Mark Your Calendar - We're Returning to Anaheim in 2025!

December 15-18, 2025 | Anaheim, CA

Learn from the legends. Celebrate foundational principles. Improve patient care.

Join us in 2025 for our 40th-anniversary celebration - back in Anaheim, CA! We'll be back and better than ever before to celebrate this triumphant milestone of the most anticipated and beloved event for psychotherapy education, alongside the greatest minds in psychotherapy. Participate in a forum that brings together the living legends in the field, plus breakout thinkers and on-the-ground professionals who will challenge you to become a more advanced clinician and reinvigorate your passion for the field. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting out, this event is not to be missed.

Stay tuned for more information and announcements later this year - we hope you'll join us!

2023 Conference Highlights

Evolution of Psychotherapy 2023: where the greatest minds of psychotherapy unite to educate, inspire, motivate, and reinvigorate you. Not only did attendees get to meet, learn, engage with, and connect with field icons, but they also got to meet with the field’s leading innovators in our world-class exhibit hall, peruse the exclusive onsite bookstore, get their books signed during Authors' Hour, unlock local deals for Anaheim's globally sought-after attractions, and so much more!

  • 5+
    Practice-Changing Days
  • 40+
    Globally Renowned Speakers
  • 90+
    Can't-Miss Sessions
  • 3000+
    Inspired Professionals

Who Should Attend?

The 2025 conference, once registration opens, is open to professionals with a master’s degree or equivalent in mental health and health-related fields from accredited institutions as well as graduate students in accredited programs in mental health and health-related fields who supply a letter from their department certifying their student status as of December 2025.

Professionals welcomed include: marriage and family therapists, clinical and counseling psychologists, psychiatric social workers, pastoral counselors, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, physicians, nurse practitioners, counselors, graduate students in accredited programs in the listed fields, and more...

Why Attend the Evolution of Psychotherapy?

A ‘persistent and consistent offering of the very best of the field.’

The Evolution of Psychotherapy meeting is a golden opportunity for mental health professionals. 

Professor and therapist Gary Quan: "Evolution brings together the world’s best career psychotherapists, providing a unique opportunity to meet, learn from, and collaborate with the very best clinicians in our field. Evolution’s 2023 faculty lineup is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity we may not have again, and I am excited about the possibilities around this year’s event – for myself, my colleagues, and the students who are entering the field of psychotherapy."

  • Therapy, by its very nature, is an unusual conversation Its methods are unusual. But the unusual serves a purpose, namely, evocative impact."

    Jeff Zeig, PhD
    Founder and Director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation
  • My first experience with the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference has exceeded my expectations. What a gift to have the opportunity to hear some of the greatest minds in psychotherapy speak and demonstrate their craft. I learned about Chloe Madanes in school but never thought I'd have the chance to meet her! Or to run into Helen LaKelly Hunt in the basement of my hotel! With topics ranging from Clinical Supervision and Infidelity in Couples, to DSM Diagnostics and AI in Psychotherapy, there is truly something for everyone. I'll be back!"

    Christina Laird, PhD, LCSW
    Denver, Colorado
  • My experience was amazing! This is the 7th Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference I’ve attended and I always feel inspired and exhilarated afterwards. The faculty is always impressive and highly experienced and knowledgeable. I learn so much from them. They provide quality presentations and workshops that truly astounding!"

    Lisa McGinn, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
    Oceanside, California

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