Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness Level 3

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy:

Unit 1: Development of CBT

• Introduction
• Background
• Social-cognitive perspectives on behaviour
• Overview of behavioural methods
• The ABC Model
• Defining irrational beliefs
• The triadic structure of CBT
• Techniques

Unit 2: CBT Principles

• The therapeutic relationship
• Practical skills
• Awareness, knowledge and understanding
• Conversational skills
• Positive experience
• How is therapy delivered?
• CBT Assessment
• Self-concepts
• Reflective practice
• Transference

Unit 3: CBT Therapeutic Skills

• Forms of assessment
• Case formulation
• Further cognitive strategies
• Problem-solving skills
• Behavioural tasks
• Organising sessions and programmes
• Reading behaviour
• Behaviour and beliefs
• Ending the CBT programme

Unit 4: Depression

• The central nervous system (CNS)
• How do drugs work on the CNS?
• Depression
• CBT and Depression

Unit 5: CBT and Psychological Problems

• Anxiety
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias

Unit 6: CBT and Personality Disorders

• Classifications of psychological disorders
• DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10
• More on personality disorders
• Causes and effects of personality disorders
• Psychosis
• Acute psychotic episodes
• Schizophrenia
• Reviewing the CBT ethos

Mindfulness Level 3:

Unit 1: Introduction to Mindfulness Practice

• History
• Techniques and practices
• Relaxation
• Mood changes
• Emotions

Unit 2: Living Mindfully

• Mindful intentions
• Self-discipline
• Problem solving
• Healthy attitudes and positive outcomes
• Modes of doing and being

Unit 3: Mindfulness Meditation

• Preparing the body for meditation
• Meditative routines
• Challenges to meditation
• Learning to meditate
• Teaching others how to meditate

Unit 4: Mindful Routines, Distractions, Challenges and Reflection

• Positive psychology
• Challenges
• Barriers
• Negative experiences
• Distractions
• Reflection

Unit 5: Mindfulness Therapeutically

• Effects of stress and anxiety
• Understanding depression
• Anger management
• Fatigue
• Managing effects of depression
• MBCT

Unit 6: Mindfulness Practice in Different Contexts

• The mind-body connection
• Pain management and mindfulness
• Using mindfulness during illness
• Using mindfulness for wellbeing
• Being a mindfulness practitioner