Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
The Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CCBT) is a training, service and research university-based clinic housed in the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The CCBT provides practicum training to UH Psychology Clinical Studies Program graduate students and post-doctoral residents, under the supervision of Department faculty members who are also licensed clinical psychologists in Hawai'i. Consulting and clinical assessment and intervention services are provided to clients, their families and community organizations. CCBT research has contributed to the advancement of knowledge at the local, national and international level.
Child Section
The Child Section of the CCBT (C-CCBT) currently offers psychological assessment and treatment services for youth and their families. The C-CCBT has special expertise in the psychosocial treatment of childhood anxiety, depression, trauma, inattention/hyperactivity, oppositional behaviors. Under the supervision of directors and licensed psychologists Brad Nakamura and Daniel Wilkie, C-CCBT graduate students and post-doctoral fellows provide all intervention services, including brief consultations, child therapy, parent education and training in both individual and group formats. These evidence-based services (see the State of Hawaii's Help Your Keiki website for more information on youth problems and supported treatment approaches) can be delivered in the clinic and/or at the youth’s home or school. Assessments and treatment arranged by the State of Hawaiʻi Departments of Education or Health are free for clients. Self-referred clients are offered a sliding fee scale. No third party insurance is accepted.
Eating Disorders
The Eating Disorders Clinic (ED-CCBT) is a specialty clinic treating individuals in the areas of chronic dieting, food preoccupation, use of techniques such as vomiting or fasting to lose weight, and many other signs and symptoms of disordered eating. CCBT is staffed by individuals with MA or PhD degrees in clinical psychology, and are all supervised by the director of the program, Dr. Kelly Vitousek. The mission of the program is to provide specialized services to individuals with specific kinds of eating/weight problems at no/low cost. We also strive to permit specialized training in the eating disorder field for advanced graduate students and seek to contribute to current knowledge of eating/weight problems through research.
The Eating Disorders Clinic has 3 purposes:
- To provide specialized assessment, treatment, and referral services to individuals with specific kinds of eating/weight problems at no/low cost.
- To permit specialized training in the eating disorder field for advanced graduate students and professionals
- To contribute to the current knowledge of eating/weight problems through research
The Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CCBT)
Physical Address:
2444 Dole Street, Krauss Hall 101
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Mailing Address:
The Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CCBT)
Department of Psychology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki Hall C-400
Honolulu, HI 96822
Contact CCBT:
- Child Section: 1 (808) 956-9559
- Child Section (FAX): 1 (808) 956-2218
- Eating Disorder: 1 (808) 956-7326
Emergency and Other Numbers:
- Suicide Crisis Hotline (Oahu, AMHD; 24/7): 1 (808) 832-3100
- UHM Counseling & Student Development Center: 1 (808) 956-7927
- Child Welfare Services (Reporting Line): 1 (808) 956-5300
- Crisis Mobile Outreach (24/7): 1 (800) 753-6879
- Poison Center: 1 (808) 942-4411
- CAMHD Main Line: 1 (808) 733-9333
