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This skills-verified course aims to address the gap in mental health care environment and better prepare interprofessional healthcare workforces (allied health, social work etc.) who are working in mental health care settings.
Within the scope of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a learner will be able to teach a patient/client with mood/anxiety disorders to change their thinking, problematic emotions, and behavior in a manner that supports recovery.
Micro Description: Explore the fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) by gaining competency in teaching patients/clients with mood and anxiety disorders to transform their thought patterns, problematic emotions, and behaviors to facilitate recovery. This microcredential delves into the core components of CBT; equipping you with the skills to foster awareness of mental illnesses within patients/clients, guide individuals in challenging their thought records, encourage opposite actions to negative reactions, and introduce exposure therapy to support therapeutic outcomes.
In partnership with Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
Week 1: Welcome
You will be given an introduction to skills, graded activities, and the Yellowdig community platform.
Week 2: EMOTIONS, FEELINGS, PHYSICAL SENSATIONS
Emotional Awareness, Harms of Emotional Reactions, Identifying Physical Sensations, Providing Emotional Validation, Labeling Emotions, Coping and Relaxation Techniques
Week 3: NON-JUDGMENTAL AWARENESS 7 MINDFULNESS
Judgmental vs Nonjudgemental thinking, primary and secondary responses, teaching nonjudgmental awareness, teaching present focused awareness
Week 4: THOUGHTS
Automatic Thoughts, Thinking Traps, Flexible Thinking, Thought-Records, Core Beliefs
Week 5: BEHAVIORS
Emotional Avoidance, Emotion-driven behaviors, exposure hierarchy, opposite actions
Week 6: Key Takeaways
Review all that you have learned in this microcredential and complete our satisfaction survey!
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