F3 - Common Elements Treatment Approach: Giving Practitioners the Ability to Address Multiple Challenges at Once

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MDT

Location: 607

CETA's innovation is a rigorous, science-backed, transdiagnostic system-of-care that can treat patients holistically in significantly less time than traditional care. This is achieved by teaching mental health practitioners how to address various mental, behavioral, and social problems together, in a single treatment flow. Providers are then supported and empowered through evidence-based tools and technologies to scale effective treatment. Patients get better faster, clinicians and counselors stay motivated, and mental health organizations can roll out faster, more effective care no matter where they are in the world. This session will provide an overview of this approach and how it is helping organizations care for the people they serve.

Learning Objectives:

Examine the origins of CETA including the research at its foundation.
Explore the core components of CETA and how it is implemented in a treatment organization.
Analyze the outcomes seen by organizations that have adopted the CETA approach.

Disclosure(s):

Stephanie Skavenski, MSW, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Breakout Presenter(s)

John Gavino, LCSW

Senior Director of CCBHC Fidelity and Compliance
Family & Children’s Services, Inc.

Disclosure information not submitted.
Brett Beckerson, MSW

Senior Director, Public Policy
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Washington, District of Columbia

Disclosure information not submitted.
Jed Burton, LCSW

Director of Clinical Services
Weber Human Services
Ogden, Utah

Disclosure information not submitted.
Stephanie Skavenski, MSW, MPH

Clinical Director
CETA Global
Boxborough, Massachusetts

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose