Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training

May - June 2013

Voluntary Action Fund funded the training costs for the CBT programme.  All of the participants enjoyed the training and gained a lot from it. 

Participant Feedback
 • “I found the course extremely interesting and it will help me deal with situations differently. I think that it will help in dealing with my daughter and with problems at work”.

• “Enjoyed the course, learned some new life skills which I will try to put into practise in all areas of my life”.

• “Excellent course- Thank you again! More Please! Think that this will be a really effective tool in helping young people to think more realistically about their challenges. It was also good for learning about yourself too. Will do the on line course in the meantime”.

• “Useful in my volunteering – help to advise the kids on how to handle situations and keep things in perspective. Enjoyable and valuable”.

• “The CBT course was fantastic learned a lot about how I used to respond to situations and why, but now I can think about what I have learned and use it more appropriately, especially the fact and opinion exercise and I will try to pass as much of this new found knowledge on to my daughters as possible”.

• “CBT will be useful in my work in a call centre and will help me deal with my teenage girls. Thank you”.

• “Very good and hope to get more information on it and a longer course”.

• “I found the course thought provoking”.

• “I thoroughly enjoyed the CBT course. I have learned more about myself too! This will be useful in many situations: help at home (teenage son), work (angry client), school etc. I look forward to using the methods I have learnt about”.

• “Opened up new ways of thinking, how to deal with different situations. Be able to use it in relation to the children’s behaviour. Able to teach my own children these ways of thinking from a much earlier age than I did”.

• “Enjoyed course very much and learned a lot about it. Will use it to change my attitude to various situations. The two ladies that did the course were very good”.

• “Can use this with my own kids. Thought that it was very useful and informative”.

• “Helps to step back and think before reacting to a situation. The course was very useful and full of good information “.

• “I will use what I’ve learned to deal with my own kids and with my volunteering”.

• “I will use this course to help with my own kids as well as in my workplace. It has made me see things differently”.

• “The CBT course will be very useful in many aspects of my daily life. It will be useful in challenging my own thoughts and behaviours and remind me to think more realistically. It will also allow me to put things into perspective more easily in relation to what the task is over consequence”.

• “Thanks for an interesting and thought provoking course. I found it helpful and worthwhile”.

• “Really benefitted from this course as I’ve learned to take a step back and think what may be going on in someone else’s head, rather than reacting to what I think is going on in their head”.