE credit is needed
Training highlights
From landmark trials to schools, hospitals, and national CE programs.
NIMH Multisite Clinical Trials
Lead Trainer · Supervisor · Protocol Author- Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (NEJM 2008): lead training, supervisor, and treatment protocol author
- Pediatric OCD Treatment Studies (JAMA 2011 and 2014): lead training and quality assurance
- Trained and oversaw supervision and QA for CBT clinicians and psychiatrists across study universities:
School & Community Implementation
CHOP Lead Trainer · Supervisor · QA Director- Led large-scale implementation trials of CBT training for anxiety and externalizing disorders in schools, one of the longest-running urban school-based training studies in the country
- Trained and supervised school-based mental health professionals across the Philadelphia School District, Dept. of Health & Human Services, and Community Behavioral Health
- Developed remote training infrastructure for sustainable workforce development
Academic Clinical Training
Penn Psychiatry Faculty · Research Consultant- Supervised psychiatry residents, nurse practitioners, interns, externs, clinicians, and staff
- Supervisor and trainer for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia behavioral health clinicians, interns, and externs
Training Innovation
Technology-driven and train-the-trainer models- Developed and monetized an online CE content and credentialing platform for Lumate Health
- Co-developer of CBT4CBT, computer-based clinician training in child anxiety CBT
- Engineered a scalable remote training platform for CHOP and the Philadelphia School District
Continuing Education Expert
APA & ABCT CE Committees- APA Continuing Education Committee (2015 to 2017): developed standards, reviewed sponsors, and oversaw APA CE workshops
- ABCT Continuing Education Committee (2011 to 2014): launched ABCT CE webinars and served as ABCT liaison to APA and NASW
Equipped & Empowered
News and hot topics in youth anxiety and OCD.
One email a month for individuals, families, and clinicians: what the research now says, what we're teaching, and when new patient spots open.