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Extra-mural Courses

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Course Director:- Professor Harry Kennedy
Telephone: +353 1 215 7400

Foundation Course in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy

Overview

This course is taught in partnership with the HSE and St Patrick’s University Hospital.

This Foundation Course in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT) offers a comprehensive introduction to CBT principles for healthcare workers and psychology graduates who want to understand and use CBT principles in their day-to-day clinical roles. It provides a comprehensive grounding for clinicians with an interest in pursuing Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy clinical training and accreditation in the future.

The three-module extra-mural course is open to all healthcare professionals and psychology graduates. To receive the certificate of completion, learners are required to complete all three modules but they can also choose to complete any number of modules individually.

Modules:

  1. CBT Theory, The Collaborative Therapeutic Relationship, and Psychoeducation
  2. Behavioural Tasks, Agenda Setting, and Using Homework
  3. Achieving Behavioural Change, Working with Thoughts, and CBT Case Conceptualisation

Time, Date, and Place

Teaching occurs between April 2025 and October 2025, using a blend of online and classroom delivered lectures. Classroom learning commences as a three-day block between Wednesday 9th and Friday 11th April 2025.

Course Fees

€3,500. This course may also be taken in three separate modules, at a rate of €1,200 per module.

Apply

To apply, send your CV and a cover letter to chigwedc@tcd.ie by 20th March 2025.

Course Director: Dr Craig Chigwedere

Get in Touch

Email

chigwedc@tcd.ie

Website

https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/psychiatry/postgraduate/extra-mural-courses/

Professional Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy for Psychosis

The module is delivered in association with University of Galway & HSE to help build capacity for the National Clinical Programme in Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP). The Professional Certificate is aimed at qualified clinicians working in health provision organisations. To date, graduates of the Professional Certificate have included clinical and counselling psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists. The course consists of a series of five two-day workshops covering the main theoretical and practical aspects of delivering CBT for psychosis (CBTp).

Assessment includes both clinical and theoretical competence via taped sessions and a case study.

Indicative Topics that will be covered during the module will consist of:

  • Assessment and Formulation in CBT for Psychosis.
  • CBTp targeting positive and negative symptoms.
  • CBTp targeting anxiety, mood and distress.
  • CBT for problems with sleep and substance misuse in psychosis.
  • Understanding and responding to cognitive difficulties in Psychosis.
  • CBTp focusing on social recovery.
  • Trauma-informed CBT for psychosis.
  • CBT for relapse prevention.

In addition to direct teaching which is delivered over 9 months, approximately 1 day per week should be spent on meeting the course requirements as follows:

  • Requirement to see 3 CBTp cases with one seen for a minimum of 10 sessions.
  • Requirement to complete one case study.
  • Requirement to attend for monthly CBTp supervision.
  • Requirement to submit session audio recordings to your supervisor for rating and clinical skills development using the Cognitive Therapy Scale – Revised (CTS-R).

In person training will be facilitated in the Centre for Learning & Development in St James’s Hospital. The certificates of completion will be awarded by the Department of Psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin.

Next Intake

Autumn 2024

Course Directors

Professor Gary Donohoe, Professor of Psychology, University of Galway

Dr Craig Chigwedere, Assoc. Prof in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, Trinity College, Dublin

Course Fees: €2,300

To date, a number of places have been funded through the HSE, and an expression of interest call for funded places is arranged by Rhona Jennings, Programme Manager, HSE National Clinical Programmes, Mental Health. Funding for nurses may also be available through their regional NMPDU.

To apply directly for an unfunded place send your CV and a short cover letter to  chigwedc@tcd.ie by the 1st June 2024.