Live Webinar January 28 – Anxiety, Adolescents, and Parents on the Pathway to Adulthood with Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., ABPP (ABCT’s 2025 WCCBT Global Ambassador)

Event Date: January 28, 2026

Link: https://elearning.abct.org/products/live-webinar-january-28-anxiety-adolescents-and-parents-on-the-pathway-to-adulthood-with-anne-marie-albano-phd-abpp-abcts-2025-wccbt-global-ambassador

Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 — 11:30 AM- 1:30 PM Eastern/ 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Central/ 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Mountain/ 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific/ 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM Alaska/6:30 AM – 8:00 AM Hawaii

1.5 CE Credits Awarded — $15 Student ABCT Members / $25 ABCT Members / $35 Non-Members

Abstract:

Join Dr. Anne Marie Albano—authority on the assessment and treatment of anxiety and related disorders in youth—for an in-depth, practice-focused webinar on engaging parents and adolescents in effective, developmentally attuned treatment. This training will highlight the rationale, conceptual framework, and therapeutic strategies used to help anxious adolescents and emerging adults who struggle to achieve appropriate age- and role-related independence. Participants will receive an orientation to the developmental CBT model known as LEAP (Launching Emerging Adolescents/Adults Program). Building on this foundation, the webinar will focus on helping young people manage anxiety by actively involving their primary support systems, reducing unhelpful accommodations, and cultivating the competencies required for independent functioning.

Dr. Albano will combine didactic teaching with group discussion. Attendees will be invited to share insights and advanced clinical approaches, promoting rich dialogue around effective parent–youth collaboration. Topics will be grounded in a developmental CBT perspective and will address how youth dependency and parental overprotection can interact to maintain anxiety and hinder progress toward independence. Specific areas of focus include:

Engaging parents and youth collaboratively while upholding youth confidentiality
Understanding parental history, beliefs, and their impact on treatment
Assessing developmental milestones and functional capacities
Identifying and addressing patterns of overprotection and accommodation
Collaborative goal setting with families
Strengthening communication and problem-solving skills
Using role reversal and other experiential methods to enhance insight, shared understanding, and youth empowerment

Designed to be interactive, the webinar offers opportunities for case discussion, application of concepts, and collaborative problem-solving. Participants will leave with expanded clinical tools for supporting youth in developing self-efficacy, age-appropriate coping skills, and the confidence needed to move toward healthy independence in adolescence and emerging adulthood.

Presenter Biography:

Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., ABPP, CUCARD, is the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CUCARD) Professor of Medical Psychology in Psychiatry and Director of the NYP Center for Youth Mental Health. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Mississippi. Dr. Albano is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and is Board Certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Learning Objectives:

Deepen clinical understanding of the dynamics that maintain youth anxiety and parental overinvolvement—particularly as they contribute to stalled development during the transition to adulthood.
Develop the ability to assess youth and parent goals, evaluate the young person’s developmental functioning, and identify patterns of parental overprotection or overinvolvement.
Use role play and case-based learning to practice experiential interventions and exposure strategies that engage both youth and parents in the therapeutic process.

Abstract:

Presenter Biography:

Recommended Readings: