Each course is made up of 6 sessions. You must attend all 6 sessions to complete this course. Wednesdays, 18th, 25th April, 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd May

CBT+ is a short Cognitive Behavioural Therapy course for professionals and school staff to learn the basics of how to help children, young people and parents change their behaviour through changing the way they think. A resources pack is included as are links to on-line resources. The expected learning outcomes from the course are:

· To understand the main concepts of CBT

· To be able to understand how thoughts do influence behaviours through completion of CBT activities within the group

· To practice formulation (how to fully understand a psychological problem) and understand maintenance cycles (how the problem is fed)

· To understand behavioural experiments and how these could be used with clients to change mood

· To understand common core beliefs and how these can be influenced

· To learn ways of enhancing clients’ self-esteem and resilience

This course is being delivered in partnership with the Virtual School in Swindon and all costs of the course are covered.