CBT Skills for Physical Health Clinicians
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a psychological intervention initially developed for emotional disorders. It is now widely used in supporting people to deal with the challenges of physical ill-health. Professionals from various backgrounds can learn to use a simplified CBT skills set, and use of these skills enables them to be more effective in managing aspects of their patients’ distress.
The training is a mix of theory, skills demonstration and skills practice, giving participants a better understanding of the applicability of the skill set in their area of practice and providing some skills to take away. Training sessions are spaced to allow participants to use their new skills in their clinical practice. Each participant reflects on their learning and their work with a specific patient, and the whole group reflects on lessons learned. In this way, learning remains rooted in participants’ clinical practice. These CBT courses are consistently evaluated highly by participants.
The Course
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Teaching will be delivered on-line via Zoom.
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Attendance at all sessions is mandatory to complete the course.
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The courses cost is £350 per person, payable in advance.
The Trainers
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Kathy Burn was a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care who went on to train in CBT and to develop the CBT service at St Christopher’s Hospice, London. She now works in CBT in chronic pain, and she teaches and supervises CBT trainees at the institute of Psychiatry, London.
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Kathryn Mannix was a Palliative Medicine Consultant and CBT therapist. She developed ‘CBT First Aid’ to enable palliative care clinicians to adapt skills from CBT into their clinical practice. She is an author. There are insights into her use of CBT in her books With the End in Mind and Listen.