Acquiring and refining CBT skills and competencies: Which training methods are perceived to be most effective?

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 571-583

  Bennett Levy, James ^a   McManus, Freda ^b   Westling, Bengt E ^c   Fennell, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural therapy; Declarative; Procedural; Reflection; Supervision; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TEACHER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 73449097853     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465809990270     Document Type: Article

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