Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy PG Dip

University College London

Postgraduate

In London

Price on request

The best Other Health courses

See all

See all

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    2 Years

This new Postgraduate Diploma, a Department of Health initiative, provides specialist post-qualification training for Child and Adolescent (CAMHS) workers within the CYP IAPT model, focusing on the clinical areas of child mental health: anxiety, depression and conduct disorder.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
See map
Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

CAMHS professionals will be well placed to become skilled and creative independent practitioners of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for internalising disorders, parent training for conduct problems, SFP for Eating Disorders or SFP for conduct and depression disorders or IPT-A Practitioners.

Normally a minimum of a second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology) and/or a registerable professional qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. medicine, psychology, social work) from a UK university or overseas professional qualification of an equivalent standard. Candidates without a degree, but with a minimum of three years professional experience in a CAMHS (or equivalent) setting together with a relevant professional qualification will also be considered.

Questions & Answers

Add your question

Our advisors and other users will be able to reply to you

Who would you like to address this question to?

Fill in your details to get a reply

We will only publish your name and question

Reviews

This centre's achievements

2018

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 14 years

Subjects

  • Mental Health
  • Depression
  • CYP IAPT
  • CBT
  • CBT for Depression
  • CYP
  • Conduct Problems
  • Psychotherapy
  • Adolescents
  • Health Care
  • Career Development

Course programme

Students will gain a critical understanding of the CYP IAPT model of service change, outcome monitoring, and fundamentals of evidence-based psychological therapies to common mental health problems in childhood and adolescence (anxiety, depression, and conduct problems). They will develop skills in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) Parent training, Systemic Family Practice or Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents depending on their option choices.

Students undertake modules to the value of 120 credits.

The programme consists of a core module (60 credits) and optional modules (total value 60 credits).

Core modules
  • CYP IAPT: Model and Basic Skills
Optional modules
  • Select either CYP IAPT: CBT for Anxiety Disorders and CYP IAPT: CBT for Depression
  • CYP IAPT: Parent Training for Conduct Problems
  • CYP IAPT: SFP Basic Skills and SFP Eating Disorders
  • SFP for Depression and Self-harm and SFP for Conduct Disorder
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents
Dissertation/report

Not applicable.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered at the Anna Freud Centre and King's College London, and is taught by leading practitioners in the field. Teaching is a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, clinical practice with on-going cases, and clinical supervision groups. Assessment is through essays, log book, case studies, oral presentations and reflective analysis.

See related categories

Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy PG Dip

Price on request

The best Other Health courses

See all

See all