The past five years have reflected a sea change in American psychiatric leadership promoting improved
access for people with serious mental illness to psychotherapy that has been driven by research, education, and advocacy. Yet, in routine care settings across the United States, psychological treatments for serious mental illness continue to be inaccessible. In this webinar, Dr. Sarah Kopelovich, who holds a professorship in CBT for psychosis and served as the lead author of the 2021 SAMHSA CBTp Implementation Guide, will review the cognitive-behavioral models that form the foundation of CBTp, provide an historical examination of its adaptation and dissemination in the US, and describe innovative efforts to implement and deliver CBTp as part of the treatment for serious mental illness, including engaging caregivers and allied disciplines in low intensity CBTp interventions, addressing structural impediments through implementation and policy work, and leveraging recent technologic advances to support training and clinical quality improvement.
This Webinar was sponsored by SAMHSA and was held August 5, 2025. You can view the recording on the NAMI website here.