Abstract
Cognitive behaviour therapy is now widely accepted clinically as a treatment for depression and anxiety, and there is increasing research evidence to confirm its efficacy (Rush et al, 1977; Blackburn et al, 1981; Murphy et al, 1984; Butler et al, 1987; Beck, 1988). Of the various short term psychotherapies currently available, it is probably the most widely known and best researched. Despite this, and the recommendation of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1986) that trainees receive training in cognitive therapy, there is little opportunity to gain a formal training in this psychotherapy. Short workshops are often available through the British Association for Behavioural Psychotherapy and from other sources, and ad hoc supervision from interested psychologists and psychiatrists may be available in some centres. Scott et al (1985) described a workshop and peer supervision training scheme in Newcastle. Macaskill (1986) reported a course for psychiatrists in training in Sheffield which extended over 20 weeks and combined Beck's cognitive therapy and Ellis' Rational Emotive Therapy.
Highlights
Short workshops are often available through the British Association for Behavioural Psychotherapy and from other sources, and ad hoc supervision from interested psychologists and psychiatrists may be available in some centres
Each session is divided into a I! hour supervision group followed by I! hours of large group teaching. This aims to introduce the cognitive model of emotional disorders and demonstrate how it forms the basis for defining problems and designing interventions in cognitive therapy
Because cognitive therapy skills are somewhat different from the techniques participants have been used to employing, it is helpful if these skills are learned in therapy with relatively straightforward cases
Summary
Short workshops are often available through the British Association for Behavioural Psychotherapy and from other sources, and ad hoc supervision from interested psychologists and psychiatrists may be available in some centres. Macaskill (1986) reported a course for psychiatrists in training in Sheffield which extended over 20 weeks and combined Beck's cognitive therapy and Ellis' Rational Emotive Therapy. Two of the course leaders (8M and RW) had received training at the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Philadelphia and the third (JC) was an experienced behaviour therapist who had been practising cognitive therapy for some years. The aim ofthe course has been to provide clinicians with an introductory training in cognitive behaviour therapy with a major emphasis on Beck's cognitive therapy. The assumption has been that while many clinicians have received some training in this method few have received it in a structured way, or received intensive supervision on a case
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