CBTp Informed Skills in Inpatient Settings: An Overview

**For Stanford Health Care & School of Medicine Employees**

Working with individuals experiencing psychosis can be challenging, particularly when symptoms such as hearing voices, paranoia, or fixed delusional beliefs interfere with communication and treatment engagement. This course provides front-line healthcare providers with practical Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)-informed skills that can be used in inpatient settings to foster therapeutic relationships, support de-escalation, encourage collaboration, and help patients manage distressing symptoms.

1. By the end of the event, learners will gain knowledge of the FIRST Skills (a set of CBTp-informed approaches) and will have identified several concrete tools to support patients experiencing psychosis in an inpatient setting.

1. Differentiate common myths from the realities of psychosis and identify three symptoms commonly associated with psychosis.
2. Develop a SMART goal for working with a patient experiencing psychosis and apply CBT principles to support front-line clinical interactions.
3. Apply the FIRST Skills framework to support individuals experiencing psychosis in inpatient clinical settings.
4. Recognize how implicit biases and assumptions about individuals with psychosis may influence clinical decision-making and apply person-centered, trauma-informed strategies to promote equitable care.


Registration

Registration Fee: Complimentary



Credits
ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center contact hour(s) (6.00 hours), CA BRN - California Board of Registered Nurses contact hour(s) (6.00 hours), CBOT- California Board of Occupational Therapy (6.00 hours), General Attendance (6.00 hours), NASW- National Association of Social Workers contact hour(s) (6.00 hours)


Accreditation

1. Stanford Health Care is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).  Provider Number CEP12165.
2. Stanford Health Care is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 
3. Stanford Health Care Department of Rehabilitation is an approved provider occupational therapy for courses that meet the requirements set forth by the respective California Board. This course is approved for 6.00 hours CEU for OT.
4. This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886783649-1000) for 6 continuing education contact hours.

©2026 by Stanford Health Care, Division of Patient Care Services.
All rights reserved. No audio or video taping allowed. We reserve the right to make program changes. All students must be registered, attend the entire course, and submit an evaluation after course completion to earn credit hours.

 

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Health Care (SHC) adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Katherine Eisen, PhD

Faculty

Angharad Rees-Jones, PhD
Stanford

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Zeynep Sen, PhD

Faculty

Lénie Torregrossa, PhD
Stanford University

Faculty

Ningning Guo, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN
Stanford Health Care

Nurse Planner (CEPD Staff Only)

Nothing to disclose

Thursday, October 15, 2026