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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression 1 (403C8)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn and spring teaching

This module will help you develop your knowledge and skills in working with people suffering from depression in the context of complex psychological difficulties using behavioural activation. We'll also study using cognitive therapy to help reduce cognitive and behavioural contributory factors in the maintenance of depression.

You'll gain a detailed understanding on assessment, formulation and treatment strategies as applied to individuals presenting with these difficulties. Each session will include theoretical teaching to give you with an overview of the topic area. We will then ground and consolidate this knowledge and these skills through individual and small group exercises, modelling and rehearsal using case examples.

You'll also take part in practical and explorative exercises to reflect on your own psychological development of CBT. This will help you better understand these particular psychological difficulties, how they may be formulated and how treatment strategies may be used to help reduce difficulties associated with the diagnoses of Depression using Behavioural Activation and Cognitive Therapy.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 36 hours of contact time and about 114 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.