St Christopher’s Education is pleased to offer this course which is one from our series of events developed by our CBT specialists providing one day introductory and subject specific courses and this three day foundation course.
This three day course provides foundation level understanding of CBT and equips participants with the knowledge and understanding required to underpin new skills to incorporate into everyday practice.
Participants will gain a greater understanding of the role CBT has in reducing and managing distress, anxiety, panic and depression. The course will also cover CBT approaches which enhance the management of physical symptoms such as breathlessness, pain and fatigue. Training will involve a combination of presentation and discussion, demonstration and experiential learning.
We offer City & Guilds Accreditation to consolidate and evidence new learning. Participants complete and submit a series of written responses to questions several weeks after day three of the course. We encourage a draft for comment and support before the final submission. In total the written assignments should take one hour per week for the duration of the course.
If you work in either a Hospice or a Care Home you may be eligible for up to 50% funding for this course from Hospice UK. Visit the Wolfson Hospice Bursaries and Wolfson Care Home Bursaries webpages for more details.
During the course, all participants will:
By completing the accreditation process participants will:
This course will benefit any professional working in a health care setting with people with long-term or life-limiting conditions or who are approaching the end of life. The course is particularly useful for those working with people with cancer, heart failure, advanced respiratory disease, continence or neurological conditions
Previous knowledge of CBT is not required to attend this course, however prior reading around the subject will prove beneficial. Those opting for City & Guilds Accreditation must be engaged in clinical practice in order to apply and develop their new skills in the gap between days two and three of the course
Kathy Burn, CBT Therapist (BABCP Accredited) & Clinical Nurse Specialist, St Christopher’s
Dr Stirling Moorey, Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley Hospital; Co-founder, Institute of Psychiatry Cognitive Therapy Course (BABCP Accredited)
Members of the CBT, Social Work, Nursing and Physiotherapy teams at St Christopher’s Hospice
If you have any questions about this or any of our other courses, please contact the Education team who will be happy to help
At St Christopher's, a registered charity, it is important for us to maximise any surpluses to reinvest in the objectives of the charity.
Unfortunately, the manner in which we undertake our training currently means we are not able to invest as much of our surplus as possible, therefore from the 1 December 2017, St Christopher’s Education Centre will charge VAT at the standard rate on our training courses, the reason for this change in pricing is twofold:
i) We want to be able to reinvest any surpluses made from training back into all of our charitable objectives rather than only Education
ii) We want to be able to reclaim the VAT on costs relating to developing and running the training courses