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Cognitive Behaviour Interventions

Course
2015-2016

Entry requirements

Only open to master’s students in Psychology with specialisation Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology. Students have passed the MSc course Basic Therapeutic Skills.

Description

This course consists of a theoretical and a practical part, which will be given simultaneously. The more theoretical part consists of lectures on general aspects of cognitive-behaviour therapy and specific interventions for different forms of psychopathology and psychological consequences of chronic disease. In small group sessions running parallel to these lectures, students will be taught basic cognitive-behavioural intervention principles/techniques, such as case formulation, exposure, response prevention, and identifying, challenging and modifying negative thoughts and attitudes. During part of these practice sessions students will work independently. Students have to write a paper on their experiences with applying these intervention principles/techniques, as an apprentice therapist, with one of their fellow students.

Course objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will:

  • Acquire advanced knowledge of the theoretical background of cognitive-behavioural therapy and specific interventions for different forms of psychopathology;

  • Learn basic skills in applying the main cognitive-behavioural interventions; and

  • Be able to reflect on their therapeutic attitude and interventions and to report on the assessment, progress and outcome of a mini-therapy.

Timetable

For the timetables of your lectures, work groups and exams, please select your study programme in:
Psychology timetables

Registration

Course

Students need to enroll for lectures and work group sessions.
Master’s course registration

Examination

Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date. Students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination.
Registering for exams

Mode of instruction

  • 4 2-hour lectures + 1 Q&A lecture.

  • 7 supervised seminars/work group sessions of 3 hours and 7 (unsupervised) work group sessions of 2 hours

Presence is mandatory for all work group sessions. Absence of maximum one meeting is allowed only for very urgent reasons, to be judged prior to the course by the coordinators.

Assessment method

  • A written exam, consisting of essay questions (50%)

  • The mark for the work group sessions will be determined on the basis of the final report of the mini therapy, active participation in the work group sessions, and the quality of the weekly assignments (50%)

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.

Reading list

For the lectures:

  • O’Donohue,W.T. and Fisher, J.E. (2012). Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Core Principles for Practice. Publisher: Wiley & sons, Inc. (selected chapters).

  • The lecture slides posted on Blackboard.

  • Additional literature posted on Blackboard.

For the work group sessions:

  • Wright, J.H., Basco, M.R., Thase, M.E. (2006). Learning cognitive-behavior therapy. Washington: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

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