Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Research
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours Face to Face + Blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2024 teaching periods
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Nil
Aims and objectives
After successfully completing this unit, students should be able to: assess the suitability of cognitive-behavioral interventions for a given case (being mindful of presenting problems and client characteristics); conduct a cognitive-behaviorally based therapeutic intervention appropriate to the major classes of disorder; be aware of the limitations of cognitive interventions; be knowledgeable of the theory that underpins cognitive interventions; to design, assess and report on a behavioural intervention; to understand single case designs in clinical research.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Seminar | 3 | 12 | 36 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Assignment preparation Revision |
9.5 | 12 | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Videotaped interview with "mock" client and report (approx 2600 words) 50%; behavioural change program with report using a single case study design (approx 3000 words) 50%; practical exercises with comments hurdle. Further details of assessment requirements are contained in the Unit Outline provided to students upon enrolling in the unit.
General skills outcomes
* Competency in a range of cognitive-behavioural interventions for different clinical presentations.
* In interviewing clients from different backgrounds
* In discussion and consultation with others
Content
The focus on cognitive behavioural theory and techniques is designed to distinguish the subject from the theoretical perspectives introduced in other skills based subjects of the course. Specific topics may include anxiety disorders (e.g. social phobia, PTSD), mood disorders, eating disorders, sleep problems, anger management, and cognitive-behavioural strategies with children and adolescents. Students will also develop competence in major research strategies (e.g. single case design) used to explore therapeutic interventions.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Beck, JS, Cognitive therapy for challenging problems: what to do when the basics don't work, Guilford Press: New York, 2005.
Clark, DM & Fairbairn, CG, Science and practice of cognitive- behaviour therapy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997.
Dobson, K, Handbook of cognitive-behavioural therapies. The Guilford Press, New York, 2000.
Friedberg, RD & McClure, JM, Clinical practice of cognitive therapy with children and adolescents: The nuts and bolts. Guilford Press, New York, 2002.
Heimberg, RG & Becker, RE Cognitive-behavioural group therapy for social phobia: Basic mechanisms and clinical strategies, Guilford Press, New York, 2002.
Tarrier, N, Wells, A & Haddock, G, Treating complex cases: The cognitive behavioural therapy approach, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1999.