Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Module
| Module |
MHR 3604 (level 6) MHR 4604 (level 7) |
| Level | Level 6 or 7 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Fees | £900 |
| Start date | January 2021 |
| Mode of delivery | Online (via mixture of virtual classroom and blended activity) |
| Course leader | Dr Patricia Shanahan |
Overview
Learn how to work more effectively with mental health sufferers in this comprehensive short course in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, designed for a wide range of professionals including social workers, primary care nurses, counsellors, and occupational therapists.
We recognise the needs and challenges for mental health practitioners working with individuals and families in a wide range of settings. That is why we've developed this course to be beneficial for professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds including health, local authority, volunteering and the independent sector.
Taught by experienced practitioners who specialise in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), this course will develop your knowledge and skills in treating mental health sufferers with particular focus on how you apply CBT theory and practice to your own work with individuals and families.
Delivered over half-day weekly sessions at our state-of-the-art London campus, this course will challenge you to reflect and evolve your current practice with particular focus on engagement, assessment, and strategies to address the risk of relapse and social disabilities. Through a series of workshops and presentations you will also develop a deeper understanding of the approaches, models, relationships and interventions needed for effective use of CBT in a range of mental health care settings.
Armed with this invaluable knowledge you will not only be more effective in your practice but increase your employment prospects and obtain academic credits that can be put towards further undergraduate or postgraduate study, such as a BSc degree or MSc Mental Health Studies.
Course content
This short course is devised to enable you to maintain your professional employment while studying by attending half-day weekly study sessions at our London campus.
- This course uses workshops and presentations to cover the following subjects:
- Cognitive behavioural approaches
- Getting started
- Engagement and assessment
- Developing and maintaining collaborative relationships
- Vulnerability Stress Models of mental Illness
- Therapeutic Interventions
- Interviewing/questioning skills: re-framing, goal setting, problem solving, task setting
- Strategies to address the risk of relapse and social disabilities
- Family sessions, structuring sessions and achieving the aims
Learning and teaching
The current COVID-19 situation and ongoing uncertainty and challenges surrounding social distancing rules has impacted on how we deliver learning and teaching. To this end, all our short courses, modules and programmes will be delivered this autumn onwards through a mix of online/virtual and face to face modes.
Teaching methods on this course include PowerPoint presentations, group work, practical skills practice, scenario-based teaching, use of digital technologies including videos, pre and post session work activities, and formative multiple-choice quizzes.
Assessment
Formative assessment
You will be expected to participate in a short role play for 15/20 minutes demonstrating the use of MI strategies and techniques for which you will receive verbal and written feedback from your fellow classmates and the module leader.
You will be required to incorporate the learning gained from this exercise into your final submission.
Summative assessment scheme
This course is assessed entirely through a taped interview and discussion.
Teaching dates
All days will run from 9.30am to 4.00pm on the following dates:
- Friday 29 January 2021
- Monday 1 February 2021
- Friday 5 February 2021
- Thursday 22 April 2021
- Friday 23 April 2021
How to apply
To be eligible for this module, you must provide evidence of an ability to study at Level 7.
Apply for this module through our online application form.
Please note applications to this module will close 10 days before the module start date.
Fees and funding
The fees* below refer to the 2020/21 academic year unless otherwise stated.
Per credit: £60
15 credits: £900
*Course fees are subject to annual inflation.
There are several funding options available:
- receiving course fees via CPPD contracts between NHS trusts and Middlesex University
- paying your own fees
- sponsorship by your employer (but not under a CPPD contract).
For more information for any of these options, including fee rates for self-funding/employer-sponsored students, please visit our dedicated funding page.
