This course is aimed at qualified Health Psychologists, and those in training wishing to develop basic CBT knowledge and theraputic skills and how to integrate CBT theory into a health psychology assessment and formulation to enhance their health psychology practice and intervention delivery.

This course will cover two main areas:

1. The Cognitive Behavioural Model applied to Physical Healthcare:

• What is the evidence base for using CBT within physical health management?

• What is the CBT Model and can it be applied within physical healthcare?

• Using Health Psychology models to structure a CBT-Health Psychology assessment and formulation.

• What is a CBT-Health Psychology assessment and formulation?

• Utilising CBT process skills such as Socratic Questioning and Guided Discovery to enhance your Health Psychology assessment and formulation?

2. Adapting CBT practice for physical healthcare sessions:

• Emotional, cognitive, medical and environmental challenges for delivering CBT in physical healthcare settings.

• Using CBT resources, techniques and homework within physical health settings.

We aim for attendees to gain a comprehensive understanding of utilising basic Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in physical healthcare practice. This includes being able to:

• To describe the basic Cognitive Behavioural Model and its application for managing physical health.

• To describe the basic CBT assessment and formulation methods and their relevance to working with individuals with physical health conditions.   

• To understand key CBT skills relevant to working with physically ill clients.

• To understand how CBT can be adapted for working with physically ill clients.

• To identify key changes in clinical practice to be implemented within their current role.