Intermediate Level: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy- Certificate
What you'll learn
- Dysfunctional Assumptions/Life Rules and the part they play in psychological distress
- Distinguish between helpful and unhelpful Life Rules
- How to identify your own unhelpful Life Rules
- How to begin the process of replacing unhelpful Life Rules
- Practice and implementation of behaviours associated with your new Life Rules
- Consolidation of your new Life Rules
Requirements
- An understanding of the basics of CBT and specifically, how thinking errors work
- Introduction to CBT course recommended (see my first Introductory course!!)
- A good basic understanding of the English language
Description
This course is a follow on from my Introduction to CBT and focuses on higher level understanding of CBT theory and practice, specifically looking at Dysfunctional Assumptions/Life Rules, their part in psychological distress, their development and how to amend unhelpful Life Rules. This is an excellent course that takes the student to a higher level understanding of how CBT works. The course is suitable for anyone with an interest in CBT and how it works, it is also suitable for people undergoing CBT, thinking about accessing CBT or for those who provide therapy for clients. There is a free copy of my book: The Little Book of Thinking Errors (in downloadable pdf format) as a recap of Thinking Errors in CBT.
Who this course is for:
- Anybody interested in CBT and how it works
- People considering providing CBT or other therapy interventions for clients
- People undergoing, or considering CBT as a treatment option
- People working in social care or mental health related services
- Teachers and instructors of therapeutic provision in general
Course content
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Instructor
![Kevin Michael O'Doherty](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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I am a Psychologist, Forensic Mental Health Expert, CBT Therapist and Author of several self help books. I also carry out Medico Legal Psychological Assessments for Law firms. I provide Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for clients based all over the world with the aid of Virtual Programme Software such as Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp and Doxy. I consult, advise and deliver training on all aspects of forensic mental health in the UK, Europe and USA on request.
I find my work as a Forensic Mental Health Expert Witness fascinating and I do hope that I present some of that fascination to the student during the course.
In addition to our cgforensicmentalhealth website, we also have Calibre Gold ltd website.
I provide live streaming/teaching of courses and workshops for groups via Zoom on request.