The course is level 4 and carries 9 learning credits which can be used towards further learning at Colleges.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of many mental health conditions. It is therefore one of the most commonly used therapies in the private and statutory sectors. CBT is based on the theory that it's not events themselves that upset us, but the meanings we attach to them. 

This course is useful for those who may be working in the statutory or voluntary sectors with those who have mental health issues. Nurses, counsellors, prison officers, probation workers, psychotherapists and other mental health workers may find this course invaluable for useful skills and therapeutic interventions.

Student Profile:

This programme is designed for people who wish to gain an understanding of CBT.

Study Method:

The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support.

Is the Understanding Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Level 4 accredited and recognised?

Qualification

NCFE Level 4 Award in Understanding Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and also a HSC Training Diploma. In addition you will receive 30 points from the Counselling Society.

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.

Further information

www.ncfe.org.uk

 

 

 

Assessments:

Assessment takes the form of a series of tutor marked assignment. There is no word count for these assignments. However, you do have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.

Entry Requirements:

You should be educated to at least GCSE grade C or above, or have at least 12 months’ experience in a position where you are counselling people on a day-to-day basis.

Timescale:

The programme takes place over a timescale to suit the student.  Once registered, tutor support is available for up to one year or until completion, whichever is sooner. To complete this course it will take in the region of 100 study hours which can be spread over a 12 month period.

Location:

The programme is home or work-based thereby enabling students to complete the course without having to attend scheduled college teaching sessions.

Tutor Support:

Throughout the course, students will receive tutor support by email and by post.

Can I join any organisations when I have completed the course?

HSC Training strongly advises you to join the Counselling Society as they are the most forward thinking Counselling organisation in the UK.

As a student of HSC Training the cost is £20 per year, and we send you the application form when you order your course.

Membership of the Counselling Society

They run a unique point based system which allows for the assessment of the personal qualities of candidates for membership.

They also allow you direct part of the accreditation process by providing the Society with additional information, experience outside of standard elements but which you feel deserve to be included. We call this Personal Qualities Element (PQE).

The Counselling Society offers only one grade of membership - Accredited membership (MCS Acc). To become an Accredited Member, you will need to be awarded 100 points from an overall framework of measures. Each applicant will also be examined closely for a balance of items and an overall understanding that you are safe, competent, and ethically equipped to practise.

You will notice from the table below that maximum limits are set on all assessment elements. That’s because, again, they feel that accreditation shouldn’t just be about quantity of work done. For example, 200 placement hours done badly for accreditation purposes are not as valuable to a counsellor (or their clients) as 50 hours done well.

Accreditation Elements:

Extra Online Support

The tutor for this course has now set up a forum for all of his students studying Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and related courses. This will assist you with your studies, as not only will you get full tutor support from a professional tutor for the duration of the course but you will get help from other students who are studying at the same time as you. You will also get an insight into other related courses by talking to studentsof those courses. You can ask other students questions about your course or theirs, and they will try to help you.

This is a great community for all those students who wish to interact with other students in the same situation as them, and get friendly advice, ideas and comments.

You will be able to interact with students studying the following courses:

• Understanding Abuse and Trauma
• Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Understanding Eating Disorders
• Introduction to Counselling
• Mental Health and Psychiatry
• Working with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder

Your tutor will provide all the details of how to get onto this forum if you decide to order the course.

Course Contents:

Unit 1 – What is CBT?

• Cognitive Therapy
• Behaviour Therapy
• How do they work together?
• History of CBT

Unit 2 – Automatic Thoughts

• CBT Strategies
• How they Affect People
• Helping People To Cope

Unit 3 – What can a client expect in CBT treatment?

• Homework
• Who benefits from CBT?
• Limitations of CBT
• Focusing on the present
• Depression
• Bipolar I
• Bipolar II
• Cyclothymic Disorder
• Who can suffer from depression
• Eating Disorders
• What is an eating disorder?
• Who is affected?
• Using CBT to treat a eating disorder
• OCD
• What is OCD?
• Who is affected?
• Using CBT to treat OCD
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• What is PTSD?
• Who is affected?
• Using CBT to treat PTSD
• Anxiety
• What is Anxiety
• Who is affected?
• Using CBT to treat anxiety
• Schizophrenia
• What is schizophrenia
• Who is affected?
• Using CBT to treat schizophrenia
• Addiction and CBT
• Personality disorders + CBT

Unit 4 – The importance and significance of dreams in CBT

• Working with imagery
• Irrational beliefs

Unit 5 – Schema Therapy

• Early maladaptive schema
• Schema focused therapy
• Disconnection and rejection
• Impaired autonomy and performance
• Impaired limits
• Other directions
• Over vigilance and inhibition
• Acceptance and commitment therapy
• Supervision

Unit 6 – Socratic questioning

• What we think
• Boundaries and regulations
• Locus of power
• Attachment
• Loss
• Safeguard against abuse
• Trust
• Ethical practice
• Moving Forward

Unit 7 – The Use of Medication

• Who needs medication?
• Use of CBT and Medication

HSC Training is not an ONCFE Center and therefore completed courses are passed to our friends at UK Open Learning for certification.

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