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Using an Evidence-Based Methodology to Identify the Competences Required to Deliver Effective Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2008

Anthony D. Roth  and
Stephen Pilling
Anthony D. Roth*
Affiliation:
University College London, UK
Stephen Pilling
Affiliation:
University College London, UK
*
Reprint requests to Anthony D. Roth, Joint Course Director, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. E-mail: a.roth@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

A number of developments make the formal specification of competences in CBT both timely and relevant, in particular the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, the increasing focus on process and therapist variables in determining outcome, and the increasing diversity of CBT. This paper outlines the development of an evidence-based methodology for determining both a model and a framework for CBT competences, and considers issues related to the implementation of the framework.

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Cognitive behaviour therapytherapist competencecompetence

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 129 - 147
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2008

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