The Beck Initiative is a collaborative clinical, educational, and administrative partnership between the Beck Institute, the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), and the Center of Excellence for Children’s Behavioral Health to implement Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) training and consultation throughout the DBHDD care network. CT-R is a collaborative treatment approach that prioritizes attainment of personal and meaningful goals, engages withdrawn individuals in their own psychiatric rehabilitation, and provides tangible tools to help remove roadblocks to recovery of people with serious mental illness. The treatment protocol has evolved in scope to offer interventions to address less serious challenges such as depression, anxiety, and substance use, and to include populations of emerging adults, children, and homeless individuals.

Through intensive workshops and ongoing consultation, the Center of Excellence for Children’s Behavioral Health at the Georgia Health Policy Center, in partnership with the Beck Institute and DBHDD, is providing ongoing training to disseminate CT-R to behavioral health providers throughout the state. The training consists of an interactive in-person or virtual workshop focused on understanding the CT-R model. Providers then participate in a six-month consultation period where trainees are provided detailed feedback on how to implement the CT-R protocol with specific, challenging individuals from their caseload. Additionally, the training process includes web-based consultations, on-site demonstrations, and evaluation of audio recordings of actual therapy sessions. Competency is measured by the Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale. Certified providers are also offered quarterly trainings to sustain and enhance their knowledge and application of CT-R.

Providers from state hospitals, day treatment and outpatient clinics, intensive case management groups, as well as assertive community treatment and community support teams have participated in the training. In addition to implementing the annual training plan, the Center of Excellence is providing ongoing evaluation to assess fidelity of providers to the model, treatment impact, and long-term sustainability of CT-R in Georgia.

The Georgia Beck Initiative Fact Sheet

CT-R Application in a Telehealth Environment

Behavioral Health

Workforce Development

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