Course Objectives and Context
  • Course Objectives
  • The History of CBT
  • Combining CBT with Other Theories
  • Uses
  • Types
Models, Positive Selfishness and Preconceptions
  • Models of Life and the Mind
  • How Levels of Experience Can be Used in Therapy
  • Why is Positive Selfishness Important?
  • Positively Selfish People Maintain Balance
  • Transactional Model and Dysfunctional Relationships
  • Outcomes from Areas of Life
  • Tackling Imbalances in Life
  • Exercises to Balance Dissonance Between Surface and Driving Needs
  • How to Challenge Preconceived Ideas
  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Counselling Skills
  • Defining Counselling
  • Preparing the Environment and Starting Sessions
  • Formalities of the Helping Relationship
  • Ending the Helping Relationship With Support
  • Empowering Clients With Their Own Support Systems
  • How and When to Refer Clients
  • Basic Counselling Theory in Practice
  • How to Discuss Clients with your Supervisor
  • How to Use Advanced Counselling Skills
  • Maintaining and Ending the Helping Relationship
  • Clinical Supervision For Self-Improvement
  • Working For a Company vs Independently
Helping Skills
  • Difference Between Basic and Advanced Skills
  • Difference Between Basic Counselling Skills and Theories
  • Categorising Basic Counselling Skills
  • Helping Skills - Contracting, Respect
  • Helping Skills - Concreteness, Immediacy
  • Helping Skills - Questioning, Empathy
  • Helping Skills - Focusing, Confronting, Unconditional Positive Regard
  • Helping Skills - Reflection, Summarizing, Giving Feedback
  • Helping Skills - Asking for Feedback and Reframing
  • Helping Skills - Final Components
Developmental Psychology
  • What Is Development Psychology?
  • What Factors Affect Development Models
  • Freud - The First Psychosexual stages of development
  • Freud - Phallic Stage
  • Freud - The Latency Stage
  • Freud - The Genital Stage
  • Freud - Jung's Psychodynamic Theories
  • Piaget's Model of Development
  • Erik Erikson Model of Positive Outcomes
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Psychotherapy
  • Key Concepts of Psychotherapy
  • Psychotherapy - Past experience and Transference
  • Psychotherapy - Dream Analysis
  • Psychotherapy - Talking Therapy Techniques
  • Psychotherapy - What is Free Association?
  • Psychotherapy - The Process of Free Association
  • Jung's model of personality and archetypes
  • Using Jung's Methods in Therapy
Humanism
  • An Introduction to Humanism
  • Humanism vs Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Trying Different Approaches with clients who have had therapy before
  • Applying Humanism to CBT
The Four Types of CBT
  • Different Ways to Apply CBT
  • The Development of CBT
  • What is REBT?
  • REBT - Disrupting Belief Systems
  • REBT - Nonsense Annihilation
  • What is CRT?
  • CRT - Goals and Tools
  • What is Attributional Therapy?
  • What is Stress Inoculations Therapy?
Unhelpful Thinking Patterns
  • The Different Ego Defense Mechanisms
  • Using humors as a defense mechanism
  • CBT - What are errors in thinking?
  • CBT - More Errors in Thinking
  • CBT - Dealing With Errors in Thinking
  • CBT - Example Exercises
Overcoming Errors in Thinking
  • Thought Forms for Challenging Errors in Thinking
  • Considerations When Using Thought Forms
  • Using Surveys in CBT
  • Taking Back Control with Awareness Exercises
  • Awareness Exercise Examples
Dealing With Fear
  • Using FEAR For Dealing With Phobias
  • The Physical Symptoms of Fear
  • Identifying Negative Core Beliefs
  • Challenging Negative Beliefs And Creating Positive Ones
  • The Value of Failure and Comparisons
  • Using journals for Reinforcement
Begin your discovery of the 5 principals for success
  • Positive Checklist for Clients
Setting Goals in Therapy
  • How is Coaching Used in CBT?