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Jill Levitt

PhD
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry
Director of Training, Feeling Good Institute

Dr. Jill Levitt is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Training at the Feeling Good Institute. She has more than 25 years of experience conducting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has been trained by some of the world’s leaders in CBT. She has co-written several scholarly articles in the areas of OCD, PTSD and Panic Disorder. Most recently she has been co-teaching CBT with Dr. David Burns at the Stanford University School of Medicine in her role on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She also trains other therapists in David Burns’ process-based model of CBT called TEAM-CBT. Dr. Levitt teaches both in-person and online workshops for Feeling Good Institute on CBT methods, reducing resistance in psychotherapy, and improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

2024 Sessions

Fast, Effective Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder

In this workshop, Drs. David Burns and Jill Levitt will illustrate powerful techniques to heal your social anxiety patients, and yourself as well! You’ll learn how to reduce patient resistance to Interpersonal Exposure Techniques; identify and smash the distorted thoughts that trigger social anxiety; modify the Self-Defeating Beliefs that trigger social anxiety; and use mind-blowing Interpersonal Exposure Techniques such as Rejection Practice, Self-Disclosure, Shame-Attacking Exercises, and more

Presenter

Friday, December 15 9:30–12:30 PM
Room California - C (Hilton)
Faculty

David Burns

MD
Emeritus Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Stanford Medical School

David Burns, MD, is an Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Stanford Medical School and has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (> 5 million sold) and host of the popular Feeling Good Podcast (> 8 million downloads).

Dr. Burns was a pioneer in the development of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and is the founder of the new TEAM-CBT, which is featured in his latest book, Feeling Great. He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching, including the prestigious A. E. Bennett Award for his research on the now-defunct “chemical imbalance” theory of depression and the Irma Bland Teaching Award from the American Psychiatric Association. His new Feeling Great app is now available in app stores.

More than 50,000 mental health professionals have attended his training programs throughout the United States and Canada.

Faculty

Jill Levitt

PhD
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry
Director of Training, Feeling Good Institute

Dr. Jill Levitt is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Training at the Feeling Good Institute. She has more than 25 years of experience conducting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has been trained by some of the world’s leaders in CBT. She has co-written several scholarly articles in the areas of OCD, PTSD and Panic Disorder. Most recently she has been co-teaching CBT with Dr. David Burns at the Stanford University School of Medicine in her role on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She also trains other therapists in David Burns’ process-based model of CBT called TEAM-CBT. Dr. Levitt teaches both in-person and online workshops for Feeling Good Institute on CBT methods, reducing resistance in psychotherapy, and improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

Overcoming Toxic Shame

Drs. David Burns and Jill Levitt will take you through the single-session treatment of Melanie, a prominent and beloved mental health professional who has struggled with intense feelings of anxiety and shame for nine years. We will illustrate dramatic video clips from our work with Melanie, emphasizing key features of her assessment and treatment, and including her rapid and mind-blowing recovery, and multi-year follow-up.

Presenter

Saturday, December 16 1:30–2:30 PM
Room Pacific - C (Hilton)
Clinical Demo
Faculty

David Burns

MD
Emeritus Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Stanford Medical School

David Burns, MD, is an Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Stanford Medical School and has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (> 5 million sold) and host of the popular Feeling Good Podcast (> 8 million downloads).

Dr. Burns was a pioneer in the development of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and is the founder of the new TEAM-CBT, which is featured in his latest book, Feeling Great. He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching, including the prestigious A. E. Bennett Award for his research on the now-defunct “chemical imbalance” theory of depression and the Irma Bland Teaching Award from the American Psychiatric Association. His new Feeling Great app is now available in app stores.

More than 50,000 mental health professionals have attended his training programs throughout the United States and Canada.

Faculty

Jill Levitt

PhD
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry
Director of Training, Feeling Good Institute

Dr. Jill Levitt is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Training at the Feeling Good Institute. She has more than 25 years of experience conducting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has been trained by some of the world’s leaders in CBT. She has co-written several scholarly articles in the areas of OCD, PTSD and Panic Disorder. Most recently she has been co-teaching CBT with Dr. David Burns at the Stanford University School of Medicine in her role on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She also trains other therapists in David Burns’ process-based model of CBT called TEAM-CBT. Dr. Levitt teaches both in-person and online workshops for Feeling Good Institute on CBT methods, reducing resistance in psychotherapy, and improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
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