CONGRESS DAY 2 -

1ST MARCH 2024 (FRIDAY)

08:30 – 09:00 AM REGISTRATION & MORNING TEA
FOYER AREA
OPEN PAPER SESSION 13 - CBT treatment for substance abuse and
09:00 – 10:00 AM
addictive behaviors. CONFERENCE
HALL
Driving Towards Change: Evaluating the Efficacy of Brief Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy for Mitigating Reckless Driving in recreational Drug
Users. - Stella Yangzee Sherpa. Chair: Prof.
Guwahati University, India. Ravindra Rao,
NDDTC, AIIMS
Efficacy of Compassion Focused Therapy in individuals with Alcohol
Dependence.
Tenzin Dolma, Amool Ranjan Singh.
Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, India.

Exploring the Psychosocial Factors of Persons Who Inject Drug (PWID)

Experienced by the Counselors in Drop-in Centers (DIC). - Saima Akther.
Better Work, International Labour Organization, Bangladesh.

Navigating Risky Waters: Unraveling the Impact of Brief Cognitive

Behaviour Therapy on High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Recreational
Substance Users. - Stella Yangzee Sherpa.
Guwahati University, India.

Contemporary Significance of CBT for Behavioural Addiction: A Systematic

Literature Review. - Akshita Agarwal, Anita Manglani, Indu Bela.
SGT University, Gurugram, India.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy VS Motivation Enhancement Therapy in

Prevention of Relapse among Alcohol Use Disorder Patient: Hospital-
Based Intervention Study. - Deoshree Akhouri, Tabassum Bashir,
Hamza.
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.

OPEN PAPER SESSION 14 - Current trends & challenges in high-tech,

09:00 – 10:00 AM
digital & AI based CBT interventions.
CMET HALL 1
Serious Games: The First Interactive Computerized Cognitive Behavioral (EDUCATION
Therapy Product for Depression in China. - Sijia Chang, Jie Yang. HALL)
Beijing Wispirit Technology Co. Ltd, China.
Chair: Prof.
Computerized Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Managing Panic Disorder in Nand Kumar,
Bangladesh. - Saima Akther, Nazma Khatun. AIIMS
Better Work, International Labour Organization. Bangladesh

Stress Control Online (SCO)- An Online CBT Program: A Viable Option for
Enhancing Workplace Mental Health. - Ann Xavier Choolackal, Varsha
Giridhar, Ivy Banerjee, Charvi Pareek.
Silver Oak Health. India
 The Effect of Online Short-Term Integrated Psychotherapy on Individuals
with Mood or anxiety disorder using Outcome Measures. - Supriya Malik,
Palkee Baruah.
eMbrace, India

Affective Neuroscience Personality Traits and Schema Modes in

Borderline Personality Disorder: Implications for Therapy.
Rhea Dhir, Shweta Singh, Amit Arya
King George Medical College, Lucknow, India.

A qualitative study to explore cognitive-behavioural components

associated with internet addiction from perspective of youths with
internet addiction. - Bachaspatimayum Deeparani Devi.
Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, India.

OPEN PAPER SESSION 15 - Efficacy of third wave CBT approaches &

09:00 – 10:00 AM
way forward.
CMET HALL 2
Efficacy of Brief Integrated Schema and Mindfulness-Based Intervention (TECHNOLOGY
on Social Cognition in Adolescents with Internalizing Behavioural HALL)
Problems- A Pilot Study. - Debaleena Ghosh, Basudeb Das, Madhumita
Bhattacharyya. Chair: Prof.
Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India Thomas
Kishore,
Enhancing Psychological and Cognitive Flexibility: A Manual-Based ACT NIMHANS
Intervention for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). - Madhurima Dey
Sarkar, Susmita Halder.
University of Calcutta, India

Efficacy of Integrated Yoga Nidra based Comprehensive Intervention as

measured by Autonomic Nervous System Functions in Adolescents with
Substance Use Disorders: A proof of concept, open-label study. - Andree.
Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India.

Exploring the Lived Experiences of Participants with Anxiety Disorders

after Undergoing an Individually Tailored Mindfulness Based Intervention
Program: A Case Series. - Suvosree Bhattacharya, Pritha
Mukhopadhyay, Anindita Choudhury.
University of Calcutta, India

Network Analysis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Following the

COVID-19 Pandemic. - Roxana Cardoș-Oltean.
Babes-Bolyai University, Romania.

OPEN PAPER SESSION 16 - Role of CBT in stress management, lifestyle

09:00 – 10:00 AM
medicine & promoting wellness. SET STUDIO 1
(CONVERGENCE
Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Reducing Anxiety BLOCK)
Levels among College Students. - Venkateswar Pujari.
Body Brain Behaviour Foundation. India Chair: Prof.
Rajkumar
Differences in stressors, perceived stress, and coping strategies of Yadav, AIIMS
students of applied psychology courses of University of Dhaka. Farzana
Ahmed, Farah Deeba
ADD International Bangladesh, Bangladesh
 Investigating the Influence of Dysfunctional Attitude on the Quality of Life
of Nurses: The Moderating Role of Coping Strategies. - Chinu Agarwal.
Feeling Minds. Agra, India

Role of CBT in stress management & promoting wellness among gen Z in

Chennai: a thematic analysis of therapists’ experience. - Anisa Sadaf
University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai, India

OPEN PAPER SESSION 17 - Role of CBT in stress management, lifestyle

09:00 – 10:00 AM medicine & promoting wellness. SET STUDIO 2
(CONVERGENCE
Reciprocal Relationships between Positive Expectancies and Positive BLOCK)
Emotions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Lagged Panel Study.
Petronela Predatu, Daniel David, Irving Kirsch, Stelian Florean, Chair: Prof.
Răzvan Predatu Meera
Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Bhojnani, AIIA

Brief Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for managing Cognitive

Distortion among college students. - Mehr Akhtar, Smit Soni, Susmita
Halder
St. Xavier's University, Kolkata, India

Implications of Spiritually Oriented Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to

enhance the Subjective Well-Being in Adults. - Sabhya Tibrewal, Susmita
Halder, Akash Kumar Mahato
Amity University, Kolkata, India

Gender Role Orientation as a Predictor of Marital Adjustment. - Priyanka

Sarkar.
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Role of Learning Strategies on False Memory Formation. - Sanjida

Rahman Shova.
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

OPEN PAPER SESSION 18 - Cultural Adaptation of CBT and Current

09:00 – 10:00 AM
trends. LECTURE
THEATRE 5
Effects of Communication Savoring on State Optimism and Affective Well- (CONVERGENCE
being- Alima Akter Methila, Sumiya Pervin, Akib Ul Huque, University of BLOCK)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chair: Prof.
Translation, Adaptation, and Validation of the Patient Health Swati Patra,
Questionnaire-15 for Use in Bangladesh. - Ashik Mahmud IGNOU
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Challenges in Implementing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with the

Indian Population: A Thematic Analysis of Experienced Practitioners'
Perspectives. - Chinu Agrawal, Ambika Warrier, Sri Abinaya
Balasubramanian.
Feeling minds, India

Assessing Family Accommodation in Relation to Severity and Dimensions

of Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder. - Rahul Sharma.
Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, India

Use of CBT in a community-driven approach to promoting mental health

and preventing suicide in Bangladesh. - Abdullah Al Harun.
 ADD International

KEYNOTE TALK 5
10:00 – 10:45 AM
Five decades of research on CBT for depression: Lessons learned and JLN
challenges for the future. AUDITORIUM

Prof. Pim Cuijpers

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Chair: Prof. Keith Dobson

10:45 – 11:30 PM
KEYNOTE TALK 6 JLN
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: The cognitive-behavioural revolution is AUDITORIUM
over, long live the cognitive-behavioural revolution.

Prof. Paul Salkovskis

Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford.

Chair: Prof. Pim Cuijpers

INVITED SYMPOSIUM 3
11:30 – 12:30 PM
Training & Supervision of CBT Practitioners in Asian countries. JLN
AUDITORIUM
Firdaus Mukhtar (Chair), President, ACBTA
Allen Miller, Director of CBT Programs, The Beck Institute
Nimisha Kumar, President, IACBT
Joe Nuttorn, President, Cognitive Therapy Alliance Thailand
Yasue Mitamura, Research Fellow, National Center for Cognitive
Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and
Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

INVITED TALK 14 CONFERENCE

Integration of Psychotherapy with non-invasive interventional HALL
11:30 – 12:00 PM psychiatry: scope and practice in Asian countries.

Prof. Nand Kumar

Dept. of Psychiatry
AIIMS, New Delhi

Chair: Dr. Joe Nuttorn

INVITED TALK 15
Harnessing the potential of personalised mental health treatment for CONFERENCE
children with anxiety disorders. HALL
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Prof. Jennie Hudson
Black Dog Institute, New South Wales, Australia

Chair: Shin-ichi Ishikawa

OPEN SYMPOSIUM 16 CMET HALL 1

Implementation and scaling-up lessons from Khushee Mamta, Sri
11:30 – 12:30 PM Ganganagar, Rajasthan — a locally adapted version of the Thinking
Healthy Programme.

Abhijit Nadkarni.
 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK & Addictions and
related Research Group, Sangath, India.

OPEN SYMPOSIUM 17
Dissociative (Conversion) Disorder: Unravelling Insights and Nuances CMET HALL 2
Through Clinical Experiences.
11:30 – 12:30 PM
NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India.

INVITED TALK 16
SET STUDIO 1
11:30 – 12:00 PM
Behavioral activation: effectiveness and dissemination in South Korea. (CONVERGENCE
BLOCK)
Kee Hong Choi
Professor & Dean, School of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul
Director, Korea University Mind Health Institute

Chair: Krish Nath

INVITED TALK 17
Expressive cultural adaptation in CBT for children & adolescents in Asia. SET STUDIO 2
11:30 – 12:00 PM
(CONVERGENCE
Prof. Shin-ichi Ishikawa, Doshisha University, Japan BLOCK)

Chair: Prof. Rachna Bhargava

INVITED TALK 18
Unusual experiences in CBT for anxiety and depression. LECTURE
11:30 – 12:00 PM
THEATRE 5
Dr. Elizabeth Graves (CONVERGENCE
Research Fellow BLOCK)
University of Southampton
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Chair: Dr. Jong-Sun Lee

INVITED TALK 19
Culturally adapted CBT: The Evolution of psychotherapy adaptation SET STUDIO 1
12:00 – 12:30 PM
frameworks and evidence. (CONVERGENCE
BLOCK)
Dr. Peter Phiri
Director of Research & Innovation at Southern Heath NHS Foundation
Trust, Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton

Chair: Prof. Mita Rana

12:00 – 12:30 PM INVITED TALK 20

Sabai Sabai: what do Thais think about CBT? SET STUDIO 2
(CONVERGENCE
Dr. Joe Nuttorn Pityaratstian BLOCK)
Assistant Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Faculty
of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
President of CBT Alliance of Thailand (CAT)

Chair: Prof. Firdaus Mukhtar

12:00 – 12:30 PM INVITED TALK 21
Working with Interpreters in Mental Health. LECTURE
THEATRE 5
Professor Rachel Tribe (CONVERGENCE
UEL & Queen Mary, University of London, Careif trustee BLOCK)

Chair: Dr. Dimitri Kovpak

KEYNOTE TALK 7 JLN

The Treatment of Depression: Integrating Current Models of Risk and AUDITORIUM
12:30 – 01:15 PM
Resilience.

Prof. Keith S. Dobson

Faculty Professor Emeritus, Clinical Psychology
University of Calgary, Canada.

Chair: Prof. Shanaya Rathod

01:15 – 02:00 PM LUNCH FOYER AREA

02:00 – 02:45 PM KEYNOTE TALK 8 JLN

Empowering Youth: Celebrating Culture and the Art of Cultural Adaptation AUDITORIUM
of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Prof Shanaya Rathod

Consultant Psychiatrist
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Research and Innovation
Department, Tom Rudd Unit, Moorgreen Hospital, Southampton, UK

Chair: Prof. Jenny Hudson

IN-CONGRESS WORKSHOP – WS 11
02:45 – 05:45 PM
CBT for Hoarding Disorder SET STUDIO 2
(CONVERGENCE
Prof. Melissa Norberg BLOCK)
Macquarie University, Australia

Chair: Prof. David Veale.

IN-CONGRESS WORKSHOP – WS 12
02:45 – 05:45 PM Addiction: a motivational problem with a cognitive solution. LECTURE
THEATRE 5
Dr. Frank Ryan (CONVERGENCE
Faculty of Medicine Imperial College, London, UK. BLOCK)

Chair: Prof. Tomohiro Nakao

INVITED SYMPOSIUM 4 JLN

02:45 – 03:45 PM Beyond Covid-19 – lessons in preparedness – implications for CBT. AUDITORIUM

Keith Dobson, Univ. Of Calgary, Canada (Chair)

Naoki Takamatsu, The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry,
National Center for CBT and Research, Japan.
Peter Phiri, Southern Mental Health Trust, Southampton, UK
Akash Mahato, Head, Amity Institute of Behavioural Health & Allied
Sciences, Amity University, Kolkata.
02:45 – 03:45 PM OPEN SYMPOSIUM 28 CONFERENCE
Designing and evaluating cognitive behavioral interventions for HALL
non-specialist delivery in India.

Kanika Malik, Urvita Bhatia, Miriam Sequeira, Bindiya

Chodankar.
Op Jindal Global University, Sangath.

02:45 – 03:15 PM SPONSOR SESSION -Dr. Reetesh Riku, Conscious Mind Solutions CMET HALL 1
Introduction to Digital Psychology - Equipment for Clinical & (EDUCATION
Neuropsychology, Sports Psychology, Military Psychology, Traffic HALL)
Psychology & Organizational Psychology.

SPONSOR SESSION - Pooja Jha Nair and Swagatika Samantray, BBIT

03:15 – 03:45 PM Advances in Intelligence testing: BBIT.

02:45 – 03:15 PM SPONSOR SESSION – Sandeep Aryan, Avec You CMET HALL 2
(TECHNOLOGY
03:15 – 03:45 PM SPONSOR SESSION HALL)

02:45 – 03:45 PM SKILL CLASS 4 SET STUDIO 1

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Non-suicidal Self-injury. (CONVERGENCE
BLOCK)
Prof. Dr. Chun Wang & Dr. Sichu Wu
Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing, China.

INVITED SYMPOSIUM 5 JLN

03:45 – 04:45 PM
AUDITORIUM
Mental Health Legislation & implications for CBT practice across the globe:
Facts and Perspectives.

Lata McGinn (Chair), Yeshiva University, USA

Hironori Kuga, Japan
Aditya Gupta (Discussant), Advocate, India
James Courtney, Associate Professor, Monash Univ., Australia

03:45 – 04:45 PM VIRTUAL PAPER SESSION 2 CONFERENCE

HALL

03:45 – 04:45 PM OPEN SYMPOSIUM 18 CMET HALL 1

Advances in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for obsessive- (EDUCATION
compulsive disorder. HALL)

Y.C. Janardhan Reddy, Sreenivas Balachander, Mareena Thampy.

NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India

03:45 – 04:45 PM OPEN SYMPOSIUM 19 CMET HALL 2

Exploring ADULT ADHD: Phenomenology, Psychopathology, and (TECHNOLOGY
Psychotherapy. HALL)

Shreya Bhattacharya, Sneha Das, Sampurna Chakraborty.

Salt-lake Mindset & Caring Minds, Kolkata.
03:45 – 04:45 PM SKILL CLASS 5 SET STUDIO 1
CBT for Vaginismus. (CONVERGENCE
BLOCK)
Prof. Firdaus Mukhtar
University Putra Malaysia

Chair: Prof. K.P. Kochhar

INVITED PANEL DISCUSSION 2 JLN

Sports, Fitness & Mental Health- Scope for CBT – A Roundtable AUDITORIUM

04:45 – 05:45 PM Krish Nath, Senior CBT Therapist, Tutor and Supervisor, UK (Chair)
Anupama Solanki, Sports Authority of India
Ankita Jain, Sports Psychologist, Hyderabad, India
Shatarupa Chakraborty, High Performance Analyst, Sports Authority
of India

04:45 – 05:45 PM OPEN SYMPOSIUM 20 CONFERENCE

Integration of CBT in Treatment of Psychosis - Indian Experience, HALL
Challenges and Innovations.

Vivek Kirpekar, Anupama Gadkari, Mona Sharma, Sunila Dingankar

NKP Salve Medical College Nagpu

04:45 – 05:45 PM OPEN SYMPOSIUM 21 CMET HALL 1

Creative Adaptation of CBT for Children at Risk: Possibilities and (EDUCATION
Challenges. HALL)

Sonia Puar, Rashmi Pandey and Reema Gupta

AIBHAS, Amity University Uttar Pradesh
Master Your Brain Pvt. Ltd.
CMET HALL 2
SPONSOR SESSION
04:45 – 05:45 PM (TECHNOLOGY
HALL)
SKILL CLASS 6
Spiritual Psychology: How to engage clients with religious beliefs. SET STUDIO 1
(CONVERGENCE
Deepak Dhuna BLOCK)
04:45 – 05:45 PM Senior Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist, Lecturer & Clinical Tutor,
Sanctuary Wellbeing, UK.

Chair: Prof. Waheeda Khan

OPEN POSTER SESSION 3 FOYER AREA

(OP – 2, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40, 1st FLOOR
02:00 - 05:30 PM
44, 46, 52, 55, 57, 61, 65, 69, 75, 76, 78, 83, 84, 90, 97, 98, 105)

05:45 - 6:00 PM HIGH TEA FOYER AREA

MUSICAL EVENING & DINNER AT INDIA HABITAT CENTRE

6:30 PM onwards (For Invited guests / On payment only)