Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

When: Monday 26 April 2010 at 09:30am - 04:30pm

Where: School of Healthcare Studies
Cardiff University
Heath Park Campus
Cardiff, CF14 4XN

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Three-day course

The above three-day course is being run by the Postgraduate and Continuing Education Unit, School of Healthcare Studies, Cardiff University and is suitable for mental health professionals from any discipline who want a basic introduction to CBT skills and is also suitable for medical and healthcare professionals who use or need to use counselling skills as part of their role.

This course aims to introduce participants to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). There will be an opportunity to gain an understanding of the theory of CBT, but the main aim is to teach the application of theory in context. Participants will be encouraged to practice skills and strategies within the workshop.

It is assumed you will have had an understanding and some experience of the application of counselling skills and that you will have undertaken some previous counselling skills training

The course leader is Janet Grey, Janet is a British Association of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies (BABCP) Accredited Psychotherapist and Counsellor (MBACP).

Aims

• To give participants a grounding in the fundamental theory and strategies of using CBT.
• To build on the introduction day. Participants will be able to apply basic CBT strategies when working with clients.
• To develop and refine the basic skills in order to integrate them in the context of working with some problems commonly encountered in clinical practice.

Learning Outcomes:

• Participants will be able to understand how problems develop and produce CBT formulations of clients’ problems.
• Participants will be able to understand the role played by thoughts in the maintenance of problems.
• Participants will be able to demonstrate ability to apply basic CBT strategies appropriately in order to help alleviate unhelpful symptoms and bring about change.
• Participants will be able to understand when and how to employ appropriate helping interventions in order to work with depression and anxiety.

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