Advanced Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapies and Stress Management
INTRODUCTION
The Advanced Certificate programme consists of a combination of the Certificate in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Certificate in Stress Management courses. This modular programme is designed to be flexible thereby allowing health professionals to fit the courses around their work schedules. The programme can be undertaken over a period of time from 6 to 18 months. Courses are run by the Centre’s Faculty of Cognitive Behavioural & Rational Emotive Therapy.
AIM
To provide the theory and practice of cognitive-behavioural therapies (CBT) and stress management.
OBJECTIVES
All of the objectives shown for the component courses are objectives for this course.
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?
The course is suitable for counsellors, counselling/health/clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, and other health and caring professionals who wish to learn more about cognitive-behavioural approaches to counselling and psychotherapy.
The Enrolment and administration fee for this Advanced Certificate programme is £100.
ASSIGNMENT
There is additional course reading and the submission of two book reviews.
STAFF
The course team are Professor Stephen Palmer PhD CPsychol, Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD CPsychol, Kasia Szymanska MSc CPsychol and Nick Edgerton MSc CPsychol.
COURSE RECOGNITION & APPROVAL
The extended programmes run by The Centre are recognised by the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. The Centre’s course modules are approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The Centre and its Faculties are International Society for Coaching Psychology Approved Centres.
Course dates and fees Application form
On successful completion of the programme the alumni can use the post nominal letters:
Adv Cert CBT & SM
In the section below we have summarised the two certificate programmes that form the Advanced Certificate programme.
CERTIFICATE IN COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
CONTENT
This is a modular 5-day course. Students must attend and pass both modules below:
a) Primary Certificate in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Training
b) Primary Certificate in Advanced Cognitive-Behavioural Skills
This foundation programme is specifically for health and caring professionals who wish to attend a short course to gain insight into the theory and practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy.
AIM
To provide the theory and practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy.
OBJECTIVES
All of the objectives for the component courses are objectives for this course.
ASSIGNMENTS & CERTIFICATE
A certificate is awarded to participants who successfully complete the modules and the assignments undertaken at home for each module. There is additional course reading and the submission of two CBT book reviews. There is an enrolment, administration and certification fee of £75.
STAFF
The Course trainers include Professor Stephen Palmer, Nick Edgerton and Kasia Szymanska.
CERTIFICATE IN STRESS MANAGEMENT
CONTENT
This is a modular 6-day course. Students must attend Module a) plus two additional modules as below (details elsewhere on this website):
a) Primary Certificate in Stress Management (2 days) or Primary Certificate in Occupational and Organisational Stress Management
b) Primary Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and Counselling
c) Primary Certificate in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Training*
d) Primary Certificate in Problem Focused Counselling, Coaching and Training
e) Primary Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Cognitive Behavioural Coaching
f) Primary Certificate in Assertion and Communication Skills Training
h) Primary Certificate in Multimodal Therapy and Counselling#
* For students on the Advanced Certificate programme also undertaking the Foundation Certificate (1 or 2) or Certificate in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy programme, modules b and c above cannot be used towards this Certificate in Stress Management programme.
# The Multimodal Therapy course is only offered on an occasional basis subject to demand.
AIM
To develop knowledge about the nature of stress, its management and prevention.
OBJECTIVES
All of the objectives for the component courses are objectives for this course.
ASSIGNMENT & CERTIFICATE
A certificate is awarded to participants who successfully complete the course and the assignment completed at home. There is an administration and certification fee of £35.
STAFF
The course team are Professor Stephen Palmer PhD CPsychol, Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD CPsychol, Kasia Szymanska MSc CPsychol and Nick Edgerton MSc CPsychol.
PLEASE READ: GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
COURSE DATES
COURSE APPLICATION FORM
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CONTENT
This intensive 2-day programme based workshop covers the theory and practice of cognitive-behavioural therapy and training. Some of the topics included are agenda setting, thinking errors (ie cognitive distortions), downward arrow, the importance of homework assignments, and the use of daily thought records/dysfunctional thought forms. These issues and techniques and their application to the treatment of stress, depression, phobias and anxiety are also covered. A video will be shown to demonstrate some of the techniques. Learners will have the opportunity to practise some of these techniques in small group work. Handouts, questionnaires, and a manual are provided.
For the purposes of skills training, learners should be prepared to discuss one problem in small group work. Normal rules of confidentiality apply.
AIMS
To provide an introduction to the theory and practice of cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) with particular emphasis on A.T. Beck’s cognitive therapy (CT).
OBJECTIVES
This 2-day course will help learners to:
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Define Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in terms suitable for clients
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Understand the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviours
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Distinguish between thoughts and feelings
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Learn the main features of CBT practice
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Be introduced to a map of the CBT competencies for depression and anxiety disorders
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Gain practice in teaching the cognitive model
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Gain knowledge of the hierarchical organisation of thinking with reference to automatic thoughts, intermediate and core beliefs
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Undertake a problem assessment
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Learn about the structure a typical therapy session
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Develop skills in eliciting and examining negative automatic thoughts (NATS) and developing alternative responses to them
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Gain practice in using a CBT Daily Thought Record
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Gain practice in homework negotiation
POST PROGRAMME REVIEW & CERTIFICATE
A CPD certificate is provided for all attendees. Learners wishing to obtain a Certificate of Achievement need to submit a 750 word Post Programme Review.
TRAINERS
The trainers are Prof Stephen Palmer PhD and/or Kasia Szymanska who are Chartered Psychologists and BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapists. Since the 1990s they have both co-authored books, chapters and articles on CBT.
PROGRAMME RECOGNITION
This programme is British Psychological Society Learning Centre approved for the purposes of CPD.
PLEASE READ: GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
COURSE DATES
COURSE APPLICATION FORM
Welcome to The Halton Centre
for Cognitive Therapy & Stress Reduction
We are a team of psychologists seeing clients in person and in video therapy to help children, teens, and adults feel less stressed, anxious, worried, sad and depressed using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), mindfulness meditation, Dialectical-Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and many other techniques.
We also help improve self-esteem, reduce sleep problems and insomnia, teach anger management strategies and help rebuild trust and connection in couples and families. We provide parenting tools including those for behavioural problems and we conduct psycho-educational (psych-ed) assessments for learning difficulties including ADHD.
Our psychologists help people in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Georgetown, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, and many other areas in the GTA.
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Since 1987, the Centre for Stress Management has developed an integrated, modular programme of courses based on cognitive-behavioural and rational emotive behavioural approaches to stress management, counselling and therapy.The modular programme is sufficiently flexible to allow learners to design their own programme of training. Most modules i.e. primary or certificate courses, can be taken as individual workshops or put towards an advanced certificate or diploma programme. Within acceptable limits, students can study and attend courses at their own speed depending upon the time and the finances they have available. These training programmes can also be run in-house for organisations who wish their staff to attend the same course.
Our most popular programmes are the 2-day Primary Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Primary Certificate in Stress Management and the Primary Certificate in Health & Wellbeing Cognitive Behavioural Coaching. Health professionals wanting to gain more knowledge in cognitive behavioural therapy often complete the Certificate or Advanced Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Most certificated programmes involve pre-course reading/preparation and written work (e.g. Personal Programme Review) undertaken at home.
PLEASE READ: GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
COURSE DATES
COURSE APPLICATION FORM
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