Advancing the Field of Behavioral Health Through Evidence-Based Group Therapy Training & Certification

Improve Patient Outcomes & Reduce Clinical Turnover

The Institute for the Advancement of Group Therapy is dedicated to helping professionals in the field of behavioral health deliver highly effective group therapy that maximizes patient engagement and therapeutic outcomes. The Institute's nationally-accredited continuing education course engages mental health professionals in an evidence-based, hands-on workshops that delivers a toolbox of engagement strategies, focus tasks, and facilitation skills designed to engage diverse patients, better meet their individual needs, and maximize the healing and growth for everyone in the room. Patient resistant behaviors will decrease while motivation engagement, and skill practice elevate, leading to better outcomes and more enjoyable group sessions for the clinician and patient.

Nationally Recognized CEUs Unparalleled Training & Support

The Institute for the Advancement of Group Therapy's offers certifications, such as certification as a Group Therapy Expert (CGTE), as well as a broad array of accredited CEU trainings! The Institute's team of experts deliver the workshop on site, minimizing operational disruption and allowing for immediate feedback and support.

Post-certification support, including supervision and outcomes tracking, keeps CGTEs engaged and up-to-date through feedback and the practical application of in-session strategies such as creating patient buy-in (building motivation), developing focus tasks, grabbing and keeping attention, and many more.

Accredited Trainings Previews

Intros & Check-ins

Check-in as usual is ineffective for whole-group engagement. This video shows some simple examples of better techniques to engage the entire group during a check-in like process.

Maximizing Skill Practice in Context

To be successful, patients need more than knowledge, they need active skill building practice leading to unconscious automaticity (procedural learning) that enables patients to succeed in the real world outside of therapy.

Keeping Attention

Once we have patients' attention, we need to keep it. This video provides some simple examples of attention-retention strategies to keep patients engaged.

Focus Tasks Reading

Focus Tasks are an essential component of effective patient engagement that leads to better retention and internalization of session objectives in group therapy.

More Trainings

Improving Therapist Efficacy Through Evidence-based Interventions & Deliberate Practice
Addressing Patient Trauma: Methods That Matter
Culturally-informed Treatment: Improving Outcomes for Diverse Patients
Building Recovery Capital to Support Patients Outside of Treatment
Effective Auditing and Supervision Practices
Compassionate Supervision Feedback That Facilitates Rapid Improvement
Beyond Processing: Healing Practices That Support Recovery
Maximizing Patient Engagement in Group Therapy
Obtaining Patient Buy-in and Building Therapeutic Alliance
Repairing Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance
Research, Science, and the Neurobiology of Recovery