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February 2023

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MEET OUR EXCO MEMBERS (2021-2024)

NOTE BY THE PRESIDENT
Greetings & Happy New Year 2023,

Prof. Dr. Firdaus Mukhtar
ACBTA President

First and foremost, 2023 would be oneof our busiest years. Despite thelimitation of time and energy, we
initiated this newsletter to ease ourcommunication, disseminate valuable
information and be more visible
internationally for the benefit of ourmembers at large. The contents of thisnewsletter
wouldsummarise
information regarding our ACBTA Meetthe-Expert (AMET) activities, plans forresearchprojects,
membership
updates.
achievements
andannouncements to be shared with all

PRESIDENTPRESIDENT-ELECT

PAST PRESIDENT

SECRETARY

Professor Firdaus
Mukhtar, PhD

Associate Professor Dr
Nimisha Kumar, PhD

Professor Ning Zhang,
MD, PhD

Professor Alvin Lai
Oon Ng, DPsych

TREASURER

TREASURER

Associate Professor Dr
JongSun Lee, PhD

Professor Younghee
Choi, MD, PhD

RESEARCH AND
INNOVATIONTRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT

Professor Muhammad
Irfan, MD, PhD

Professor Shin-Ichi
Ishikawa, PhD

members. These serve as an acknowledgement of the effort spent,enlightenment and encouragement for ourselves and others about what
was missed and what lessons were learned to extend and expand within.
The big event for this year will be the 10th World Congress CBT that will beheld in COEX, Seoul, on June 1-4, 2023. The ACBTA is honoured to support
our members, the Korean CBT Association and the Korean ClinicalPsychology Association, in hosting this world event for the first time in theAsia region. I believe this is a great opportunity for us to travel again andmeet a line of great sifus in the CBT field physically to exchange knowledge
and broaden our experience. The days that you spend travelling andparticipating in clinical experiences and research outputs will enhanceyour valuable knowledge, awareness and overall well-being. Soon after thecongress, I would like to rally all members to support our 8th Asian CBTConference, which will be conducted in New Delhi and will be led by ourvery own President-Elect, Dr. Nimisha Kumar. Last but not least, I would
also like to encourage all associations to plan any awesome activities to beheld on April 7th every year for World CBT Day.

(from July 2022)(until July 2022)

In short, you may have missed some information from emails; hence, this newsletter would beready with a collection of news and information for every four months. Please keep us updatedwith all exciting sharing from your members. Until then, stay safe and healthy!

Firdaus Mukhtar, PhD
President
Asian CBT Association

World CBT Day
We celebrated the inaugural World CBT Day that was launched by the World Confederation of Cognitive
and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT) on April 7, 2022. On this memorable day, a series of lectures,workshops and a documentary were held by the WCCBT.

Dr. Mark Dadds (WORKSHOP)
Beyond the Manual: How Behavioural Family Interventions Work in the Real World
Dr. David Barlow (LECTURE)
Neuroticism & Disorders of Emotion: A New Synthesis & Approach to Treatment
Dr. Freedom Leung (WORKSHOP)
Doing CBTs with the Help of Neuroscience
The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (DOCUMENTARY)
Inspiring Female Leader in CBT: A Brief Documentary

Join us at the 10th World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies 2023 in Seoul, Korea!
Professionals, students and any interested parties, comeshare new knowledge about the development of CBT andother cognitive and behavioural approaches to improving
quality of life with the world!

Interested? Visit www.wccbt2023.org
for updates on the event.

CALL FOR PAPERS
September 1, 2022 | Call for papers opens

The Congress will run for 3 full days, from Friday to
Sunday (June 2-4, 2023), with 25 Pre-Congress workshops
offered on Thursday (June 1, 2023).

Symposia, full day and half day in-conference
workshops, panel debates, clinical roundtables, open
papers and poster presentations.

The Congress theme, "Global CBT Dissemination,
Accessibility and New Technology" addresses the realitythat CBT is currently evolving at a rapid pace and yet
there is a vast unmet global need that requires aninnovative and comprehensive dissemination strategy.

February 28, 2023 | Call for papers closes
For symposia, full day and half day in-conference
workshops, panel debates, clinical roundtables andopen papers.

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February 2023
AMET ACHIEVEMENT 2022
PROF. FREEDOM LEUNG
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: January 22, 2022
Venue: Zoom

Doing CBT with the Help ofNeuroscience

www.acbta.org
IN REMEMBRANCE OF DR. AARON T. BECK
In honor of the late Dr. Beck,we celebrated Aaron T. Beckday on July 18, 2022 to pay
homage to the Father ofCognitive Behavior Therapy.
Dr. Beck would have been 101
years old!

Forever remembered,
Dr. Aaron T. Beck

DR. FAROOQ NAEEM
University of Toronto
Date: April 2, 2022
Venue: Zoom

Sufism-based Cognitive Therapy
for Building Resilience
DR. M. KAMRUZZAMANMOZUMDER
University of Dhaka

Date: June 25, 2022
Venue: Zoom

July 18, 1921 November 1, 2021

8TH ASIAN COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPYCONFERENCE 2024

Linking Formulation and Treatment
Plan in Working with PTSD
PROF. FIRDAUS MUKHTAR
Universiti Putra Malaysia

Look out for our next
conference in New Delhi, India(www.acbta.org)

Date: August 27, 2022
Venue: Zoom

Management of Vaginismus Using
the Cognitive Behavioral Approach
PROF. KEE-HONG CHOI
Korea University

Date: November 5, 2022
Venue: Zoom

The Dissemination of Behavioral Activation
for Depression to Korean Mental HealthProfessionals: Evidence, Opportunities
and Challenges

RECENT AMET 2023
We recently had aMeet-the-Expert
Talk by our very
own Director ofTraining andDevelopment, Prof.
Shin-Ichi Ishikawa!

MEMBER ASSOCIATIONSCurrent Asian associations that are representative ofACBTA in their own countries are:Korean Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(KACBT, www.kacbt.org)
Japanese Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies (JABCT, http://jabt.umin.ne.jp/index2.html)
CBT Committee of China Association for Mental
Health (CBTC-CAMH, http://www.cbtchina.com.cn/en)
Bangladesh Clinical Psychology Society (BCPS,www.bcps.org.bd)
Malaysian Society of Clinical Psychology (MSCP,www.mscp.my)
Taiwan Association of Clinical Psychology (TACP,
http://taclip.org.tw​)
Indian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy(IACBT, http://www.iacbt.org​)
Pakistan Association of Cognitive Therapists (PACT,
http://www.pactorganization.com​)
CBT Indonesia (CBTI, https://www.cbt-indonesia.com/)

COVID-19 RELATEDRESOURCESThe topics of COVID-19 related resources available on ourwebsite:
CBT Strategies to Improve Mental Health During COVID-19
Pandemic
Supporting Children and Young People with Worries about
COVID-19
My Hero is You: How Kids Can Hope with COVID-19
Visit our website for more information: www.acbta.org

ACBTA DIRECTORY
Are you practising CBT at any Asian
countries? Please do not hesitate tocontact us at alvinn@sunway.edu.my forour record purposes. Thanks!

Associations interested to be a member of ACBTA may apply
at this link: https://acbta.org/membership-application/

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