Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy

You will gain insight into how to use CBT creatively and collaboratively with clients and how to assess, formulate, provide interventions and evaluate your work with clients. This course focuses on interventions with clients who have anxiety and depression right through to people withpersonality disorder and schizophrenia as well as other complex needs. There are opportunities to study new developments in CBT, related to mindfulness and compassion focused therapy.

MSc: one year full-time; three years part-time
PgDip: one year full-time; two years part-time
PgCert: one year part-time

This course involves a range of half day and full day sessions. Optional modules on the part-time route may be delivered in a series of block sessions. You will also have the chance to exit with the following awards:

Depending on your level of experience and professional interests you can choose to study a variety of modules.

Full-time study option:

The course requires the completion of:

Semester 1: one module

Semester 2: two modules

Semesters 1 and 2: one module spanning both semesters

Semester 3: Dissertation

For module descriptions, please see below:

Part-time study option:

The course requires the completion of two modules in year one, two modules in year two and the dissertation in year 3.

Year 1,Semester 1

Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (30 credits)

Year 1,Semester 2

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Anxiety Disorders and Addictive Behaviour (30 credits)

Year 2, Semester 1

CBT Protocols and Skills Part 1

Year 2, semester 2

CBT Protocol and Skills Part 2plus

Choose one of the following modules:

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Complex Cases (30 credits)

Compassion Focused Therapy (30 credits)

Military Veterans and Emergency Service Personnel (30 credits)

Mindfulness-basedApproaches with CBT (30 credits)

CBT for Children and Young People (30 credits)

Year 3

Dissertation (60 credits)

Applicants who have successfully passed a diploma from a community college, intermediate diploma or associate degree with an overall mark of C+ or better will be considered for undergraduate entry.