This week’s DVD offer! CBT for Couples – with Dr Frank M Dattilio Ph.D

This week our colleagues at SDS Seminars are running a BPS Approved training seminar on CBT for Couples. It’s a popular course so we thought that you might be interested in learning more on this subject.

Our DVD offer this week is a 5 disc set. Comprehensive CBT for Couples - Frank M Dattilio, Ph.D., ABPP.
http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Comprehensive-Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy-CBT-for-Couples

This 6-hour seminar will provide you with all the essential strategies and techniques of Cognitive -Behavioural Therapy in your work with couples.

Dr. Dattilio describes the most effective ways of integrating a CBT approach into your clinical practice. Relevant for a wide range of counselling professionals. Recorded live from the seminar these DVDs will let you feel part of the audience.
http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Comprehensive-Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy-CBT-for-Couples

Key Learning Points:

• Effective cognitive-behavioural techniques for working with challenging couples.
• Core schemas and the cognitive distortions that affect relationship dysfunction.
• When to use cognitive vs. behavioural techniques.
• Effective methods of clinical assessment and ways to formulate a plan of intervention.
• When cognitive-behavioural techniques are inappropriate.
• How to maintain cultural sensitivity.
• How to deal with roadblocks and resistance to change.
• How to address the potential for relapse.

Brief Outline:

• Historical Development of CBT with Couples
• Cognitive-Behavioural strategies with couples. Cognition, affect, and behaviour.
• Combined perspectives within a systems framework.
• Role of attachment and issues of vulnerability. Role of core beliefs & schemas.
• Assessment Techniques and Case Conceptualization.
• Conjoint and individual interviews. Use of various assessment measures.
• Development of case conceptualization. Dysfunctional automatic thoughts.
• Assessing personality and other disorders.
• Cognitive & Behavioural Techniques and Procedures for Couples.

As well as 6 CPD hours. This DVD is especially discounted for you. £20 off the regular price if you order within the next 24 hours!

Don’t forget to order online by noon on the 15th November to get the discount. Follow the link below.
http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Comprehensive-Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy-CBT-for-Couples

Kind regards

Exposure & Response Prevention for OCD - 50% off for 24 hours only!

We have another fantastic saving for you this week with a huge 50% off Exposure & Response Prevention for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, with Dr Fiona Kennedy & Paul Grantham.

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Exposure-Response-Prevention-for-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is one of the most disabling mental health problems. However, there is also an excellent research base supporting the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in enabling clients to overcome this. Treatment consists of the identification of triggers to the obsessive thoughts (typically thoughts of a specified or unspecified disaster) and exposure to them. This is combined with “response prevention” i.e. resistance to engaging in the compulsive behaviour that such obsessive thoughts typically trigger. Detailed guidance illustrated with a particular case demonstrates how this technique can be effectively used.

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Exposure-Response-Prevention-for-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder

Consultant Clinical Psychologist Paul Grantham interviews Dr Fiona Kennedy on her perspective of helping clients struggling with OCD by using Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy. Dr Kennedy shares the theoretical background, research evidence and her own views and ideas on application of ERP to work with this group of clients.

This is then followed by an expert demonstration of the use of the principles discussed in the interview by Dr Kennedy in TWO LIVE client sessions. The sessions start, unfold and finish in front of the viewer.

Client: Carl (27) presents with OCD problems. These manifest themselves as a desire for symmetry regarding any books, magazines or paperwork. Any piles of papers on a table have to be straightened, any piles of magazines have to be in piles of multiples of four. Any “extras” have to be in their own pile. Books on shelves need to be in groups of four as well and any “extras” here need to be turned on their sides on the book case. He has an unspecified fear of something “bad” or “catastrophic” happening if he doesn’t check these items in a room or if he doesn’t order them as he wants.

Don’t miss out on this great saving. Order it today and get 50% off the regular price.
This great offer expires at noon tomorrow, 2nd November, so don’t miss it!

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Exposure-Response-Prevention-for-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder

This DVD also comes with a certificate for 2 CPD hours

Q&A Session on CBT Training on Facebook

The session has just closed.
You can read the transcript below.
Also - feel free to add your comments there - we will be answering your questions daily.

Transcript:

•  Paul Crawte So, how much does it cost and how long does it take?
• Paul Crawte Also... how is the course delivered ? Attendance somewhere? Mail outs....

 Skills Development Service Ltd Hi Paul. The modules cost between £20 and £160 each (depending on which are taught and which are self directed.) The overall cost if purchased in advance is £5195+ VAT. You will not find a cheaper open access route to covering training for Accrediation. The period over which it is completed is up to the delegate because it is modular. However, the shortest period for completion would be 12-18 mths.

Skills Development Service Ltd To Paul Crawte: Hi again Paul. The course is a combination. The dierect skills taught modules (200+ hours) are delievered in Central London at the British Psychological Society. The self directed case formulation modules are emailed, completed by yourself and sent back to tutors for assessment and feedback. The self directed raeding modules are sent by email and there are online quizzes which are used to evidence knowledge obtained. Hopefully this clarifies.

• Alex Grant I like the look of your courses, but not sure I am able to commit to the full Diploma. Can I just go to the individual courses from time to time for CPD and see where it takes me after a while?

 Skills Development Service Ltd To Alex Grant: You can just attend the modules for CPD purposes without any commitment. We know that some delegates have already expressed interest in them in their own right irrespective of wishing apply for Accreditation. In other words there is no commitment

•  Skills Development Service Ltd ANONYMOUS QUESTIONER “I am shortly about to retire from teaching and youth development work at the age of 61. I want to retrain as a BACBT accredited therapist. Using your route how quickly can this be achieved, and how many hours of supervision (at your charge of £45 per hour) need to be completed? Thank you”
  ANSWER “Hi. How quickly Accreditation can be achieved varies according to previous experience / qualifications and is difficult to be explicit about. However...there are certain teaching qualifications and social work qualifications that are considered core professions OR you can go via the KSA route which would be based on your CPD throughout your career. Assuming this was covered,you could cover the taught parts of the course within 12-18mths. Additionally you would need to be able to demonstrate a minimum of 200 hours of CBT practice that had received 40 hours of supervision. Hopefully this clarifies things”
•  Alexis Khlay I'm not sure if I'm eligible for BABCP accreditation. Can I still attend the courses and can anybody help me to check my eligibility? Thanks, Alexis Khlay

 Skills Development Service Ltd For Alexis. Hi Alexis. There are 3 elements to Accreditation. 1. Core Profession/ KSA 2. Training 3. Supervised practice. We can provide an opinion and advice on all three both in advance as well as "hand hold" you at the time of application for eligibility through our Accreditation Support Programme. Because this can sometimes be a complex issue we have to charge for this unfortunately. HOWEVER, should you decide not to proceed with training after our intial feedback we refund the fee for the Accreditation Support Package (minus a cancellation fee)

•  Gemma Phillips-Pike Hi - just wondering how the practice of CBT works on this course - i.e. is it assumed you are in private practice with a supervisor as I guess you will need to have the opportunities to practice the skills? Also, if this is the case, how many client hours are required to obtain the Diploma? Thank you.
•  Gemma Phillips-Pike Sorry, just seen your response above which answers my question - 200 hours with 40 hours supervision. Can the supervision be with any accredited supervisor or with SDS?

 Skills Development Service Ltd It can be with any CBT Accredited Therapist not simply SDS'. However, it can not simply be with any Accredited Supervisor eg. BACP Accredited (rather than BABCP). The BABCP lists such Accredited CBT Therapists on their website www.babcp.com and you are free to approach them. Expect a cost of £80-£120 / hr. SDS is offering group supervision which fulfills Accrediation requirements for £45 / hour. Hope this helps.

BABCP Home Page

www.babcp.com

•  Skills Development Service Ltd A question by EMAIL: My question is I have almost completed the PG cert with Anglia Ruskin Univ in Cambridge and would be looking to do the second year for the PG Dip.
  
  Q. Is the PG Cert transferable to your course?
  
  What days would the course be offered?
  Where would the course be held?
  What are the costs entailed and what support systems are in place if needed?
  Would there be support on offer to students who need to take KSA route in getting their accreditation with the BABCP.

 Skills Development Service Ltd IN REPLY TO THE EMAIL QUESTION : There is no requirement to start again with our Diploma should you wish to transfer from your existing University course. If you purchase our Accreditation Support Package we will provide you with an assessed opinion of what additional moodules you need to complete in order for you to apply for Accreditation. The cost of this is £195+VAT (or included for free if you sign up for the whole Diploma).This covers any advice regarding KSA. Wherever possible, SDS will attempt to help you meet any outstanding KSA requirements but can not guarentee this as it obviously depends on circumstance. If we can not we will sign post. Please note that the Accreditation Support Package also covers ongoing email and telephone support through the process of Accreditation application. Courses are run in Central London, typically at The British Psychological society (close to Moorgate Tube). Hope this helps

•  Skills Development Service Ltd The LIVE Q&A session is now FINISHED.
• You can still add your questions to this post and we will be answering them every day.

NEW: Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from SDS

We are holding a LIVE Facebook Question and Answer session on the CBT Diploma at 10.00 am on Thursday 1 December.
To access this simply start asking your questions as comments at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Skills-Development-Service-Ltd/148084035204831 and the SDS team will happily answer them.
If you cannot make that time – please feel free to leave your questions there now.

Read about SDS Diploma in CBT course here: http://skillsdevelopment.co.uk/CBT

5 Myths about CBT

Dear reader!

I don’t know what you think about CBT, but I bet you’ve got SOME opinion about it. It’s hard not to these days.

• Maybe you think it’s the only true scientific psychotherapy?
• Maybe you see it as a superficial approach that’s got too big for its boots?
• Or maybe you just see it as a set of additional tools to add to your therapeutic repertoire?


Whatever the case, CBT has attracted a mythology which at best, consists of partial truths and at worst downright lies

I wonder if you can guess what they are and whether they’re true.

If you’re interested, have a look at the brief video I’ve made which explores this. It’s FREE. Just turn up your speakers and click on the link below:

http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=69

As always, feel free to get back to me with your comments and I look forward to see you at our courses this year.

Take care

SDS Team

Please welcome our new SDS Tutor!

I am very pleased to introduce to you today a new SDS tutor, my good friend and colleague Dr Fiona Kennedy: SDS Trainers

Fiona has a vast clinical experience in mental health (from anxiety through eating disorders and PTSD to psychosis and personality disorders) and learning disability fields. Fiona’s main orientation for many years has been Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and she is an established and well respected figure in the field.
Dr Kennedy will be delivering two very practical and highly demanded courses for us:

• Working with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and
• Teaching Clients to Use Mindfulness Skills

Please explore the website for detailed description of the courses and download PDF leaflets for further particulars.

As you are our continuous supporter we here at SDS decided to offer you a special deal to make training more accessible at this difficult and financially uncertain time: for 24 hours only you can book these courses online with 50% discount, paying only £70 + vat for each.

I hope you will find these courses useful for your work and take advantage of this short-term offer.

I will be in touch shortly with some feedback on our recent debates.

Best wishes
Paul Grantham

Major Depression and Negative Mindset

A recent study has found further evidence that people suffering with Major Depression are stuck in a negative mindset, and re-live their negative experiences again and again in their mind.

In the study 26 people with depression and 27 people who had never had depression were sat in front of a computer and shown three words, one at a time. They were told to remember the words either in the order they were presented or in reverse order. The computer then presented one of the three words and they were supposed to respond as quickly as they could whether that word was first, second, or third in the list.

People with depression had trouble re-ordering the words in their head; if they were asked to remember the words in reverse order, they took longer to give the correct answer. They had a particularly hard time if the three words had negative meanings, like "death" or "sadness."

But therapy techniques such as motivational interviewing, brief solution focused therapy or positive therapy could prove to be very useful at helping clients change their mindset and thinking and allow them to move on with their lives, which they may not be able to do without guidance.

All of these psychological skills are available from the Skills Development Service:
Motivational Interviewing
Brief Solution Focused Therapy
Positive Therapy

Interested in all these courses? Then why not go for our certificate in Resource Based Therapy course.
Certificate in Resource Based Therapy

Psychotherapy DVDs are also offering an 8 Disk CBT Training Package, offering 14 CPD hours: Essential CBT Skills Series - 8 DVDs Set - 14 CPD Hours

More Essential CBT Skills!

Head on over to http://www.psychotherapydvds.com for more information on this brilliant 8 disk set!

Essential CBT Skills

Our 8 DVD Set on Essential CBT Skills launched today at PsychotherapyDVDs.com: 8 DVD set "Essential CBT Skills"

Watch the trailer:
Essential CBT Skills Trailer

and browse all 8 titles of this comprehensive collection of essential CBT techniques:
All 8 CBT Titles

This unique training set produced in the UK by Accredited CBT Therapists with vast clinical experience is available exclusively at www.psychotherapydvds.com

We hope to see you on our website soon!

CBT and Bipolar mood swings

Previously Bi-polar disorder (or 'Manic depression') was thought to be largely biologically or genetically based, meaning there was little that patients could do about their mood swings other than medication.

However researchers at Manchester and Lancaster Universities have found that mood swings can be predicted by patient's thoughts and behaviour. This finding is significant as it opens the door for therapy techniques such as CBT to be used effectively.

"Individuals who believed extreme things about their moods, for example that their moods were completely out of their own control or that they had to keep active all the time to prevent becoming a failure, developed more mood problems in a month's time. In contrast, people with bipolar disorder who could let their moods pass as a normal reaction to stress or knew they could manage their mood, faired well a month later." said study lead Dr Warren Mansell.

This is obviously encouraging for CBT as it aims to help patients talk about their moods and change their thinking about them. A new CBT method known as TEAMS (Think Effectively About Mood Swings) is currently under development at the University of Manchester.

Anybody interested in the SDS CBT course can find it here:
SDS 3-Day CBT

Our June course is already fully booked so make sure you book September now to avoid disappointment!

Also to be released soon is our new range of CBT Training Series! So please keep an eye out of upcoming information!

CBT and Brain waves

A recent study into the effects of psychotherapy on Social Anxiety Disorder found some very interesting results!

A group of adults with Social Anxiety Disorder attended 12 weekly sessions of CBT together. Before, half-way through and after the 12 sessions the participant's were given an EEG brainscan.

What was discovered was highly encouraging.

Before therapy, the group's tests were similar to those of the high-anxiety control but by the end of the 12 sessions, the group's tests resembled those of the low-anxiety control group. Showing a dramatic change in brain function over the 12 weeks. Although it can't be concluded that the CBT is changing the brain function directly, as some of the patients were taking medication the author acknowledged that it was an important step towards understanding the biology of anxiety and developing better treatments.

If you're interested in improving your own CBT skills or CBT within your organisation, have a look at our website: SDS CBT Course - and sign up today!

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V. Miskovic, D. A. Moscovitch, D. L. Santesso, R. E. McCabe, M. M. Antony, L. A. Schmidt. Changes in EEG Cross-Frequency Coupling During Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder. Psychological Science, 2011; DOI: 10.1177/0956797611400914

CBT: Introductory Course

Our most popular CBT Introductory Course was run by Paul Grantham last week for the first time.

Delegate`s feedback was extremely positive and we want to share with you some of the comments - please see the comments to this post.

Please note that this course is run in very small groups (no more than 18 delegates) - therefore the places are strictly limited. We only have ONE place still available for the June course in London.

In the Autumn CBT Introductory Course will take place in Manchester, Birmingham & London (facilitated by Paul Grantham) - please secure your place early to avoid disappontment.

Why CBT often isn't what it seems

I would like to share with you today a piece of research that I recently came across.

Isn’t it interesting how stereotypes develop? Many practitioners and clients expect CBT to be prescriptive, directive and "top down". A recent study by Westra et al (2010) * certainly questions such stereotypes:

In the study, eighteen clients were interviewed following 8 sessions of CBT. 84% of them stated that their experience of CBT was not as they expected. Most related to the fact that therapy was more collaborative than expected and that they learnt more about themselves than anticipated. Even in instances where the outcome of therapy was negative, clients typically still remained positive towards their therapist and attributed lack of progress to other factors such as time constraints.

The gap between prejudice and reality is a common psychological and social phenomenon with pre-existing attitudes often leading to selective attention. CBT is not only a valuable approach and toolkit of strategies which therapists can use to help change emotions and behaviour – it also "bolts onto" other existing modalities of helping people to change.

If you are interested in exploring the reality behind the myth and the prejudices surrounding CBT, have a look at our Introductory CBT course: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=69

OR

if you have your own thoughts or experiences on the topic let us know by reply or commenting on our blog: .

As a "big tent" training organisation we are interested in all views on this subject... supportive or otherwise. :-)

Best Wishes
Paul Grantham

* Westra, H., Aviram, A., Barnes, M., & Angus, L. (2010). Therapy was not what I expected: A preliminary qualitative analysis of concordance between client expectations and experience of cognitive-behavioural therapy. Psychotherapy Research, 20 (4), 436-446

The end of face-to-face CBT?

Web psychotherapy 'just as good'

Therapy delivered via the internet is just as good as face-to-face sessions for treating depression, say Swedish researchers.

In the study, 117 volunteers with mild to moderate depression participated in either a web-based self-help CBT programme plus an internet discussion group, or an internet discussion group alone. The do-it-yourself CBT programme consisted of 89 pages of text divided into five modules that were estimated to take eight weeks to complete.

Overall, 37% of the patients withdrew from the programme - the main reason given was that it was "too demanding".

However, those that continued with the programme reported significant improvements to their psychological wellbeing.

The success of the web-based self-help programme was the same as that seen in past studies of face-to-face therapy, and was much more effective than the internet group therapy on its own.

The self-help programme resulted in decreased depressive symptoms immediately after treatment and at the six-month follow-up, the researchers found.

Richard Brook, chief executive of Mind, said: "Computer-delivered CBT is an important addition to the range of treatment options available for people experiencing depression.

"This method of delivery is useful for people who might not be able to access CBT easily because of their remote location, or for people who find it difficult to speak 'one-to-one' about their depression.

"However, online CBT will not suit everyone. It should not be used as a reason to evade training enough therapists so that people experiencing mental health problems can access the treatments they need when they need them."

Link to News Article

SDS News

Here are the latest SDS news updates for you:

1. We had lots of interesting and thought-provoking replies to our last Delegate Debate: Award Winning Neurologist Challenges Our Therapy Practice. You can read all comments at: http://sdsmedia.blogspot.com/

2. We are running ALL NEW Brief Solution Focused Therapy (BSFT) Seminars around the UK in March. It is a brand new seminar that was created following your high demand for more practical knowledge on BSFT. Paul Grantham is leading these seminars, you can read his big interview about his professional and personal take on BSFT at: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/images/appl_form/course_73.pdf .
Places for this seminar are still available and you can have £10 off if booking online or with credit card over the phone.

3. Our 3 day Introductory CBT courses (approved by the BPS Learning Centre) proved to be very popular with events fully booked in London, Birmingham and Manchester. We are running more courses in London in 2010 – they are available for booking on our site: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=69 . We are planning to run additional CBT courses in Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and York – they will be advertised on our website shortly – please stay tuned.

4. We have our first delegates who have successfully completed CBT online assessment following their course and received their Certificates of Assessed Academic Competence. Lisa Jayne Walker kindly shared her experiences of the course and assessment with us – you can read her interview at http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/images/appl_form/CPD%20Interview%20with%20Lisa.pdf .

5. Our highly demanded seminars on Anger Therapy are running in June. Be among the first to book and receive a massive £24 “Early Bird Discount”: pay only £75 + vat (regular price £99+vat). See http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=61 for details.

Looking forward to seeing you on our courses and always interested in your feedback.

BACP issues warning that new depression guidelines may harm patients

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) has today issued a warning that the new depression guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) could mean a narrowing of the options available to those being treated for depression, Britain's number one mental health concern.

Dr Lynne Gabriel Chair of BACP said: "BACP welcomes NICE's recommendations to support counselling and psychotherapy in general to treat depression. But we are worried that the narrow focus of the new guidelines could be used to promote one form of talking treatment - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - at the expense of the full range of psychological therapies. The evidence is clear that CBT can only be of benefit to some 50 per cent of depressed patients rising to just over 70 per cent when symptoms specially lend themselves to a CBT approach".

All patients with long-term illnesses will be assessed for mental health problems under new guidelines issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Depression can be up to three times more common in those suffering from chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease but because of the focus on primary physical symptoms the mental distress can often go undiagnosed. The new guidelines will tell GPs to do routine screens for depression in all cases of serious illness.

NICE also released updated guidelines on treatment of general depression, suggesting that psycho-social or talking therapies should be the first treatment option for people with mild or moderate depression rather than medication

For further details please go to:
http://www.bacp.co.uk/media/index.php?newsId=1610

We would be grateful if you could share your views on this issue with us.

CBT Introductory Course - Feedback

We are excited to share with you first feedbacks that we've received on our recently completed three day introductory CBT course:

"The course was brilliant - I thoroughly enjoyed in & learnt a lot & would definitely be interested in doing more courses with you in future."

"The variety of learning aids helped to validate my learning, good use of role plays, videos, handouts, case studies etc. "

We are delighted with the positive feedback and would like to congratulate the tutor - Dr Tom Werner on the successful course.

Next CBT Introductory Course in London is now fully booked.

Additional dates are planned for 2010:

23-25 February 2010 Birmingham
23-25 March 2010 Manchester
26-28 April 2010 London

- places are available at the moment, but as they are strictly limited (up to 18 participants) - book early to secure your place on the course.

This course is approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Best wishes

SDS Ltd Team

Whats going to happen to CBT after IAPT is cut back ?

Well...the writing is on the wall. IAPT looks like its in the frontline for public spending cuts.

The Observer this month says that the The Iapt Expert Reference Group (that oversees the project) has been informed that IAPT is failing to meet its targets in a big way - both in training the number of therapists needed, and in the number of people who have come off of benefits as a result of interventions made. Many staff are being asked to reapply for their jobs and the remaining £100 million allocated will not be ringfenced but will be incorporated into local NHS Trusts' budgets - to be spent as they wish. This will almost inevitably mean that traditional mental health priorities will re-establish themselves and that those perceived as "the worried well" will be left out.

The interesting question is whatb is going to happen to CBT as a result ? There are undoubtedly many who are secretly happy to see what is going to happen. Whenever someone grabs a large share of the pie ( and nearly £200 million is a VERY large share) it creates powerful reactions - jealousies amongst non-CBTers who feel unjustifiably excluded, fear amongst traditional CBTers - of which I must count some in my own profession - who fear poorer qualified (and cheaper) therapists taking their jobs.

However, I have strong suspicions that the CBT project is not dead in the water and will continue and even thrive - except in a slightly different format. Here are my predictions for CBT for the next 10 years.

(1) CBT will continue to thrive because both governments and insurance companies (the main funders and benchmarkers of therapy) want evidence that what they fund works and has a clear time limited structure to it. Whatever some people think about the application of RCTs and experimental paradigms to therapeutic outcomes,they are a continuing and growing part of the Zeitgeist we are a part of, and at present CBT is really the only show in town.

(2) CBT will fit in well to the developing mixed economy in mental health that will grow with increasing speed. There will be more people wanting to see CBT therapists on a private basis and CBT will infiltrate (even further) organisations interested in behaviour change. The Welfare-to-Work and the Criminal Justice sectors being obvious first past the post candidates.

(3) The concept of Accredited CBT Therapist will continue to be an aspirational gold standard for many, but will lose its exclusive cache. Expect to see "Non-Accredited" CBTers fulfilling important roles and a greater variation in the types and length of training on offer.

At SDS, we have long been convinced of the need for shorter intensive CBT course that are recognised (our Introductory 3 day course is Approved by The British Psychological Society) but which do not place the same heavy demands on trainees that BABCP Accreditation requires. If you are interested in such a course, by the way, details can be found at http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=69

Equally expect distance learning methods to gain pace from training DVD packs (www.psychotherapydvds.com) to webcam conferences.

(4) Finally, we will see other forms of psychotherapy coming to the fore again. These will be those that have learnt the importance of published outcome work as a marketing tool and who already have some footholds within the establishment. Brief Solution Focused Therapy, Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy and Interpersonal Psyschotherapy seem obvious candidates. Those that fight a rearguard action against registration and regulation (you know who you are) and who totally dismiss the value of empirical research will disappear even further into the shadows

Whatever happens, its likely that even a partially completed IAPT will leave its mark on the landscape. In my opinion, for the better. Which is reassuring really. I'd hate to think that £75 million was spend and its effects disappear without a trace.

Paul Grantham
Consultant Clinical Psychologist

CBT: Introductory Course

We are pleased to inform you that November & December blocks of dates for our new 3 day course:

CBT: INTRODUCTORY COURSE
are now fully booked

Due to the high demand we are running additional courses in Birmingham, Manchester & London:

23-25 February 2010 Birmingham
23-25 March 2010 Manchester
26-28 April 2010 London

This Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy training course, run by accredited CBT therapists, demystifies this therapeutic approach and offers introductory training in this powerful and effective therapy. The course is unique in being developed and reviewed by a multidisciplinary team and is specifically designed for a diverse range of professions.

This course is approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Book early to avoid disappointment.

View extracts from extensive video materials used at this training course: