Professional Certificate in CBT

Course details

The initial of the Professional Certificate include an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of the CBT approach. Additionally, therapeutic interventions introduced are practiced and skills developed through experiential learning, building confidence and developing ability. Material is presented using PowerPoint and DVD’s, role plays, lively discussions and tutor demonstrations are used to facilitate learning.

Objectives

Students can expect to:

• Be introduced to the theory of CBT
• Become familiar with assessment considerations
• Identify and work with Negative Automatic Thoughts, Assumptions and Core Beliefs
• Learn and practice key cognitive and behavioural interventions
• Develop an understanding of guided discovery and practice the use of Socratic Questions
• Begin to understand the idea of case formulation

CBT for Anxiety

This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the key diagnostic symptoms of anxiety and the role of its physiological characteristics will be explored. Particular focus is given to disorder specific models for panic and social phobia. Experiential learning in the application of these models with the use of case studies will be an important feature of the day.

Objectives

Students can expect to:

• Become familiar with standardised measures used in the diagnosis of anxiety disorders
• Be introduced to the generic cognitive model of anxiety
• Gain an understanding of the maintenance models for both panic and social anxiety disorder
• Choose and implement appropriate interventions in the treatment of anxiety
• Learn how to provide the client with the rationale for the use of various interventions
• Design, implement and review a behavioural experiment using a case study example

CBT for Depression

This workshop focuses on Major Depressive Episode, symptoms, diagnosis and maintenance factors. Participants are taught the importance of the use of pacing, goal setting and choice of intervention with depressed clients. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to role play specific cognitive and behavioural techniques and will be given valuable feedback to enhance learning.

Objectives

Students can expect to:

• Deepen their understanding of the clinical features of depression
• Become familiar with standardised measures used in the diagnosis depression
• Be introduced to the cognitive model of depression
• Practice the use of the thought diary as a key cognitive intervention
• Learn the value of behavioural activation with depressed clients
• Become familiar with the positive data log and its appropriate application

Integration Day

The Integration Day takes place in a relaxed atmosphere, where participants are given the opportunity to outline and describe how they have integrated the learning from the four core workshops and applied it to their practice. Each member in the group will be provided with feedback and assessed using the following criteria:

• Understanding and prioritising of main presenting problems
• Understanding of the maintenance of presenting problem
• Identification of the three levels of thinking 
• Use of cognitive Interventions
• Use of behavioural Interventions
• Personal application of the CBT approach
• Integration on approach to current work practice
• Development of a case formulation

Participants will learn to observe, assess, evaluate, and formulate treatment using the client’s environmental influencers as well as their thoughts, moods and emotions, and behaviour. The approaches presented are usable, up-to-date and strongly evidence-based.

Eligibility:

Qualification in Counselling, Psychotherapy or other helping professionals with therapeutic experience. Students currently in training will be considered, on the understanding that the CBT Certificate qualification cannot be used until they have qualified. Entry is by application form.