Workshops & Consultation
Workshops
I offer training directly through my practice and through my courses at the Cognitive Behavior Institute Center for Education. Workshops are for independent practitioners, teams, corporations, and organizations in mindfulness and self-compassion practices, PTSD, SUD, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Please reach out if you or your team are interested in these areas and would like to be informed of upcoming trainings or an individualized workshop.
Current Offerings
View my On-Demand Courses with CEs for the Cognitive Behavior Institute here
Find On-Demand courses through my independent training organization below
5.5hr On-Demand Workshop
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This workshop provides attendees with a hands-on, experiential experience of the ACT core processes at work when ACT is integrated into Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of ACT and its theoretical basis in the application of OCD. Experiential exercises and live role-play therapy demonstrations will be used to help participants see firsthand how ACT can be combined with Exposure and Responsive Prevention for enhanced treatment of OCD. Participants will leave with a strong understanding of how to engage clients in ACT for effective treatment of OCD, that not only reduces OCD symptoms, but leads to a more values-aligned life.
3.5hr On-Demand Workshop
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This workshop provides attendees with a hands-on, interactive experience of the ACT core processes at work in anxiety treatment. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of ACT and its theoretical basis for the treatment of anxiety. Experiential exercises and live role-play therapy demonstrations will be used to help participants see firsthand how ACT works with different facets of anxiety disorders. Participants will leave with a strong understanding of how to engage clients in ACT for effective treatment of anxiety disorders, that not only reduces anxiety symptoms, but leads to a more values-aligned life.
3.5hr On-Demand Workshop
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This workshop provides attendees with a hands-on, interactive experience of the ACT core processes at work when ACT is integrated into PTSD treatment. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of ACT and its theoretical basis in the application of PTSD. Experiential exercises and live role-play therapy demonstrations will be used to help participants see firsthand how ACT can be combined with exposure-based approaches for enhanced treatment of PTSD. Participants will leave with a strong understanding of how to engage clients in ACT for effective treatment of PTSD, that not only reduces trauma symptoms, but leads to a more values-aligned life.
3.5hr On-Demand Workshop
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This workshop will present the ACT model and its application for PTSD through intrapsychic, interpersonal, and neuropsychological processes, such as thought suppression, experiential avoidance, “window of tolerance”. Participants will learn the six core processes of ACT: acceptance, defusion, mindfulness, self as context, values, and committed action. Neuroscience research on the internal processes that maintain PTSD and the effect of ACT practices on these patterns will be discussed. Participants will learn how each core process of ACT and ACT-based exposure can help individuals reconnect with the natural trauma recovery process. Participants will practice experiential exercises and will learn how to help individuals struggling with PTSD recover and improve their quality of life.
9 hour Virtual Workshop
In this course, participants will learn about the theoretical basis and spirit of MI, will identify change talk and sustain talk, and will learn how to use core MI skills. Participants will gain an understanding of how to use MI in diverse treatment applications and how to incorporate MI into their existing clinical practice. Specific MI skills are taught and practiced throughout experiential workshop.
18 CE Course
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This intensive course teaches DBT interventions from each module (Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness), presents the history, theory, and model of DBT, discusses applications of DBT to diverse diagnoses, populations, and settings. This course prepares participants to provide DBT in a responsive, individualized manner, maintaining fidelity to DBT principles and practices.
9hr On-Demand Workshop
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This course provides an overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), discusses its underlying theory, six core processes, and their application for a range of presentations, such as anxiety disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Participants will learn the six core processes of ACT: acceptance, defusion, mindfulness, self as context, values, and committed action. Experiential exercises will be used for participants to experience core processes from the inside out. Participants will learn how each core process of ACT and ACT-based exposure can help individuals with anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD build willingness and lead a values-based life.
Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD
8.5hr On-Demand Workshop
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In this workshop, participants will learn the session-by-session mechanics of how to provide CPT for PTSD. Participants will gain an understanding of how to present the symptoms of PTSD, CPT’s model of how PTSD is maintained, how to process natural vs. manufactured emotions, and how to challenge and explore assimilated and over-accommodated stuck points.
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.”
—WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD
Clinical Consultation
One of my greatest passions is teaching and training therapists. I deeply enjoy exploring different approaches together and helping other therapists develop their own clinical style of implementing different psychotherapies.
Within the Palo Alto VA, I provide clinical training, consultation, and supervision to postdoctoral fellows, psychology interns, Stanford medical students, Stanford psychiatry residents, and practicum students. I co-facilitate group supervision of group therapy and participate in a multidisciplinary Dialectical Behavior Therapy consultation team. In my private practice, I provide clinical consultation to trainees, newly licensed therapists, and seasoned clinicians.
My areas of training expertise are Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. I love helping therapists develop rich conceptualizations and learn how to integrate interventions from these approaches within their own clinical style.
My consultation approach is grounded in evidence-based theories and practices while emphasizing the importance of flexibility and tailoring to each specific client’s needs and multicultural context. I am happy to speak with you about your training needs and determine if we are a good fit.
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Teaching and Public Speaking Experience
Teaching Roles
2022-Present, Clinical Instructor, Cognitive Behavior Institute
2021-Present, Psychologist, Clinical Supervisor, Trainer, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
2019-2020, Teaching Assistant, PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium
Lectures and Workshops
Wharton, E., (2023, June). Flexibly and Responsively Providing Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Four-Day workshop for Cognitive Behavior Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.
Wharton, E., (2023, April). Core Skills of Motivational Interviewing. Two-Day workshop for Cognitive Behavior Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.
Wharton, E., (2023, March). Level Up Your Interventions with Motivational Interviewing. Two-Day workshop for therapist community. Menlo Park, CA.
Wharton, E. (2023, March). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety. Lecturer for Evidence-Based Practice Seminar at San Francisco VA Medical Center. San Francisco, CA.
Wharton, E., McKenna, K. (2023, March). Substance Use Disorders Course: Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for SUD. Course for Stanford University/Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Trigueros, Miriam, Wharton, E., (2022, December). Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use Disorders. Seminar for Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Nguyen, H., Parekh, P., Wharton, E., (2022, December). Group Therapy Approaches. Seminar for Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E., McKenna, K., Cumella, A. (2022, August). Introduction to Cognitive Processing Therapy. Two-Day training for Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Mendoza, M., Wharton, E.(2022, June). Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Seminar for Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Faustman, B., Wharton, E., Zeier, J. (2022, June). Group Supervision Approaches. Seminar for Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E., McKenna, K., Mendoza, M. (2022, March). Substance Use Disorders Course: Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for SUD. Course for Stanford University/Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
O’Donnell, M., Vallario, M., Wharton, E., Linenberg, B., (2022, February). Group Therapy Approaches. Seminar for Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
McKenna, K., Mendoza, M. Wharton, E. (2021, December). Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use Disorders. Seminar for Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E., (2021, May). Stanford Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Use of Trauma Narrative in Group Trauma-Focused CBT for Mothers of Preterm infants. Grand Rounds for Stanford University. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E., McKenna, K., Mendoza, M. (2021, March). Substance Use Disorders Course: Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for SUD. Course for Stanford University/Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E., McKenna, K., Mendoza, M. (2020, December). Motivational Interviewing for SUD. Seminar for Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs. Palo Alto, CA.
Shaw, R., Wharton, E. (2020, September). Group Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Parents of Premature Infants. Neonatal Monthly Journal Club, Northern California, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA.
Wharton, E. (2020, August). Healing the Healer II: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Therapists. Workshop provided for SF Bay Area Association of Contextual Behavioral Science. San Francisco, CA.
Wharton, E. (2020, August). Healing the Healer: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Therapists. Workshop provided for SF Bay Area Association of Contextual Behavioral Science. San Francisco, CA.
Wharton, E. (2020, June). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Mood Disorders. Lecturer for the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium course: “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Mood Disorders”. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E. (2020, April). Introduction to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Lecturer for Psychotherapy Didactic Seminar at Mental Health Clinic at Menlo Park VA. Menlo Park, CA.
Wharton, E. (2019, October). Introduction to Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples. Lecturer for the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium course: “Couples and Family Therapy: New Directions”. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E. (2019, May). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety in Veterans. Lecturer for Evidence-Based Practice Seminar at San Francisco VA Medical Center. San Francisco, CA.
Wharton, E. (2019, April). Introduction to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Training for Psychotherapy Didactic Seminar at Mental Health Clinic at Menlo Park VA. Menlo Park, CA.
Wharton, E. (2019, March). Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into Anxiety Treatment. Lecturer for the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium course: “Nature & Treatment of Anxiety Disorders”. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E. (2019, March). Creating a Group Therapy Model: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Guest lecture for the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium course: “Group Psychotherapy”. Palo Alto, CA.
Wharton, E., & Kori, T. (2017, January). Mindfulness in nature for preschoolers. Co-led a mindfulness workshop for preschoolers and teachers. The Primary School, East Palo Alto, CA
Martinez, A., Wharton, E., (2016, May) Flora and fauna, mindfulness and self-care for mental health providers. Co-led psychoeducational presentation and experiential workshop for staff of mental health agency Seneca Center. San Francisco Botanical Gardens, San Francisco, CA.
Wharton, E., & Martinez, A. (2016, April). Using the senses for mindfulness and self-care for mental health providers. Co-led psychoeducational presentation and experiential workshop for staff of mental health agency Seneca Center. Seneca Center, San Francisco, CA.
Martinez, A. , Wharton, E.(2016, March). Mindfulness outside of the office: Self-care for mental health providers. Co-led psychoeducational presentation and experiential workshop for staff of mental health agency Seneca Center. Potrero del Sol, San Francisco, CA.
Wharton, E., & Martinez, A. (2016, February). Connecting with water, mindfulness and self-care for mental health providers. Co-led psychoeducational presentation and experiential workshop for staff of mental health agency Seneca Center. Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA.
Wharton, E. (2013, February). Chagas Disease prevention: working with the CDC in Camiri, Bolivia. Presented on collaboration with CDC to film educational video about Chagas Disease to members of Kids for World Health, Murray Avenue Chapter. Murray Avenue School, Larchmont, NY.