CBT Online Training Resources

This series of three online training courses teaches addiction counselors how to implement group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Depression with people who are in treatment for Substance Use Disorder.

The curriculum is the Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT) program, developed and evaluated by Dr. Kimberley Hepner and Dr. Stephanie Woo at the RAND Corporation. The online courses were developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with RAND and Dr. Ricardo Muñoz at Palo Alto University.

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Course 1: Start here

CBT for Depression: Basic Concepts course

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: Basic Concepts

If you’re just getting started with CBT, this is the place to start.

  • What is Depression?
  • What is CBT?
  • Behaviors and Mood
  • Thoughts and Mood
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Course 2

Introduction to BRIGHT course

Introduction to BRIGHT: Group CBT for Depression in Clients with Alcohol and Drug Use Problems

This course teaches you how to become a CBT group leader.

  • Getting Started with BRIGHT
  • From CBT Basics to BRIGHT
  • Introduction to the BRIGHT Manual
  • Working Effectively with BRIGHT Group Members
  • Preparing for and Leading a BRIGHT Group: Key Issues
  • Planning Ahead for Challenges
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Course 3

BRIGHT Session Essentials course

BRIGHT Session Essentials: A Session by Session Guide

After you’ve completed the BRIGHT Introduction course, return to the Session by Session Guide to find session-by-session guidelines and training materials to help you implement BRIGHT in your program.

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Partners

We gratefully acknowledge our Partner Organizations for their generous contributions to the development of this training:

  • VA Veterans Health Administration (VHA) honors America’s Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.
  • VA QUERI enhances the quality and outcomes of VA health care by systematically implementing clinical research findings and evidence-based recommendations into routine clinical practice.
  • VA Mental Health Services aims to ensure that all Veterans have access to needed mental health care and advances the principle that mental health care is an essential component of overall health care.
  • VA Employee Education System partners with Veterans Health Administration’s program offices, Veterans Integrated Service Networks and medical facilities to provide quality workforce education and training to improve outcomes in Veteran clinical care, health care operations and administration.
  • RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

References

Hepner K.A., Miranda J., Woo S., Watkins K.E., Lagomasino S., Wiseman S.H., Muñoz R.F. (2011). Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT): A Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Clients with Co-Occurring Alcohol and Drug Use Problems: Group Leader’s Manual. rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR977z1

Hepner K.A., Miranda J., Woo S., Watkins K.E., Lagomasino S., Wiseman S.H., Muñoz R.F. (2011). Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT): A Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Clients with Co-Occurring Alcohol and Drug Use Problems: Group Member’s Workbook. rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR977z2