CareerFit CourseFinderCognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy - Sligo St. Angela's
- Course code
- SG_NCOGN_V09
- QQI level
- Level 9
- NFQ type
- —
- Duration
- 2 years part-time, on campus. Study Hours The course consist of 7 modules with a recommendation of 250-300 hours of study per module. On-Campus Attendance On-campus attendance is required on average once weekly throughout the academic year in Year 1 along with an additional days attendance once per month. Approximately 40 days attendance requirement Year 1 and minimal attendance required in Year 2.
- Attendance
- Part time
- CAO points
- —
Course summary
This programme is designed to provide comprehensive education and advanced skills training for Health and Social Care Professionals working in mental health settings. Its overarching goal is to develop and enhance their competence in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBP), enabling them to develop into autonomous and highly skilled Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapists. Upon successful completion, graduates will be fully equipped to practice independently across a range of mental health care settings, delivering evidence-based interventions to support diverse client needs.
The programme is approved at Category 2 level by the NMBI and at level 9 fulfils the CNS criteria as laid out by the HSE. The HSE CNS career pathways was developed in line with the DoH (2019) A Policy on the development of Graduate to Advance Nursing and Midwifery Practice. As part of the HSE Interim CNS pathways candidates are required to be required to demonstrate that they have completed the required postgraduate education or agree and are supported to undertake the required postgraduate education, at level 9 qualification (equivalent to 60 ECTS or above) relevant to the specialist area.