CBT Informed & Carer Supportive Practice in Psychosis

King's College London

Postgraduate

In London

higher than £ 9000

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

Entry requirements & how to apply
Minimum requirements   All applicants need to demonstrate the ability to work effectively at graduate level and an interest in and enthusiasm for psychological approaches to working with people with psychosis and their carers.
International requirements    Visit our admissions webpages to view our International entry requirements.
English Language Requirements  Band D Visit our admissions webpages to view our English language entry requirements.
Application procedure

Applications must be made online using King’s online application portal apply.kcl.ac.uk and a non-refundable application fee of £60 applies.

Applications which fulfil the entry requirements will be assessed on an individual basis by the programme leaders. Selected applicants will be invited for interview. Clinical candidates selected for interview may additionally be requested to participate in a short role-play with an actor playing the role of the client and a brief, written case formulation exercise.

Personal statement and supporting information

You will be asked to submit the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

Personal statement Yes A personal statement of up to 4,000 characters (maximum 2 pages) is required. Please detail your previous training in, and experience of working with people with psychosis and of providing therapy, both to people with psychosis and in other settings. This should include type of therapy (e.g. CBT or Supportive Counselling), approximate numbers of clients worked with and length of therapy.
Previous Academic Study Yes A copy (or copies) of your official academic transcript(s), showing the subjects studied and marks obtained. If you have already completed your degree, copies of your official degree certificate will also be required. Applicants with academic documents issued in a language other than English, will need to submit both the original and official translation of their documents.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Play
  • International
  • English
  • English Language
  • Carer
  • Psychosis
  • Interventions
  • Supportive
  • Engagement skills
  • Voices
  • Advanced Engagement
  • Specific Interventions
  • Delusions
  • CBT Informed

Course programme

Course detail Description

The course is designed to equip frontline mental health professionals with the skills to deliver brief structured interventions for people with psychosis and their carers. Other students usually have a background in psychology, neuroscience, pharamcology, psychiatry, nursing or related disciplines.

Each module is delivered over eight teaching days, with additional assessment sessions. Developing competent practice is emphasised: following workshop examples, role play with audio/video feedback will be used to develop skills. Students will be expected to practice techniques outside teaching hours. Students will have the opportunity to discuss their own cases, or case examples, to apply the work in practice.

An engagement module, which covers models of psychosis and of caregiving in psychosis, and ways of interacting with people with psychosis and their carers together, is compulsory. A selection of other interventions can then be chosen, each covered over a module.

Course purpose

The programme is designed to equip frontline mental health professionals with the skills to deliver brief structured interventions for people with psychosis and their carers.

An engagement module, which covers models of psychosis and of caregiving in psychosis, and ways of interacting with people with psychosis and their carers together, is compulsory. A selection of other interventions can then be chosen, each covered over a module. The programme is offered as a Certificate (two modules) or Diploma (four modules) with start dates in September and January each year.

Course format and assessment

Assessment will be assessed role play and examination.

The following information gives you an ideaof what a typical academic might look like as you progress through your studies.

Course Format

Advanced Engagement Skills

Lectures (48 hours) | Seminars/Tutorials (2 hours) | Supervised Learning (100 hours) | Self-directed study (150 hours)

Specific Interventions

Lectures (48 hours) | Seminars/Tutorials (2 hours) | Supervised Learning (100 hours) | Self-directed study (150 hours)

Specific Interventions for Voices and Delusions

Lectures (48 hours) | Seminars/Tutorials (2 hours) | Supervised Learning (100 hours) | Self-directed study (150 hours)

Working with Young People who Have Psychosis or Unusual Experiences and their Carers

Lectures (48 hours) | Seminars/Tutorials (2 hours) | Supervised Learning (100 hours) | Self-directed study (150 hours)

Supervised Practice in CBT Informed and Carer Supportive Interventions in Psychosis

Lectures (14 hours) | Seminars/Tutorials (36 hours) | Supervised Learning (100 hours) | Self-directed study (150 hours)

Contact time is based on 28 academic weeks. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Assessment

You will be assessed through a combination of coursework and examinations.

Examination (50%) | Coursework (0%) | Practical (50%)

The study time and assessment methods detailed above are typical and give you a good indication of what to expect. However, they may change if the course modules change.

Extra information

Regulating body

King’s College is regulated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England

Other related courses:

CBT for Psychosis PGDip/GradCert

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Structure

Year 1 Required Modules

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take:

  • Graduate Diploma – modules totalling 120 credits

  • Graduate Certificate – modules totalling 60 credits

Required modules
You are required to take:

  • Advanced Engagement Skills (30 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits if you are taking the Grad Cert and 90 credits if you are taking the Grad Dip, from a range of optional modules which may typically include:

  • Specific Interventions (30 credits)

  • Specific Interventions for Voices & Delusions (30 credits)

  • Working With Young People Who Have Psychosis or Unusual Experiences & Their Carers (30 credits)

  • Supervised Practice in CBT Informed & Carer Supportive Interventions in Psychosis (30 credits)

Optional modules may only run if a minimum number of students enrol onto them.

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