Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy for Psychosis Module

Overview

Overview

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). It 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.