Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the gold standard of psychotherapy because of its proven effectiveness in improving mental health and wellbeing. This course will give you everything you need to understand what CBT is and how therapists use it to improve people's mental health.

CBT uses the cognitive model to help us better understand ourselves and make sense of our difficulties and uses a series of cognitive and behavioural strategies to make positive changes in our lives so that we feel better.

We will cover:

• What CBT is and how it works

• Step-by-step how CBT is used

• How the brain works and how we can conceptualise problems and understand ourselves

• How thoughts, feelings and behaviours are connected

• Understanding intrusive thoughts, worry and rumination

• The importance of building a strong therapeutic relationship

We will then look in more detail at how CBT applies to depression, anxiety, social phobia, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), insomnia and addiction. We’ll also look beyond CBT as newly emerging CBT-based psychotherapies.

The course comes with a comprehensive handbook as well as downloads and example worksheets so that you can understand how therapists deliver CBT and practice the exercises on yourself. This course is accredited by the International Association of Therapists. On completion, you'll receive the standard Udemy certificate of completion. If you wish to become a registered member of the BABCP, you will require further training.