Psychotherapy

This distance learning course will cover the following modules:

• Introduction
  • What is Psychotherapy?
  • Group Therapy

• Therapeutic Approaches
  • Some Schools of Thought

• The Client's Needs in Therapy
  • Empathy
  • Passionate Involvement
  • Self-belief

• Initiating a Process of Change
  • Four Hypotheses
  • Basic Principles

• Behavioural Therapy
  • Confronting Negative Feelings
  • Focusing on Strengths

• Close Relationships
  • Changing Behaviour
  • Setting up a Contract for Change

• Factors Affecting the Decision to Change
  • Finding Courage
  • Mechanisms of Denial
  • Compassion and Confrontation
  • Excitation and Inhibition

• Developing Emotional Awareness
  • Defining Emotional Freedom
  • Gut-level Feelings

• The Process of Recovery
  • The Client's Support System
  • Positive Attitudes
  • Suggestion Therapy

• The Ultimate Goals of Therapy/ Spirituality
  • Promoting Active Involvement
  • Avoiding Perceptual Distortion
  • Achieving Therapeutic Goals

Students will be able to complete 2 optional 1-day practical training sessions as a part of this course. Practical training sessions are help at locations throughout the UK, cost £75 per day, per delegate and provide an opportunity ti practice skill under the guidance of an experienced trainer.