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Student and Faculty Workshop Description

Feedback from last year's Student and Faculty Workshop

Eligibility

Beck Institute will award 10 recipients (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, residents, or faculty, in psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, counseling, or any other mental health discipline from any country) with full tuition scholarships to our 3-day Student and Faculty Workshop, in Philadelphia, PA, on August 13 - 15, 2012.

This experiential workshop will provide expert training in evidence-based treatment under the direction of Drs. Judith Beck and Aaron Beck, and leaders in the field of cognitive behavior therapy. A special conversation hour with Dr. Aaron Beck is planned.

To enter the competition, please submit answers to the following questions using no more than 500 words total, within the body of an email, and send it to scholarship@beckinstitute.org.

*Attachments will not be accepted.

1. What has been your exposure to and experience in CBT?
2. How do you intend to use CBT in the future?
3. What involvement, if any, have you had in CBT-related research?

Deadline

March 1, 2012

• Scholarship winners will be notified via email during the first week of April 2012. Applicants from previous years are eligible to apply.
• Please help us spread the word by your telling friends, students, colleagues and professors about this opportunity.
• We look forward to reading your applications. Good luck!
• Click here for more information on Beck Institute's Student and Faculty Workshop.
• Scholarship applicants may register for the Student and Faculty Workshop, in advance, and will be refunded should they win the competition.

Eligibility

Please note: the Scholarship Competition is open to all graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, residents, or faculty, in psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, counseling, or any other mental health or allied discipline from any country around the world.

2011 Scholarship Winners

Last year the Beck Institute awarded 10 scholarships to dedicated graduate students and faculty who are applying cognitive behavior therapy in a variety of ways. The selected winners were invited to meet in a private session with Drs. Judith and Aaron Beck. Below is some of the feedback we received from scholarship winners:

Attending the Student and Faculty Workshop to learn from the founders of CBT was a unique opportunity. Seeing Dr. Judith Beck at work was very educative. Not only is she a  warm therapist, but also an exceptional teacher. The hour meeting with Dr. Aaron Beck was very inspiring. He is  very intelligent, and has a great sense of humor! 

-Tara Donker

I was excited to receive a scholarship for the Student and Faculty Workshop. I traveled from New Zealand to attend. I really enjoyed watching Dr. Judith Beck roleplay. It was helpful to observe an expert demonstration of Socratic questioning. It was an honor to meet Dr. Aaron Beck, who remains incredibly active in the field. I was interested to learn about Dr. Beck's current research and his efforts for wider dissemination of CBT to people who need it.

-Fiona Mathieson

Attending the Beck Institute Student and Faculty Workshop was a fantastic opportunity for me.  As a graduate student this workshop has really helped me grow as a budding clinician.

-Seth Disner 

The experience of participating in the Student and Faculty Workshop exceeded my expectations. I thank the Beck Institute for awarding me one of the ten scholarships. It was a tremendous honor. Dr. Judith Beck is empathetic and easy to understand, even when explaining complex techniques, such as case conceptualization. My favorite part was the hour conversation with Dr. Aaron Beck. We had the opportunity to hear how he developed cognitive therapy and who influenced his work. I learned many practical skills applicable to teaching and research. I highly recommend this workshop to anyone in the mental health field. 

-María Celeste Airaldi