Cognitive Behavioural
Dr Richard Bennett introduces you to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), exploring its roots, key principles and the ACT Matrix.…
Behavioural Interventions and Coping Techniques Behavioural interventions target behaviours. Key behavioural interventions are: There are also behavioural experiments/tests, which –…
Case formulation in CBT helps therapists understand the client’s issues by exploring thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and contributing factors. Created collaboratively…
Discover how CBT evolved from ancient Stoicism through the work of Ellis and Beck into the structured ABCDE model used…
CBT shares many commonalities with other modalities, yet diverges in areas like directiveness, structure and its relationship with diagnosis. With…
Understanding safety, risk and legality in CBT helps us work within our competence, support clients in crisis, and take ethical…
Explore how CBT understands emotional disorders through core beliefs, psychopathology, and diagnostic tools like PHQ-9 and GAD-7. Learn how classification…
CBT uses a clear structure and collaborative agenda to make the most of limited sessions, while between-session tasks (or 'homework')…
The CBT working alliance is collaborative, active, and rooted in mutual goals, tasks, and trust. Learn how alliance, feedback, and…
Discover how CBT empowers clients to challenge unhelpful thoughts and reshape behaviour. Rooted in Beck's work and influenced by Ellis’…
CBT helps clients identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts and beliefs that influence emotions and behaviours. It's practical, evidence-based, and often…
Explore key cognitive interventions in CBT, including psycho-education, identifying and restructuring negative automatic thoughts, and schema therapy. Understand how core…
Clint Adams explores how destructive thought patterns impact wellbeing, using his Blue Brain, Red Brain model. You’ll gain tools to…
Explore how CBT practitioners can adapt therapy to diverse client needs. Understand barriers to access, the role of the core…
Judy James introduces emotion-focused therapy (EFT), exploring the role of emotional awareness in change and how EFT techniques can support…
Discover how ancient Stoic philosophy influenced one of today’s most widely used therapies. This resource traces the roots of CBT,…
Learn how CBT therapists use collaborative empiricism to build case formulations, problem lists and treatment plans. Explore the five Ps…
Explore how supervision, clinical audit and CPD help CBT practitioners maintain ethical, effective practice. Learn how to integrate audits into…
REBT, developed by Albert Ellis, challenges irrational beliefs using the ABCD model: Activating event, Belief, Consequence, Dispute. It helps clients…
Learn how CBT therapists can use formulation, self-reflection, and selective self-disclosure to develop personal insight and strengthen the therapeutic alliance.…
Dr Richard Bennett introduces the ACT Matrix – a practical, visual tool for mapping behaviour, values and psychological flexibility. You’ll…