Overview
The aim of the course is to promote the development and application of advanced clinical skills in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). The Diploma is a continuing professional development course for health and social services professionals who have already gained initial counselling and therapy skills and are using these in their professional practice. The course provides a high quality training to a standard recognised by the appropriate therapy accreditation body. Participation in the course makes students eligible for ordinary membership of the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies (BABCP). The course satisfies the majority of BABCP’s basic training standards for accreditation as Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapists (which also apply for registration to this section of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy). We are in the process of applying for the course to be accredited at BABCP Level 1.
This is a part-time course comprising academic teaching, skills workshops, supervised clinical practice, course work and assessed assignments. The course consists of two 60 credit modules, and lasts for one academic year.
Teaching days consist of lectures and workshops. We have integrated the Advanced CBT Workshop Programme, organised through Psychological Therapies @ UEA into the course and students will have the opportunity to attend workshops that are provided by experts with an international reputation in the theory and practice of CBT. Use is made of video and role-play demonstrations, role-play exercises in pairs or small groups and group discussion as well as some didactic teaching.
Students are expected to identify patients from their existing caseload or within their organisation as their training cases on which they will receive clinical supervision throughout their registration on the PG Diploma course as specified in their application for admission. Clinical supervision will focus on the application of core CBT skills in the clinical setting. Audio or DVD recordings will be made of all therapy sessions. These will be used in supervision and also rated using standard assessment scales by both students and their clinical supervisors. Reports based on these ratings will be part of the required course work and will also be used as a basis for feedback to students.
After a short introductory block of 4 days in the first week teaching will be typically one day per week from October 2011 to December 2011, and one day per week from January 2012 to July 2012. Most teaching days will take place on Thursday and/or Fridays. Students must make suitable arrangements to attend clinical supervision with a UEA approved supervisor for a minimum of one hour per week on an individual basis, or one and a half hours per week for small groups of 2-3 students. Over the duration of the course there should be at least 100 hours of therapy time. For additional coursework, private study and course assignments people should allow one day per week over the academic year.
Course Organiser
Dr Gillian Todd
Entry Requirements
The course is open to qualified members of established mental health professions, including, for e.g. Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Psychiatrists (who have passed Part 1 of the MRCPsych examinations), Mental Health Nurses and Social Workers and Occupational Therapists specialising in mental health. Members of other professions, e.g. General Practitioners who have a special interest in psychological therapies may also apply. Applicants are required to show evidence of the academic and clinical grounding necessary to make successful completion of the course likely. You will need to be working in a service setting which will provide you with appropriate referrals and be able to attend individual clinical supervision or clinical supervision groups. An entry criterion will be that you have made satisfactory arrangements for clinical supervision in a service setting throughout your course of study. Written confirmation from a UEA approved supervisor that supervision arrangements have been made will be required at interview.
The course is only open to those who intend to complete the full training of the chosen therapy model. Current students on the MSc in Clinical Research will need to meet the above criteria and go through the same selection process as other applicants.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is awarded upon successful completion of both 60 credit modules. After successful completion of the PG. Diploma course, a student may chose an option to receive the Diploma or to count the credits towards the requirements of the MSc in Clinical Research. For this further credits are required; modules taken to achieve these credits must include Research Methods modules and Research Dissertation
Students for whom English is a foreign language
We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English or those whose degree was not taught in English. To ensure such students benefit fully from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. We also will require a certain standard to be achieved on the written element of the test. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:
- IELTS: 7.0 (minimum 7.0 in all component)
- TOEFL: Internet-based score of 94 (minimum 23 in all components)
- PTE: 70 (minimum 70 in all components)
All scores must be less than two years old.
Interviews
Interviews are planned for summer 2012; if your initial application is successful, we will send you details.
Intakes
The next intake is scheduled for October 2012.
Alternative Qualifications
Applicants with a professional qualification who do not have a degree may be considered for the course as long as they have at least two years relevant post qualification experience, can provide evidence of undertaking continuing professional development activity and are considered capable of undertaking the academic work, as attested by an academic referee.
Course Open To
This course is not currently open to International applicants.
Fees And Funding
Fees for the academic year 2011/2012 are:
Fees for the academic year 2012/13, the fee will be:
For those applying under the SHA contract, contract prices will apply.
How To Apply
To apply you will need to complete and return the following forms:
Postgraduate Application Form
Postgraduate Reference Form (please note two references are required)
Memo of Understanding
CBT Additional Questions
CBT Supervisor List
These forms should be returned, along with copies of academic qualifications and two references, to the address below, or scanned and attached to an e-mail sent to med.pgt.admiss@uea.ac.uk.
Postgraduate Taught Admissions (MED)
EDU 0.20
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
- Your personal statement should be 500 - 1,000 words.
- All applications should be accompanied by copies of degree certificates and trasncripts
- Two references must be submitted as part of the application process
