

It is not a hierarchical model, with some domains being more important or requiring more skill than others. This is intended to help users see how the various activities fit together. The framework locates competences across five domains. It is not about correcting "faulty" thoughts or thinking positively. This leads to a third principle, which is that CBT should help clients learn skills which enable them to cope with future adversity in a more effective way.ĬBT is an approach that is intended to help clients to take stock of the way they behave and the way they think about themselves and others, and to see whether there are alternative perspectives and actions that could be more useful to them. A second principle is that, although a structured therapy, it works best if therapists consistently maintain a sense that clients need to understand themselves through a process of 'guided-discovery', so that they find out about themselves for themselves. One of the most important features of CBT is that it is intended to be collaborative - the client is encouraged to share responsibility for the work, and to be an active co-participant in their therapy. Practitioners need to understand the rationale for what they are doing, and not treat CBT as a set of techniques. It is helpful to bear in mind that CBT is guided by a knowledge base and a philosophy, and that its techniques flow from this.

The framework describes the various activities which need to be brought together in order to carry out CBT effectively and in line with best practice. A brief description of CBT and the competence framework
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This site gives open access to the framework and to background documentation that explains how to use the framework. Welcome to the CBT competences framework for depression and anxiety disorders.
