Applied Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
(CBT) skills for professionals working in
long-term conditions and end of life care
SIX day COURSE
Tuesday 27 to Wednesday 28 June,
Monday 11 to Tuesday 12 September and
Tuesday 14 to Wednesday 15 November 2017
Time 9.30am-4.30pm Registration from 9am
Cost £1,000
Venue St Christopher’s Hospice, London
CODES CBTI0617
St Christopher’s Education
Applied Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
(CBT) skills for professionals working in
long-term conditions and end of life care
St Christopher’s Education is pleased to offer this City & Guilds Accredited six day
course providing CBT skills for health professionals. This course offers progression
from our well established three day foundation skills course (or equivalent) and will
enable clinicians to develop and use a set of CBT-based skills, in order to help their
patients in a coherent and skilled manner. This will enable patients to feel supported
and understood, to identify their own inner sources of resilience and coping and
thus manage the psychological distress they will encounter as a result of their illness,
their changing life circumstances and their preparations for the end of their lives.
This course delivers the ability to to work with anxiety, panic, distress and depression
using the CBT approach.
The course takes place over six months, and includes six face-to-face training days at
St Christopher’s Hospice, as well as five supervision sessions, which last approximately
one and a half to two hours and are held in small groups or via Skype. Dates and
locations of supervision are negotiated at the beginning of the course. Attendance at
all six training days and at all of the five supervision sessions is mandatory to meet the
course requirements. Participants will be expected to prepare material for supervision
and for the second and third pair of training days. Assessment of participants will be
through observation and a portfolio of written assignments.
Who is the course for?
Health care practitioners, community
nurses, acute medical and nursing
staff, care home staff, allied health
professionals, site-specific cancer nurse
specialists and cancer counsellors, as well
as staff working in palliative care with
patients with long-term, or life-limiting
conditions, including cancer.
variable at course entry. To be considered
for this course applicants will require
sufficient previous training (which may be
attendance at the three day foundations
course at St Christopher’s). Applicants
must be able to formulate a problem
using a five areas model, ‘hot cross bun’
or equivalent, and to understand that
there are links between thoughts, moods,
behaviours and physical sensations.
Applicants’ knowledge and understanding
of CBT principles and practice will be
Applicants will also need to be engaged
in clinical practice in order to apply, so
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“I would highly recommend this course and I wouldn’t
be surprised if all health care professionals working
with cancer patients and in palliative care, were
working towards gaining these skills in the future”
Course delegate
they can develop their new skills; they
need to be comfortable talking to and
being with patient’s distress. A further
requirement is to be able to participate
in group supervision and provide case
studies for assessment and accreditation
purposes.
What will I learn?
By the end of the course, participants will
be able to:
• develop a set of CBT-based skills,
to help their patients in a coherent,
systematic and skilled manner
• apply these skills in clinical work
with anxious, panicky or depressed
patients
• implement CBT with patients
experiencing physical symptoms
e.g. breathlessness or pain
• enable patients to become more
resilient and better manage
emotional distress
• demonstrate increased confidence in
using CBT
• achieve a City & Guilds Certificate.
Book online at www.stchristophers.org.uk/CBTI0617
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Who are the tutors?
• Kathy Burn CBT Therapist (BABCP
Accredited) and 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)
• Gill O’Halloran Principal Social Worker,
CBT Dip, St Christopher’s.
• Nigel Sage Consultant Clinical
Psychologist in Cancer and Palliative
Care, The Beacon Specialist Supportive
& Palliative Care Service (BABCP
Accredited)
• Kath Mannix Consultant in Palliative
Care and CBT Therapist
• Lyn Snowden Chartered Counselling
Psychologist.
How do I apply?
In order to ensure that this course is
appropriate for you, we have designed a
specific application form which can be
downloaded from our website at
www.stchristophers.org.uk/CBTI0617
Please also include a copy of your CV.
Each application will be sent for approval
that it meets the criteria for this course as
described within this flyer. Only once the
application is approved will confirmation
of your place be sent to you by email.
• Introductory Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy (CBT) for Physical Healthcare
Professionals Tuesday 3 October 2017
• Foundations in Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy (CBT) (three days) Course 1: Tuesday 25 to Wednesday
26 April and Tuesday 13 June 2017
Course 2: Wednesday 27 to Thursday
28 September and Wednesday 22
November 2017.
How can I find out more?
At St Christopher’s Hospice our vision is
of a world in which all dying people and
those close to them have access to care
and support, whenever and wherever
they need it. We promote excellence in
end of life care by delivering a range of
training programmes to students from all
over the world.
If you have any questions about this or
any other of our courses and conferences,
please contact the Education Team who
will be happy to help.
Telephone 020 8768 4656
Email [email protected]
Travelling instructions, our local
accommodation list and information
about all our other courses and
conferences can be found on our
website at www.stchristophers.org.uk/
education
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application has been approved for the
course you are applying for.
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