Using the Lesson Database in Session

What the Lesson Database Contains

The Lesson Database is a searchable directory of every CBT-based lesson available in Evive. Lessons are organized by theme and can be browsed by topic, pathway, or clinical objective. Each lesson entry includes a brief description of the content and its therapeutic focus.

How to Use It

You don't need to prescribe a full curriculum. The most effective use of the Lesson Database is targeted and specific: identify one or two lessons that align with what you're currently working on in therapy, and introduce them as between-session practice.

Suggested Approach

Steps for Integrating Lessons

• Before the session, spend two to three minutes browsing the Lesson Database for content relevant to your client's current focus

• At the end of the session, mention the lesson by name and explain why you're recommending it: "There's a lesson on urge surfing that I think would be a good follow-up to what we talked about today"

• In the following session, open with a brief check-in about the lesson: what resonated, what didn't, what came up

• Use that feedback as clinical material — agreement or resistance to the content is informative either way

Good Entry-Point Lesson Topics

• Trigger identification and awareness

• Craving management and urge surfing

• Cognitive distortions related to gambling

• Financial awareness and impact reflection

• Values clarification and goal-setting

• Communication and relationship repair (particularly relevant for affected individuals)