CBT is increasingly the therapy of choice for patients/clients consulting with both medical and psychiatric physicians. This short intensive UK-accredited diploma course held online over 4 sessions provides theoretical knowledge, assessment, planning action, intervention and evaluation skills as well as giving participants the opportunity to practice what they have learned.

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Over time, CBT has proved to gain superior results to traditional forms of psychotherapy, obtaining measurable benefits in the short-term as well as lasting success in the long term. It is often described as 'brief' therapy. These recommendations were strongly endorsed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the Mental Health Foundation, and many other organizations dedicated to improving mental health.

CBT has proved successful not only with depression but also with anxiety disorders, OCD, eating disorders, and psychological disorders during pregnancy. CBT has also been found to be effective as a therapeutic approach when used with schizophrenics.

Who can take the course?

It is suitable for those with qualifications or experience in mental health, counseling, therapy, coaching, healthcare, pastoral education, and/or other professions related to health and well-being.

How does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) help?

CBT is a flexible approach that aims to change maladaptive or rigid ways of thinking and feeling. Negative and/or anxious thought patterns that build over time become a rigid belief system and fail to adapt to change. By identifying these negative or distorted perceptions, the therapist or clinician can evaluate and help to change the way the patient or client is thinking and, ultimately, feeling and behaving.

Because this therapy is tailored to the client’s individual needs and focuses on their negative/anxious thought patterns and processes, they will learn to become more flexible and able to accept and adopt new cognitive skills. CBT, therefore, encourages better coping skills and strategies for the present and the future.

About the instructors:

Dr Leila Edwards is the Course Leader for International Diploma courses in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling accredited by the National and International Council for Psychotherapy (NCP/ICP). She brought the first professional practitioner training courses of their kind to the GCC region in Clinical Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, and Counselling, accredited by the Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP) and other professional bodies, and issued by Essex Institute for Clinical Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (EICH), UK.

Philip Edwards is the Course Tutor for the International Diploma courses in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling and is the Lead Trainer for the International Society of NLP™ Licensed courses in NLP: Practitioner, Master Practitioner, and Licensed Coach.

Course highlights

An exam will be conducted within 4 weeks after completing the course. Upon successful completion of the final exam, a soft copy of the UK-accredited Diploma in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with the Psychology of Depression, Grieving & Loss, will be emailed to you. A number of previous participants who have completed this course have been accepted for membership of the National Association of Cognitive Behavioural Therapists (NACBT), USA. The curriculum includes minor and major mental health problems such as: anxiety states, panic disorder, OCD, depression, insomnia, eating disorders, IBS, stress, and weight reduction.

Course outline

This short intensive course covers the key principles and methods of CBT and how it can be combined with hypnotherapy as ‘Hypno-CBT’, ‘Cognitive Behavioural CBT’ or ‘internal-focused CBT, to achieve better outcomes with clients who present with depression, grieving and loss.