Case Formulation Workshop

Can be taken as an individual course or as a part of:

Approved by the British Psychological Society for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

1 day 7 CPD hours

Course Brief

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Case formulation is a framework used by CBT therapists to understand the origin, current status, and maintenance of the client's problems. Despite being often described as the core skill of every practitioner, the first principle and the cornerstone in CBT, Case Formulation appears to be puzzling and elusive for many practitioners.

This one-day course is set to demystify CFs and to provide the students with the solid foundation for CF work.

The course lays a great deal of emphasis on the practical application of case formulation to both case studies and/or delegates own cases.

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A case formulation is a hypothesis about the psychological mechanisms that cause and maintain an individual’s symptoms and problems (Kuyken et al., 2009; Persons, 2008).

Case formulation is a framework used by CBT therapists to understand the origin, current status, and maintenance of the client's problems. Despite being often described as the core skill of every practitioner, the first principle and the cornerstone in CBT, Case Formulation appears to be puzzling and elusive for many practitioners.

This one-day course is set to demystify CFs and to provide the students with the solid foundation for CF work.

The course lays a great deal of emphasis on the practical application of case formulation to both case studies and/or delegates own cases.

The generation of case formulations is a key skill highlighted within a range of therapeutic modalities from CBT to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and is highly praised by a range of different professional bodies as a key psychotherapeutic skill. Formulations form the basis of both collaboration and the direction for therapy without which therapy can become formulaic or misguided. This one day course explores the key components of CBT Case Formulation, along with options and areas of controversy.

The day lays a great deal of emphasis on the practical application of case formulation to both case studies and/or delegates own cases.

Delegates will find their practice invigorated and enhanced by the training day and will discover the quality and outcomes of their work improved as a result.

Issues covered include:

  • The purposes of case formulation
  • Different types of formulation
  • “Off-the-shelf” RCT driven formulations
  • Idiographic formulations
  • Lower and deeper level formulations (developmental vs. maintenance)
  • Pathology based formulations vs. Outcome based formulations
  • Incorporating client strengths
  • Incorporating alternative core beliefs
  • Testing out whether a formulation is accurate
  • Problems with case formulations
  • Application of case formulations to different cases

This course is part of the training programme that enables you to complete the BPS Approved Master Practitioner Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

You can build up gradually your CBT training portfolio by attending all the courses within the programme at the pace that suits you. All your training hours will be calculated, recorded in an individual validated log and accumulated towards your full Diploma.


This Course is now available as a full recording with an online test via SDS Online Video Training (OVT)

Title: Anger: Case Formulation Workshop

Modality: CBT

CPD Hours Attached: 7 CPD Hours

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Click here for the full SDS Accreditation terms for the BPS Approved Master Practitioner Diploma in CBT: https://skillsdevelopment.co.uk/certificates/cbt_diploma/

Course Tutor

Paul Grantham
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of SDS Seminars

Paul Grantham, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, a Senior Associate of The Royal Society of Medicine, Accredited CBT Therapist. He is the Founder and Director of SDS Ltd and one of the most popular and inspirational tutors in the field of psychological skills training.

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