Practitioners Diploma and Advanced Diploma in CBT

The Practitioners Diploma (Year one, 380 Hours)

Diploma Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a treatment which helps people to feel better by changing the way they think about their problems. CBT is an action orientated and solution focused approach that emphasis the individual’s capacity for controlling, altering and creating their emotional states. It focuses on currently held attitudes, emotions and behaviours know to be self-defeating for the person and blocks their development thus limiting their life experience. CBT helps clients to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour to more healthy realistic alternatives and establish new more constructive patterns for living a more fulfilling life experience. This course is a stand alone Diploma with an option to further post-graduates study in year 2.

CBT helps to combat a number of emotional issues without the use of medication and is recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE).

 This course covers and is very successful in dealing with the following conditions:

ANXIETY, PANIC ATTACKS AND AGROPHOBIA

 SOCIAL PHOBIA AND SPECIFIC PHOBIA

GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)

DEPRESSION 

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)

POST NATAL DEPRESSION

POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

                                SUICIDE IDEATION AND LOW SELF ESTEEM

This one year Diploma course is accredited by the National Council of Psychotherapy (NCP) and The National Qualification Framework (QCF) to level 7. (380 hours).

The Diploma course runs one weekend per month and starts on 3rd March 2012

(380 hours)

This course is also offered as 'in-house' training to organisation.

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The Advanced Diploma

This is Year 2, for students wishing to continue to Advanced Diploma level is also accredited by the National Council of Psychotherapy (NCP) and The National Qualification Framework (NQF) to level 7 (380 guided learning hours).  Students may enter this program with the CBT Diploma or previous CBT training and be awarded for their relevant prior learning. Pleae contact the tutor. Dr Helena Schlindwein. Ph.D. helena@chatsinfo.org

 

Students L-R: Alice Fleming (Adult Assessor), Dr. Helena Schlindwein (Tutor), Bridie McElhinney (Nurse and Hypnotherapist), Denise O'Boyle (Child Clinical Psychologist), Maureen McGeehan (Social Worker), Denise Gillespie (Midwife and Researcher), Margaret McGonagle (Counsellor); Receiving their CBT Graduation Certificates, 2008-9.

Ann Boyle (IACP) receiving her Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy2007-8.

CBT Testimonials

Easily accessible, quiet and peaceful venue, the course was very well researched; the content was very informative and engaging, presented with excellent PowerPoint and notes. I enjoyed very minuet of it. In comparison to similar courses it was very good value for money. I have been able to integrate the tools and techniques with good results.  My learning about CBT is invaluable and I had positive interactions with the student group. (Sara Donovan, Rape Crises Counsellor 2007).  

I feel I have made personal changes during this course, I feel that I have gained the skills and techniques to pull myself back up after distressing experiences at work and change my thoughts patterns when Negative Automatics Thought arrive. I would strongly recommend this course to others. Compared to other schools of training I have experienced, CHATS was excellent. Kathleen Doherty (Child Social Worker/ Counsellor 2007).

This was a very enjoyable course. The trainer’s delivery, expertise and wide range of experience made it a joy to attend. I learned much about life as well as how to help others. I have paid twice the price for half the learning experienced on other courses. This course has enabled me to make changes in my personal life and I have been able to integrate some of the techniques such a DTR’s and SUD’s in my work. The best about the course for me was the excellent delivery of the CBT knowledge and skills which gave the class confidence to use these skills in the future. I would recommend it to others. Theresa Melaugh, (Education Welfare Officer and CRUSE Counsellor 2007).

This course was great value for money. The teaching approach was very practical and I was able to make changes in my professional psychotherapy practice and my specialised work in weight management and life style changes. The ‘step by step’ information using the new skills was great for me. I would recommend it to others. (John Niblock, Psychotherapist and Coach 2007). 

 
This course was very well presented with lots of notes and very informative on CBT. I have used it on lots of my clients and would recommend it to others.(Ann Boyle, Rape Crises Counsellor 2007).