Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

• 1. The Continuing Education Board and the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre shall jointly elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee, which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.

  2. The Postgraduate Diploma shall only be available to those who are enrolled on or who have successfully completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or the Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or, at the discretion of the Standing Committee, another postgraduate certificate offered by the Board.

  3. The course will consist of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and classes on the principle and practice of cognitive behavioural therapy, together with clinical practice in cognitive behavioural therapy. The course willis be takenavailable on a part-time basis overonly.

  4. aThe periodpolicy of notthe lessContinuing thanEducation threeBoard termson andvariable nointensity morepart-time thanpostgraduate ninestudy termsapplies to this award.

• 25. Every candidate willshall be required to satisfy the examiners in the followingeither:

  • (a) attendancePapers atA1 ii), A2 and A3 (the Core papers) and papers as specified for any one specialism listed in the appropriateSchedule classroom-basedbelow; courses including small group case supervisions;or

  • (b) supervisedPapers treatmentas specified for any two of atthe leastspecialisms fivelisted patients by cognitive behavioural therapy;

  • (c) six audio- or videotape presentations of behavioural therapy sessions;

  • (d) three written case presentations, each of no more than 4,000 words;

  • (e) a dissertation of no more than 10,000 words on a topic approved byin the examiners.

  • TheSchedule sixbelow audio-except orthat videotapeSpecialism presentationsE: underComorbid, (c), the three case presentations under (d),Chronic and theSystemic dissertationDifficulties underand (e)Specialism shallF: Children and Adolescents may not both be forwarded to the examiners for consideration by such date as the examiners shall determine and shall notify candidates and tutorsoffered.

• 36. Candidates may be requiredwishing to attendoffer apapers vivafor vocetwo examinationspecialisms atmay only do so if the endStanding ofCommittee is satisfied that they have sufficient prior training and study equivalent to the coursematerial ofstudied studyfor atPapers the discretion of the examinersA1-3.

• 47. TheWritten examinersassignments mayshall awardbe asubmitted distinction to candidates forvia the DiplomaUniversity approved online assessment platform by the dates provided in the specialism handbook provided at the start of the year. 

• 58. Recordings of clinical and supervision sessions shall be submitted by such means and such dates as are provided in the specialism handbook. Presentations shall be delivered at such times and locations as are provided in the specialism handbook.

  9. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in any of the audio- or videotape presentationsassessments under 2(c),5 theabove three case presentations under 2(d), or the dissertation under 2(e) maywill be permitted to resubmit work in respect of the part or parts of the examination which they have failed for examination on not more than one occasion which shall normally be within one year of the original failure. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in any of the assessments under 5 above may supplicate for the Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or the Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy provided the requirements for the relevant award have been met.

   10. Papers successfully completed for the Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or the Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy will be counted towards the requirements for the Diploma provided that the time elapsed since completing the Postgraduate Certificate is not normally more than two years.

  11.Where a candidate who has been awarded a Postgraduate Certificate is subsequently awarded the Postgraduate Diploma then the Diploma will subsume the lower award.

Schedule

Note: Not all papers may be available every year.

A Core

• A1 i) (Candidates for the Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Studies)

• One assignment of not more than 2,000 words, based on the theoretical content 

• A1 ii) (Candidates for the Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and the MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

• One clinical assessment report of not more than 2,000 words.

• A2 One clinical recording

• A3 One case report of up to 4,000 words

B Specialism: Psychological Trauma and Personality Development

• B1 One assignment of not more than 2,000 words based on the theoretical content

• B2 One clinical recording

• B3 One clinical assessment report of not more than 2,000 words

• B4 One case report of not more than 6,000 words

C Specialism: Psychosis and Bipolar

• C1 A research presentation of up to 20 minutes duration based on the theoretical content

  C2 One clinical recording

  C3 One case report of not more than 6,000 words

  C4 One case presentation of up to 15 minutes duration

D Specialism: Supervision and Training

• D1 One assignment of not more than 2,000 words based on the theoretical content

• D2 One supervision recording

• D3 One supervision critique of not more than 2,000 words

• D4 One training report of not more than 4,000 words

E Specialism: Comorbid, Chronic and Systemic Difficulties 

• E1 Clinical recording I

• E2 Clinical recording II

• E3 Case report I of not more than 4,000 words

• E4 Case report II of not more than 4,000 words

F Specialism: Children and Adolescents

• F1 Clinical recording I

• F2 Clinical recording II

• F3 Case report I of not more than 4,000 words

• F4 Case report II of not more than 4,000 words