A specific psychotherapeutic strategy for modulating psychological well-being and pursuing euthymia, Well- Being Therapy (WBT), has been developed and validated in a number of randomized controlled trials. WBT has been manualized (Fava, G.A.: Well-Being Therapy. Treatment Manual and Clinical Applications. Basel, Karger, 2016). Translations of the manual have been published in Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Hungarian and Turkish. A certification process for WBT has been promoted by the Academy of Well-Being Therapy (AWBT), whose president is Giovanni A. Fava, MD. The certification process includes attendance of an introductory course, individual supervision of two cases treated with WBT, and case presentation at an advanced workshop. The next introductory course on Well-Being Therapy will be held online on May 12-14, 2023.
For further information please visit www.well-being-therapy.com.
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Dear colleagues,
Introductory Course on Well-Being Therapy
Florence, Italy, September 14–15, 2019
A specific psychotherapeutic strategy for increasing psychological well-being and resilience, Well-Being Therapy (WBT), has been developed and validated in a number of randomized controlled trials. WBT has been recently manualized (Fava, G.A.: Well-Being Therapy. Treatment Manual and Clinical Applications. Basel, Karger, 2016). Translations of the manual have been published in Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, German, and French. A certification process for WBT has been launched by the Academy of Well-Being Therapy (AWBT), whose president is Giovanni A. Fava. The certification process includes attendance of an introductory course, individual supervision of two cases treated with WBT, and case presentation at an advanced workshop. The next introductory course on Well-Being Therapy will be held in Florence, Italy, on September 14th-15th 2019 and it will be a satellite workshop of the 25th World Congress of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine (ICPM). For further information please visit www.well-being-therapy.com