Module overview
This CBT module will build upon the foundation level of knowledge and skills attained in the CBT: Core Skills module (PSYC6118). This module will provide you with an advanced level of knowledge and skills in CBT assessment, formulation and treatment to support individuals experiencing a range of physical and mental health difficulties, incorporating issues of diversity, complexity, and recent developments in the field of CBT including third-wave approaches. This module provides you with a platform from which you can develop into an effective and competent practitioner in a range of clinical settings.
Linked modules
Pre-requisite: PSYC6118
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically evaluate the evidence-base for CBT theory and models
- conduct a competent CBT assessment and critically appraise models and methods of assessment in CBT
- consider the importance of cultural differences in relation to physical and mental health, and in relation to assessment, formulation and intervention using a CBT (including third-wave) approach.
- demonstrate and evaluate theory-practice links in the application of CBT to case material
- construct a CBT formulation based on a specific theoretical model and devise an evidence-based treatment plan
- reflect on your clinical practice in with CBT
Syllabus
The curriculum for this module will comprise the following components:
- CBT assessment and formulations of specific presentations
- Different methods of formulation including the differences between generic and disorder specific approaches and formulation from different CBT approaches
- Special considerations for working with complex cases such as individuals with personality disorders, psychosis, eating disorders and a history of complex trauma
- The application of CBT in health settings
- Professional accreditation
- Considerations for working with race, culture and diversity and current issues in CBT practice
- An introduction to third-wave CBT approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching will comprise a number of different methods including lectures, seminars, workshops, problem-based learning, e-learning, directed reading, and independent study. Skills-based competencies will be taught through demonstrations, simulated role plays and/or real-plays, experiential exercises, and using multi-media resources.
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 63.5 |
Teaching | 86.5 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Bennett-Levy, J., Butler, G., Fennell, M. & Hackmann, A. (2004). Oxford Guide to Behavioural Experiments in Cognitive Therapy. Oxford: OUP.
Beck, A.T., Rush, A.J., Shaw, B.F. & Emery, G. (1979). Cognitive Therapy for Depression. NY: Guilford Press.
Leahy, R.L. (2006). Contemporary Cognitive Therapy: Theory, Research and Practice. NY: Guilford Press.
Lusia Stopa (2009). Imagery and the threatened self: Perspectives on mental imagery and the self in cognitive therapy. Hove: Routledge.
Hawton, K. (1989). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychiatric Problems: A Practical Guide. New York: Oxford University Press.
Nordahl, H. & Wells, A. (2009). Changing Beliefs in Cognitive Therapy: A Therapist’s Guide.
Greenberger, D. & Padesky, C (1995). Mind Over Mood. NY: Guilford Press.
Westbrook, D., Kennerly, H. & Kirk, J. (2007). An Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications. London: Sage.
Blackburn, I. & Twaddle, V. (2006). Cognitive Therapy in Action: A Practitioner’s Casebook.
Leahy, R. L. (2003). Cognitive Therapy Techniques: A Practitioner’s Guide. NY: Guilford Press.
Wells, A. (1995). Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: A Practice Manual and Conceptual Guide. Chichester: Wiley.
Beck, J.S. (1975). Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond. NY: Guilford Press.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Report | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Report | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External