Live Webinar December 4th — Challenges and Opportunities in Disseminating Evidence-based Treatments in the Face of Mass Trauma: Israel as a case example with Dr. Jonathan Huppert

Thursday, December 4th, 2025

11:00 AM- 12:30 PM Eastern/ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central/ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Mountain/ 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific/ 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Alaska/6:00 AM - 7:30 AM Hawaii

1.5 CE Credits Awarded

$15 Student ABCT Members / $25 ABCT Members / $35 Non-Members

Intermediate level

All prices listed in US currency

Abstract:

During mass trauma such as the events of October 7^th in Israel, there are many critical issues to consider regarding how to organize and respond to mental health issues. Some key questions that arise include: What are the various cultural and language factors that are likely to impact treatment and recovery? How exposed were the clinicians to the trauma? Given the estimates of thousands of individuals to likely suffer from PTSD, anxiety, and depression, how does one choose what treatments to train clinicians in? What are the commonalities and differences in the different approaches? Given the existing knowledge of Prolonged Exposure and EMDR in Israel, we worked on training therapists in Cognitive Processing Therapy and Written Exposure Therapy in the first major roll outs, and then added trainings in the Unified Protocol and Interpersonal Psychotherapy more recently. We will present how we developed expedited training models to try to quickly provide response while maintaining quality, and challenges that we faced along the way. 

Presenter Biography:

Jonathan Huppert is Helen and Sam Beber Chair of Clinical Psychology and Professor in the Department of Psychology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the former department chair and former head of the clinical program. Dr. Huppert is the head of the Laboratory for the Treatment and Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing at The Hebrew University. He has been working for over 25 years treating, studying, and working to improve treatments for anxiety, OCD, PTSD and related disorders. He has published over 150 articles and chapters on processes and outcomes in evidence-based psychological interventions with an emphasis on cognitive behavioral therapy, experimental psychopathology, assessment, emotion regulation, the alliance, placebo effects, and most recently imagery-based interventions and theories of treatment. Dr. Huppert has worked on dissemination of cognitive behavioral therapy throughout Israel. He has been spearheading the development of internet based CBT in Hebrew and Arabic and also improving access to evidence based treatments in collaboration with Israel's Ministry of Health and HMOs. After October 7th, Dr. Huppert has established the Center for Trauma Recovery at The Hebrew University, which is focused on training therapists in evidence-based treatments for trauma and related disorders in the public sector, developing technology to help reach people at scale, and developing a campaign for the public and therapists. They have trained over 300 therapists in the last year alone.

At the end of the webinar, the learner will be able to:

1. Discuss two (or more) barriers to assessment and routine outcome monitoring 
2. Describe at least 4 therapeutic approaches when addressing responses to trauma 
3. Explain commonalities and differences among the approaches
4. Identify at least two challenges disseminating evidence-based interventions at scale after mass trauma

Recommended Readings:

• Castro-Camacho, L., Barlow, D. H., García, N., Farchione, T. J., Idrobo, F., Rattner, M., ... & Moreno, J. D. (2023). Effects of a contextual adaptation of the unified protocol in multiple emotional disorders in individuals exposed to armed conflict in Colombia: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA psychiatry, 80(10), 991-999.
• Katsoty, D., Greidinger, M., Neria, Y., Segev, A., & Lurie, I. (2024). A prediction model of PTSD in the Israeli population in the aftermath of October 7th, 2023, terrorist attack and the Israel–Hamas war. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 13(1), 63.
• Levi-Belz, Y., Groweiss, Y., Blank, C., & Neria, Y. (2024). PTSD, depression, and anxiety after the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel: a nationwide prospective study. EClinicalMedicine, 68.
• Rothbaum, B. O., & Watkins, L. E. (2025). An Update on Psychotherapy for the Treatment of PTSD. American Journal of Psychiatry, 182(5), 424-437.
• Sloan, D. M., & Marx, B. P. (2024). An overview of Written Exposure Therapy: a brief treatment for PTSD. Psychiatric Annals, 54(3), e70-e74.

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All attendees will receive a certificate of completion when the course requirements are satisfied.

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Rachel Greeman, ABCT Web Manager
212-647-1890 ext. 208
rgreeman@abct.org

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