Develop your skills and knowledge in our CBT and Counselling Level 3 course, from home!
CBT and Counselling QLS Level 3
OSC1070£709.00£634.00
or £19.91 /month*
Course code: OSC1070
*Pay monthly option available via Snap Finance on payment page in checkout
Course overview
- Discover the different approaches to counselling, such as humanistic, behavioural and psycho-dynamic.
- Develop your knowledge of cognitive behavioural principles in addition to core CBT skills.
- Learn how to maintain and be in control of a professional counsellor relationship.
- Increase your knowledge of specific psychological disorders and the underpinning theories of counselling and CBT.
Would you like to boost your career opportunities as a Counsellor or a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist? Why not consider doing both?
Most counsellors have an area of specialism, and since CBT is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), it has become a desirable specialism for counsellors to add to their skills.
This combined course will teach key counselling skills and approaches, as well as providing you with additional knowledge of CBT theory and techniques.
All course materials will be delivered to you by post or via email, so it couldn’t be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors will help you every step of the way by email.
This bundle is approved by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists), at the end of this course students will be able to join and become a member of the ACCPH. The ACCPH is an independent self-regulated professional body for counsellors, psychotherapists and hypnotherapists.
What is CBT?
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that is commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but it can also be used to treat other mental and physical problems.
It is based on the concept that negative thoughts can trap you in a cycle, with its aim to break down problems to smaller parts to help you deal with overwhelming problems in a more positive way.
- Introduction
- Background
- Social-cognitive perspectives on behaviour
- Overview of behavioural methods
- The ABC Model
- Defining irrational beliefs
- The triadic structure of CBT
- Techniques
- The therapeutic relationship
- Practical skills
- Awareness, knowledge and understanding
- Conversational skills
- Positive experience
- How is therapy delivered?
- CBT Assessment
- Self-concepts
- Reflective practice
- Forms of assessment
- Case formulation
- Further cognitive strategies
- Problem-solving skills
- Behavioural tasks
- Organising sessions and programmes
- Reading behaviour
- Behaviour and beliefs
- Ending the CBT programme
- The central nervous system (CNS)
- How do drugs work on the CNS?
- Depression
- CBT and Depression
- Anxiety
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Panic disorder
- Phobias
- Classifications of psychological disorders
- DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10
- More on personality disorders
- Causes and effects of personality disorders
- Psychosis
- Acute psychotic episodes
- Schizophrenia
- Reviewing the CBT ethos
- Introduction
- Who becomes a counsellor?
- Counselling theory and skills
- Problems with directed advice
- Why do people seek counselling?
- Counselling types and settings
- Training and knowledge development
- Structure of counselling
- The main theoretical approaches
- Counselling skills and core competencies
- Ending the counselling relationship
- Confidentiality
- The counselling relationship
- Transference
- The counselling contract
- Referral
- Dealing with clients in crisis
- Supervision
- How theory evolved
- Adler
- Jung
- Object relations and ego psychology
- Bringing it all together
- Introduction
- Rogers and the person-centred approach
- Maslow
- The existential approach
- Theoretical perspectives
- Skinner
- Behaviour and learning
- The ABC model
- Defining irrational beliefs
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
- The triadic structure of CBT
- CBT Assessment
- Awareness, knowledge and understanding
- Practical skills
Awarding body
This course has been endorsed by the Quality License Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provisions and training programmes.
This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example, progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.
The Quality License Scheme’s endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
Extra information
The CBT and Counselling course is assessed by a series of written assignments, which are submitted to and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required.
You may start at any time and have up to two years to complete your studies (1 year per course). We suggest that the course will take approximately 160 hours to complete. This is more than enough time to give you flexibility and work at your own pace without the pressure of deadlines.
You will study this course by distance learning, which will enable you to learn when and where you want. You can study from home or at work, it is completely up to you. All your materials will be posted or emailed to you. You will also receive tutor support by email, so help is only a click away!
At the end of this course successful learners will receive two Certificate’s of Achievement from the Quality License Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
There are several avenues you can go down once you have successfully completed this course. You could take a look at our other counselling courses, or you could further your education by studying a counselling degree at university. If you want to work in counselling using your CBT and Counselling Level 3 qualification, here are just a few of the jobs you could explore (depending on your credentials):
- Counsellor
- CBT therapist
- Mental health therapist
- Intervention therapist
- Wellness therapist
- Psychotherapist
FAQs
No previous knowledge or skills are required to enrol onto this course.
- Dedicated personal tutor support
- Dedicated learner services
- Assignment marking and feedback
- FREE CV critique service
- FREE employability guide to help you impress future employers
- FREE XO Student Discounts membership
- * Open Study College study pack, including pen and notebook Comprehensive study guide
* Not included with the online study option
No, your certificate is issued based on your tutor-marked assignments alone.
No, everything you need is included in the price!
You will send your work to your personal course tutor for them to mark and return to you. On successful completion of the course you will be awarded your CBT Level 3 and Counselling Level 3 Certificates.
It's not a problem. We offer a course replacement service, so if you get into trouble and your course pack is lost or damaged, our Learner Services Team can provide you with a new set of materials for a one-time additional fee.
That's not a problem. We want to make sure you're 100% confident about enrolling on the course and starting your study. So, just give our team of education specialists a call on 03300 563 100 and they'll do their best to help.
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