Entry requirementsYou 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.
Academic titleLevel 4 Award in Understanding Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Plus a UK Open Learning Diploma.
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.
At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Level 4 NCFE Award certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland"
Course descriptionStudent 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.
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