Orientation to CBTp Informed Skills Training

An Introduction to Collaborative, Recovery-Oriented CBT for Psychosis

September 9, 2026, 12-4:30pm
September 10, 2026, 12-4:30pm
Virtual via Zoom
Continuing Education Hours: 8
Note: Attending Positive Practices for Psychosis training is highly recommended prior to attending this training

Course Description

This 8-hour overview, split into two sessions, will introduce participants to the CBTp model drawing upon the main principles of CBTp including collaboration, recovery-orientation and engagement and normalizing. Through a variety of teaching techniques, including didactics, role play, discussion of clinical vignettes, and video examples of clinical interactions, the training will cover the following topics:

Overview of CBT and CBTp
Evidence base for CBTp
Introduction to key skills of CBTp
- Engagement and normalizing
- Curious questioning
- Basic formulation
- Formulation informed intervention
Integrating cultural considerations into formulation and intervention

Learning Objectives:

Describe the general principles of CBT for Psychosis
List key research demonstrating the effectiveness of CBTp
Summarize the role formulation plays in developing a collaborative understanding of psychotic symptoms
Demonstrate key skills used in CBTp

About the Trainer

Lénie Torregrossa

Dr. Lénie Torregrossa is a clinical psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. At Stanford, she works on the inpatient psychiatric units and in the INSPIRE clinic.

Dr. Torregrossa specializes in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, psychosis, and serious mental illness. Her approach to treatment is person-centered and recovery-focused, grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and informed by acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). She is a CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) trainer and a member of the early psychosis coordinated specialty care team (INSPIRE360) at INSPIRE. Dr. Torregrossa's research focuses on risk and protective factors for schizophrenia spectrum disorders, self-disturbances in schizophrenia, and improving treatments for psychosis. She serves on the steering committee of the North America CBT for Psychosis Network (NACBTpN) and is a member of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, the Society of Biological Psychiatry, and the American Psychological Association.

Katie Eisen

Dr. Eisen is a Clinical Associate Professor and CA Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. She works with the INSPIRE clinic at Stanford and is the Inpatient Director of Psychological Services for the acute inpatient psychiatric units at Stanford Hospital. Her research and clinical interest center on therapeutic interventions that support recovery for individuals living with serious mental illness, in particular for individuals experiencing psychosis. Dr. Eisen received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, and her PhD from the University of Connecticut, and completed postdoctoral training at Stanford University. She is trained in CBT for psychosis (CBTp) and provides training and consultation in CBTp and CBTp informed skills to community-based clinicians, graduate students, medical students and residents, to support the use of recovery-oriented psychosocial interventions with individuals experiencing psychosis.