PSYC9005 Advanced Applications of Evidence Based Therapies

This topic will aid the development of skills required for advanced and flexible practice of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), using the student's experience during their first placement and other case studies as a way of learning about the difficulties in the application of CBT. It will also examine the use of CBT with a range of problems, and clinical disorders, and comorbidities. The topic will be delivered in such a way as to promote guided discovery and use of CBT skills, using the framework of a CBT session.

This topic aims to help the student develop the skills required for advanced and flexible practice of Cognitive behaviour Therapy (CBT), using a student's experience of CBT during first placement and other case studies as a way of learning about the difficulties in the application of CBT. In addition, we will be seeking to examine the use of CBT with a range of problems, and clinical disorders, and comorbidities. The course will be taught in such a way as to promote guided discovery and use of CBT skills, using the framework of a CBT session.

1. Appreciate the broad applicability of cognitive-behaviour principles
2. Devise cognitive-behavioural interventions for a variety of disorders
3. Apply current knowledge of the research status of cognitive-behaviour therapy in treating a variety of disorders
4. Formulate cognitive-behavioural interventions for a variety of disorders
5. Appreciate of the limits of the cognitive-behavioural approach