COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL THERAPIES AT THE THE THERAPIES AT COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL 9th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies Berlin, July 17th-20th 2019 CROSSROADS Welcome to WCBCT2019 WCCBT Willkommen zum WCBCT2019 As President of the World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioral The World Confederation of Therapies I am delighted to welcome you to the 9th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. We knew that when EABCT was Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies chosen to host the World Congress in Berlin that the organisers would make it a great success and the programme you can now see demonstrates that this will be the case. With over 80 countries from every continent participating it will be a truly global congress that will carry on the tradition of making our triennial World Congress a show case for the success and development of Founded in January 2019 to represent Cognitive and Behavioural Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies across the world and so many important Sarah Egan areas of health and social care. Enjoy the Congress! Associations across the world. Founding members: Sarah Egan, President, World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies It’s an honour for EABCT to be hosting the 9th World Congress in Berlin. This Asian Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Association (ACBTA) | Association for Behavioral and Cognitive is the third opportunity for us to welcome delegates to a World Congress in Europe and will add Berlin to our list of successful World Congresses that Therapies (ABCT) | Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (AACBT) | were previously held in Copenhagen in 1995 and Barcelona in 2007. This year is another opportunity to gather together the most influential researchers European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) | International Association and therapists in CBT and provide an excellent forum for new researchers of Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP) | Latin-American Association of Analysis, Behavioral Thomas Kalpakoglou and new ideas. Moreover, Berlin is the perfect place at the crossroads of Europe and the world to meet old friends and make new friends, surrounded Modification and Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (ALAMOC) by the atmosphere of a cosmopolitan and exciting city. EABCT welcomes you all to Berlin. Thomas Kalpakoglou, President, EABCT Wolfgang Schreck As the host association for WCBCT2019 we welcome you to Germany. It is our pleasure to see so many delegates from across Germany, Europe and the rest of the world joining us in Berlin for this truly global meeting. DGVT has always been committed to develop (cognitive-)behavioural approaches Responsible for overseeing the Previous World Congresses by taking into account the broader social and political context. We are glad that health-political as well as social aspects are clearly visible in the scientific organisation of World Congresses 1st Copenhagen, Denmark 1995 programme. DGVT welcomes you to Berlin, a vibrant and interesting city 2nd Acapulco, Mexico 1998 Oliver Kunz, Judith Schild and Wolfgang Schreck, The Board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie 3rd Vancouver, Canada 2001 4th Kobe, Japan 2004 We hope that our five years of planning in collaboration with the Deutsche Oliver Kunz Judith Schild Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie, and the other German, European and 5th Barcelona, Spain 2007 worldwide CBT associations for cognitive and behaviour therapies, will ensure that this is a congress that you will remember for many years to come. We 6th Boston, USA 2010 hope that you will take away new ideas and new friendships from across 7th Lima, Peru 2013 the world and that your days at the Congress with us in Berlin live up to your expectations. With over 4000 delegates from 85 different counties we 8th Melbourne, Australia 2016 have succeeded in making WCBCT2019 the largest global gathering of CBT 9th Berlin, Germany 2019 clinician’s and researchers and we will continue to work hard to make the 10th Jeju Island, South Korea 2022 next three days a success. Andreas Veith and Rod Holland, WCBCT 2019, Congress Organisers Rod Holland Andreas Veith The choice of the WCBCT2019 theme; “CBT at the Crossroads“, reflects the rapid pace of development, across both theoretical and applied aspects of the field, and in particular the role of CBT within the broader social and political context. The Call for Papers produced an exceptional rate of high quality submissions and significant competition for inclusion in a truly global scientific programme. We are particularly pleased at the good balance of empirical research and training opportunities, with nearly 100 pre- and in- congress workshops plus skills classes, and the significant opportunities for early career clinicians and researchers to present on the world stage, through over 30 open paper sessions and nearly 1000 poster presentations. We wish you a memorable and inspirational time at WBCT2019 and hope you have as much fun as we, and the Scientific Committee, had in putting together the Thomas Heidenreich Philip Tata programme alongside our 10 assistants. Thomas Heidenreich and Philip Tata WCBCT2019 Chairs of the Scientific Committee 1 Organising Committees Support Groups International Support Group (Scientific) Horst Mitmansgruber (Austria AVM), Tobias Glück (Austria OEGVT), Sylvie Blairy (Belgium AEMTC), Filip Raes (Belgium VVGT), Igor Krnetić (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Ivanka Zivcic Becirevic (Croatia), Jan Prasko (Czech Republic), Stephen Austin (Denmark), Reham Aly (Egypt), Kirsti Akkermann (Estonia), Jorma Fredriksson (Finland FACBT), Raimo Lappalainen (Finland Sky), Abdel Halim Boudoukha (France), Martine Bouvard (AFFORTEC), Kate Abdushelishvili (Georgia), Ulrich Schweiger (Germany DVT) Gregoris Simos (Greece GACBP), Loukas Athanasiadis (Greece GBA), Artemios Pehlivanidis (Greece, HSCP), Unoka Zsolt (Hungary), Sjofn Evertsdottir (Iceland), Colette Kearns (Ireland), Guy Doron (Israel), Aristide Saggino (Italy AIAMC), Rita Ardito (Italy SITCC), Selvije Izeti (Kosovo), Leva Bite (Latvia), Aimee Karam (Lebanon), Julius Neverauskas (Lithuania), Jamal Chiboub (Morocco), Olivera Markovic (Montenegro), Arnold van Emmerikik (Netherlands), Jon Fauskanger Bjaastad (Norway), Muna Hemeid (Palestine), Agnieszka Popiel (Poland), Maria do Céu Salvador (Portugal), Lucian Ile (Rumania RABCT), Daniel David (Rumania ACBT), Alexandra Yaltonskaya (Russia), Olivera Zikic (Serbia), Nikola Petrovic (Serbia and Montenegro), Maja Bundalo Bočič (Slovenia), Jung-Hye Kwon (South Korea), Miquel Angel Fullana (Spain), Kristoffer Månsson (Sweden SACBT), Lise Bergman Nordgren (Sweden, SABT), Valentina Anderegg (Switzerland SGVT-SSTCC), Gabriel Thorens (Switzerland ASPCo), Stefanie Schmidt (Switzerland) AVM-CH, Mehmet Sungur (Turkey, TACBT), Hakan Turkcapar (Turkey, ACBPT), Valentyna Parobiy (Ukraine), Christopher Williams (UK) EABCT Support Group (Organisational) Austria, OEGVT Ingeborg Pucher-Matzner Latvia, LACBT Gints Polis Austria, AVM Horst Mitmansgruber Lebanon, LSCBT Aimee Karam Belgium, AEMTC André Masson Luthuania, CBTA Julius Neverauskas Belgium, VVGT Jan Callens Montenegro, MNACBT Jelena Cuckovic Bosnia&Herzegovina, BHACBT Diana Ridjic Morocco, MBCT Nadia Kadri Bulgaria, BACBP Irina Lazarova Netherlands, VGCt Mariëtte Lammers Croatia, CABCT Branka Bagaric Norway, NFKT Torkil Berge Czech Republic, CSCBT Petr Možný Palestine, PABCT Mohammed K. Mukhaimar Danmark, SAKT Stephen Austin Portugal, APTC Serafim Carvalho Egypt, EACBT Reham Aly Romania, RABCT Mirela Tirlie WCBCT2019 Organising Committee Estonia, EACBT Kirsti Akkermann Romania, RACBT Anca Dobrean Finland, FACBT Kirsi Räisänen Russia ACBT (R ) Daria Maryasova Andreas Veith | Congress Organiser Keith Dobson, Canada Finland, SKY Tero Timonen Serbia&Montenero, ACBT Nikola Petrovic Rod Holland | Congress Organiser Miguel Fullana, Spain France, AFTCC Stacey Callahan Serbia SRABCT Olivera Zikic Waltraud Deubert | DGVT Gillian Haddock, UK Georgia, GABCT Kate Abdushelishvili Slovenia, SABCT Polonca as Hayley Dare | Steward Coordinator Kurt Hahlweg, Germany Spain, SCRITC Eva Baillies John Kentish | Congress Web Master Emily Holmes, Sweden Germany, DVT Jürgen Tripp Katharina Mosen | Social Media Sheri Johnson, USA Greece, GACBP Christoforos Nestoris Sweden, SACBT Tadeusz Jarawka Janice Kalagi | Social Media Jutta Joormann, USA Greece, GBA Elena Heinz Sweden, SABT Björn Paxling Thomas Kalpakoglou | President EABCT David Kavanagh, Australia Greece, HSCP Nikoletta Avgeri Switzerland, SGVT-SSTCC Valentina Anderegg Kristoffer N T Månsson | Honorary Treasurer EABCT Jung-Hye Kwon, South Korea Hungary, HABCT Unoka Zsolt Switzerland, ASPCo Christine Favre Dinie Naezer-Heerschop | Association Manager EABCT Ken Laidlaw, UK Ireland, IABCP Colette Kearns Switzerland, AVM-CH Stefanie Schmidt Kristoffer Mansson, Sweden Iceland, IACBT Sjofn Evertsdottir Turkey, TACBT Yusuf Sivrioglu German Speaking Support Group Michelle Moulds, Australia Israel, ITA Turkey, ACBPT Selcuk Aslan Rainer Knappe (AVM-D), Stefanie Schmidt (AVM-CH), Tom Ollendieck, USA Danny S. Derby Jan Richter (DGPs), Ania Conradi (DGPs), Kurt Hahlweg Pierre Philipot, Belgium Italy, AIAMC Anna Meneghelli Ukraine, UACBT Valentyna Parobiy (DGPs), Jürgen Tripp (DVT),Rudi Merod (DGVT), Monika Patricia Resick, USA Italy, SITCC Michele Procacci United Kingdom, BABCP Katy Grazebrook Basqué (DGVT), Ingeborg Pucher-Matzner (ÖGVT) and Roz Shafran, UK Kosovo, KACBTH Selvije Izeti Valentina Anderegg (SGVT). Regina Steil, Germany Scientific Committee