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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. ​

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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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