Registration closes at 9:00am on 10 November 2027
Workshop overview:
You know your subject. But do your learners leave your training actually changed, thinking differently, practicing differently and applying what they have learned back in their work? If there is a gap between your knowledge as a clinician and your confidence as a trainer, this workshop bridges it.
We have brought together the best evidence, practice and over 25 years of CBT training experience to give you a rich, practical toolkit for creating training that genuinely transfers into practice. Whether you are developing a new event or reimagining something you already deliver, you will leave with a concrete design ready to put into action, and a clearer, more energised sense of yourself as a trainer.
Expect an experiential day: you will be learning about interactive training through interactive training.
Learning objectives
By the end of the day, you will be able to:
- create a learning environment that skillfully balances challenge and support, drawing on andragogical principles and an understanding of learning models
- define what is meant by interactive, experiential training and why it is an invaluable additional way of learning
- identify your own learning style preferences and understand their implications for how you design and facilitate training for others
- structure training sessions using the learning cycle to encourage whole-person engagement, deep processing, and lasting retention across different sensory modalities
- select from a diverse range of interactive training methods and map them thoughtfully onto your learning objectives and audience
- apply principles of inclusive and accessible training design so that your events work for the full breadth of your participants, not just those who learn most like you
References
Fennell, M. (2010). Training skills. In Oxford Guide to Surviving as a CBT Therapist. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199561308.003.0017
Muse, K., Kennerley, H. & McManus, F. (2022). The why, what, when, who and how of assessing CBT competence to support lifelong learning. Cognitive Behavioural Therapist doi:10.1017/S1754470X22000502
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Certificate of attendance
A digital certificate stating the hours of live participation in the workshop will be available to download after the training.
Workshop recording available to attendees
By attending this workshop, I understand I am giving my consent for the workshop to be video recorded and for this video recording to be available to people attending the workshop live and for it to be sold separately, for the amount of time determined by OCTC and outlined in the purchase agreement. My name (if displayed onscreen) and image may form part of the recording. Recordings are the property of OCTC and making copies of these recordings or sharing login details is not permitted. Please do not reveal details which may compromise the anonymity of clients.
The recording will be available to view for 12 months.
Presenters
Dr Helen Kennerley, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Helen Kennerley is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a founder member of the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, where she was for many years Director of the postgraduate courses in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies and the MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She is currently the lead for the OCTC / University of Oxford Certificate in Supervision and Training. She is an experienced clinician now specialising in childhood trauma. She has made valuable contributions to the field of cognitive therapy through her popular workshops and her writings. Amongst other publications, she is the author of Overcoming Anxiety and co-author of An Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, both of which have been highly commended by the British Medical Association. In 2002, Helen was also voted one of the most influential female cognitive therapists in Britain by BABCP members.
Dr Rachel Manser, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Rachel Manser trained as a Clinical Psychologist with Oxford University over 20 years ago. She has worked across many NHS settings as a Clinical Psychologist including IAPT, AMHTs, EIS and inpatient settings. She has also worked as a therapist/Research Clinical Psychologist on various research trials, using imagery-based CBT for people with a bipolar disorder diagnosis as well as on the Talking with Voices II trial, for people distressed by voice hearing. She currently works as a Clinical Psychologist in the Oxfordshire Early Intervention in Psychosis service. Rachel also works in the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre (OCTC) as a supervisor, trainer and a tutor/Bipolar Disorder curriculum lead on OCTC’s post graduate certificate in Enhanced CBT: psychosis and bipolar disorder. Rachel brings extensive expertise in delivering and supervising CBT, alongside a strong track record of collaborating with commissioners to develop bespoke training. She currently serves as the CPD Lead for OCTC.
Additional Information
Cancellation & changes policy
If you cancel more than 14 days prior to your booked event, we will refund your fee minus a charge of 15% to cover our administration costs. We regret that cancellations 14 days or less before the booked event cannot be refunded or changed/transferred.
If you wish to change/transfer your booking after confirmation we will do our best to accommodate you if you notify us 14 days prior to your booked event, and if there is space to do so. However there will be an administration charge of £15 per change/transfer.
Confidentiality
Workshops often contain clinical material. This is always anonymised as far as possible but delegates are none the less reminded to respect confidentiality.
All that is discussed in your therapy sessions will be treated as confidential, with the following exceptions.
We are required to seek supervision by our professional body (The British Psychological Society or equivalent) as a means of ensuring good practice. We will usually inform your referrer of your progress, but the details that we disclose will be discussed with you. We do have a statutory obligation to break confidentiality under rare circumstances, namely, if we believe that a client is of danger to themselves or to others (under the Mental Health Act, 2001) or if we believe that a child is at actual risk of physical or sexual abuse (The Children Act, Section 47, 1989).
If we felt that it would be helpful to request additional medical, social or legal information, we could only do this with your consent. Similarly, should another medical, social or legal professional request information from us, we would not release this without your consent.
Disclaimer
OCTC makes every effort to ensure that this programme is delivered as advertised. However, should a presenter have to cancel, we will endeavour to find another suitable presenter. We will inform attendees as soon as is reasonably practical and, if requested, will offer a refund. In the rare event that we are unable to substitute a presenter, we may cancel a workshop and refund payments already made by attendees. OCTC will not refund travel and accommodation costs that attendees may incur.
All the workshops in this programme are carried out by highly experienced therapists and trainers. The individual presenter is responsible for the content of the workshop and any views expressed do not necessarily represent those of OCTC.
Although highly informative, none of the open workshops or workshop series confer a formal qualification or assurance of competence in CBT (or a specialist area of CBT) since we are unable to assess attendee competency within the training event. However, credit and award-bearing courses that lead to formal qualifications are offered by OCTC in conjunction with the University of Oxford. More about these courses is available on our website www.octc.uk
Levels of competence
Before booking a place on a workshop, please ensure that it is pitched at the appropriate level of competence for you. The guide to levels is as follows:
Basic
Basic workshops are for people from a variety of backgrounds, who have at least one year’s clinical experience. Cognitive behavioural knowledge is not necessary for attendance at these workshops, though in practice, a number of attendees will have some skills in the area, and are refreshing/updating their knowledge.
Intermediate
Intermediate workshops are directed towards people who already have knowledge of CBT, and experience in using cognitive formulations and treatment methods – for instance, they are able to identify and test automatic thoughts, and design behavioural experiments. Most participants will be using CBT as part of their clinical practice, and may still be acquiring new CBT skills.
Advanced
Advanced courses are directed towards those professionals who use CBT routinely as part of their clinical practice. They have probably undertaken a significant number of training courses and/or workshops, and use a broad range of cognitive behavioural strategies to work with a range of presentations at varying levels of complexity.
Making reservations
Bookings can only be considered confirmed after we have received your online registration or application form and payment (or invoicing details, including an official purchase order document).
The registration closing date for each workshop is shown on the workshop description page. Please note that no applications received after this deadline will be permitted.
If you are booking a workshop place for someone else, you must complete your own details in the billing field, but ENTER THE WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS NAME/ADDRESS in the shipping field. If you wish to order items using a paper order form instead of online, you can view or download an order form in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Once downloaded, print it out, fill it in, and send off with your payment [cheque made payable to OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST] to the address on the form.
Refreshments
The cost of the workshops includes hot drinks on arrival, mid-morning and mid-afternoon, but not usually lunch unless stated. However, for workshops that do include lunch, if you have any special dietary requirements please let us know at the time of application.
Accessibility requirements
We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. If you have any particular needs, please contact us
prior to booking.