Self-Paced AF-CBT Training
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What is AF-CBT?
Alternatives for Families: a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT) is a trauma-informed evidence-based treatment (EBT) designed to improve the relationships between children and caregivers in families involved in arguments/conflict, physical force/discipline/aggression, child physical abuse, or child behavior problems.
What's New With AF-CBT?
April 2, 2026 12-2PM ET
Training: Ethics, EBTs and Best Practice: Navigating Ethical Challenges in Trauma Treatment
Providing evidence-based trauma treatment comes with complex ethical decisions—often in real time, across systems, and under pressure. This highly engaging training brings together the core ethical principles shared across mental health disciplines and applies them directly to the realities of TF-CBT, AF-CBT, and multidisciplinary work.
April 15, 2026 12-2PM ET
Training: Feelings Work & Emotion Coaching for Children & Teens in Evidence-Based Treatment
As a clinician providing EBTs like TF-CBT and AF-CBT, are you looking for a structured but creative way of eliciting neutral and trauma-related feelings from children who have experienced trauma that incorporates gradual exposure? Need a systematic, effective approach for helping caregivers who avoid their own emotions learn how to help their dysregulated children as well as themselves?
January 1, 2026
Self-Paced AF-CBT Training Now Available!
We are excited to announce that a self-paced training in Alternatives for Families: a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is now available! This Pitt Professional course features presentations by AF-CBT trainers, interactive activities, and case example and skill demonstration videos.
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Telehealth Resources
Access telehealth resources for AF-CBTUpcoming AF-CBT Training Sessions
May Remote AF-CBT Training
May 5, 7, 12, 14 12-4PM ET
Register: $1,250 per Learner
June Remote AF-CBT Training
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U.S. DoW FAP Members
If you are a member of the United States Department of War Family Advocacy Program seeking training, contact the NCTSN Academy Help Desk below to request access to the on-demand NCTSN Academy Training for Military Providers.
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