Enhancing HI Treatment: LTCs-MUSs
This programme will develop your understanding of long-term health conditions and medically unexplained symptoms, and teach you how to adapt Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to best support this client group.
There are three sections to the curriculum, each containing several units. The first two sections set out competences applicable to all long-term health conditions. The third describes interventions for people with specific health conditions.
Conditions covered include chronic pain, chronic fatigue, diabetes, cancer, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and coronary heart disease (CHD).
Who can undertake the training?
Applicants will need to be:
- CBT therapists or Practitioner Psychologists
- Accredited as a CBT Therapist with the BABCP
- Working within an NHS Talking Therapies service
- Seeing a minimum of two clients with LTC/MUS comorbid to anxiety/depression for assessment or treatment – in total, they will need to have seen these two clients for a minimum of 10 treatment sessions by the time they submit their log book at the end of the course
- In receipt of regular supervision (individual or group) with a supervisor who has expertise in working with this client group
- Able to bring live case material (recordings) to their supervision session
Course length
9 months (part time), with 10 training days delivered online
Fee
Places are fully funded by NHS England, so there is no cost to the student. If you are interested in a self-funded place, please contact the programme administrator for more information (details at the bottom of this page).
How is the training assessed?
At the end of the course, trainees are required to submit a log book which evidences completion of the following:
- At least 70% attendance at the online training days
- At least two assessment and therapy cases where CBT has been delivered within the context of a long-term physical health condition or persistent and distressing physical symptom/s
- Participation in regular live supervision for the above cases
- Reflection on cases and what has been learned during the course
How to apply
Applications to this programme may only be made through NHS Talking Therapies services recruiting trainees and not directly through the University of Exeter.
If you are interested in applying for this programme, please contact your local NHS Talking Therapies service.
The number of places varies each year as the course is funded by NHS-England and is dependent on funding.
Feedback from participants
Once again Exeter living up to their reputation! This has been so far one of the best IAPT courses I have attended. From webpage (well designed and accessible) to communication with students (clear and precise) and overall the guest speakers. Amazing. Thank you.
I have found this course incredibly helpful in developing my skills as a Step 3 practitioner and to think about things differently when supporting clients who have LTCs.
Contact
Email: ltc-iapt@exeter.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1392 72 2459
When contacting us, please specify that you are enquiring about our high intensity LTC-MUS programme so our team can direct your query accordingly. We look forward to hearing from you.
If you are interested in the low intensity LTC-MUS course, you can find out more here.
