BPS Approved Certificate in CBT For Working With Adolescents

This BPS Approved Certificate in CBT for Working with Adolescents consists of 20 two-hour training modules (40 CPD hours). The Certificate is designed to enable delegates to apply CBT to a range of common adolescent problems important to both practitioners and their clients. Each module gives a background on the topic, combined with practical implications and strategies.

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Issues covered include:

• Managing Difficult Emotions and Emotional Regulation Problems (Adolescents Cert)
• Dating & Sexual Relationships, Including Safeguarding Issues (Adolescents Cert)
• Self-Harm And Suicide Risk (Adolescents Cert)
• Trauma Following Sexual Assault (Adolescents Cert)
• Gender Dysphoria and Supporting Young People with Transgender Identities (Adolescents Cert)
• Substance Use and Misuse (Including Alcohol, Cigarettes and Street Drugs) (Adolescents Cert)
• Body Image Issues / Body Dysphoria (Adolescents Cert)
• Supporting Young People with Anorexia and Bulimia (Adolescents Cert)
• Obesity, Healthy Eating and the Link to Mental Health (Adolescents Cert)
• Ethnicity, Identity and Racism (Adolescents Cert)
• Sexual Orientation Development, Supporting Young People at a Time of Exploration (Adolescents Cert)
• Sexual Health (Adolescents Cert)
• Adolescence & Gaming – Benefit or Harm (Adolescents Cert)
• Adolescence and Social Media - Benefit or Harm (Adolescents Cert)
• Behavioural Activation to Improve the Mood of Adolescents (Adolescents Cert)
• Shyness and Social Confidence (Adolescents Cert)
• Sleep Problems in Adolescence (Adolescents Cert)
• Disability & Adolescence (Adolescents Cert)
• Dealing with Toxic Perfectionism (Adolescents Cert)
• The Adolescent Brain: Development & Implications (Adolescents Cert)

These common problems frequently create distress and substantially interfere with functioning for many adolescents even though they are not diagnostic problems typically leading to referral to mental health services.

CBT is an evidence-based approach to tackling problems that addresses process as well as content issues in therapy. It includes 2nd and 3rd wave CBT ideas as well as evidence based “tips” from other therapeutic approaches, such as MI, SFT, REBT and others, specifically to address process issues such as motivation and communication difficulties which can often arise when working therapeutically with adolescents.

This Certificate is a series of bite-sized trainings provided by a series of experienced psychologists and CBT practitioners who specialise in the areas addressed within their courses. As a result, delegates that will be guided through cohesive evidence based treatment plans and strategies.