Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Course

Blended Learning Course

Learn practical Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) skills to support therapeutic change.

This certificate course introduces the core principles and techniques of CBT, one of the most widely used evidence-based therapeutic approaches. Participants learn how thoughts, emotions and behaviours interact and how CBT interventions can support positive psychological change. The course combines theoretical understanding with practical application relevant to clinical and professional settings. 

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Programme Type: Minor award
Next Intake(s): TBC

NFQ: Level 9
ECTS: 10

Academic Validation: QQI

Professional Accreditation: N/A

Overview

Introduction

The course consists of four full teaching days and a half-day tutorial. Learners have eight months to complete their practice work and should be working or volunteering in a supportive capacity upon application. They will engage in theoretical and practical training in CBT (considering Ellis and Beck). The course is highly interactive and uses a variety of teaching and learning methods.

Who Should Apply

Applicants must demonstrate relevant experience working with people in a responsible and caring role. They must be in a work setting or role that provides opportunities to apply their learning from this course, such as paid or voluntary work within the helping professions, counselling support services and/or project or community work. IICP College does not provide placements for this course.

Entry Requirements

Applicants need a minimum of a Level 8 degree in counselling and psychotherapy or a similar Level 8 degree in the allied helping/supporting professions (for example, counselling, psychotherapy, social care, social work, psychology, medicine, nursing or teaching).

For applicants whose first language is not English, they will need to submit an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) certificate at Level 6.5 or equivalent. (View more information) 

Minimum Technological Requirements

For the blended learning programme, you will need to have:

  • Adequate broadband for uploading and downloading
  • A desktop computer or laptop capable of using Zoom
  • A webcam and microphone
  • A web browser
  • Word processing package
  • Designed for suitably qualified helping‑profession practitioners seeking to integrate CBT into their practice
  • Delivered by an excellent facilitator who is creative, engaging and dynamic
  • Explores the theoretical foundations underpinning CBT
  • Builds practitioner capacity to effectively integrate CBT interventions into professional practice
Overview

The course consists of four full teaching days, plus a half-day tutorial spread out over four months. Learners have eight months to evidence completion of the workplace learning requirements. They must already be working or volunteering in a supportive/helping role with confirmed access to a clinical population that is reflective of and appropriate to their volunteering or employment work. Learners will engage in theoretical and practical training in CBT (considering Ellis and Beck). The course is highly interactive and uses a variety of teaching and learning methods.

Blended Learning Delivery

This course is delivered through blended learning, with students rotating monthly between onsite and online classes. Onsite classes take place in our Tallaght campus. Our blended learning classes are run as tutorials, which involve students and their lecturer logging in to our online learning platform and using Zoom simultaneously.

Zoom provides an integrative online environment for students and lecturers to interact and engage in learning. It facilitates discussion polls, slide sharing, videos, resource sharing and much more. To foster more intimate learning environments, breakout rooms are also used, enabling safe, experiential triadic learning.

All our sessions are accessible on computers and mobile devices, and our dedicated IT department supports faculty and students throughout their online learning journey. To promote flexibility and best practice, all sessions are recorded and made accessible exclusively to students enrolled in the class for review at their convenience.

Student Benefits and Support

Because this award is conferred at Level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), it evidences the rigour required for a quality programme of learning. The dynamic mix of theory, skills and clinical work ensures learners grow academically, professionally, personally and interpersonally within frameworks that are on the cutting edge of best practice.

Assessment
  • Learners are required to submit a case study where CBT has been integrated into their supportive work with an existing client, patient, service user, student and so on in a workplace setting. They should critically evaluate CBT and its application to the work they are doing with clients. The use of outcome measures will inform learners’ evaluation of their practice.
  • Learners are required to evidence 33 hours of work-based practice with an existing caseload from their current volunteer or employed work, over eight months. A log of completed hours and a supervisor’s report must be submitted at the end of the course. Learners must complete supervision at a minimum ratio of 1:20. Supervisors contracted to provide this supervision must be suitably qualified to do so.
Credits

10

Clinical Requirements
  • Learners have eight months to evidence completion of the course’s workplace learning requirements.
  • They must already be working or volunteering in a supportive/helping role with confirmed access to a clinical population that reflects their volunteering or employment.
Start Dates

TBC

Programme Lecturer

Paula Lawlor

Language Requirements

If English is not your first language, you need to submit an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) certificate at Level 6.5 or equivalent. (View more information)

IICP College understands that while partaking in further education is an incredibly rewarding experience, it can also be a financial challenge for some learners. To minimise the financial impact, we strive to keep course fees as competitive as possible. We also offer payment plan options to help learners pay the balance of their fees over the duration of their course.

Cost: €945

(A €285 deposit can be paid to secure your place on this course, with the balance due before the course commences.)

Expert Programme Facilitator

Paula Lawlor

CPD Facilitator

MA, Dip. REBT
Paula is an Organisational Psychologist and Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts Degree in Psychology, along with a professional qualification in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), the earliest form of CBT. She studied under Windy Dryden, Professor of Counselling at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and has been in private practice for over 21 years. She is a founding member of the Institute for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ICBT) and currently serves as Director of Professional Affairs.

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