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Traditional forms of psychotherapy involve talking a lot about problems and take a long time. This is expensive for the client and isn’t much fun because you have to talk about your weakest points. Of course, it may be worth it if you make gains. But there is an alternative.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy says that by focusing on a client’s existing strengths and using those to build solutions, change can be achieved in only a handful of sessions. In my new course, we’ll explore all about SFBT: what it is, how it works and how to use it.

Preview the course on Udemy or watch the trailer below.

Last month, I teamed up with my friends Peter and Tracey to put together a course on interview skills for candidates. We’re now pleased to announce our second course, Conduct Interviews, which trains IT and technical managers on how to interview candidates for tech roles.

Inside the course, we cover:

• Interview styles and techniques
• Technical tests and pairing exercises
• Psychological safety and implicit bias
• Giving feedback
• Do’s and don’ts

If you want to learn more, you can preview the course here.

I recently teamed up with my friends Peter Alkema and Tracey Ashington to launch our new course all around interview skills to candidates applying to technical and IT roles. If you want to sharpen your skills before your next interview, this is the course for you.

Tracey is a career coach with decades of experience in recruitment. Peter is a digital transformation and leadership expert who wrote his PhD thesis on agile methodology.

Inside the course, we cover:

• Pre-interview preparation
• Technical tests and pairing exercises
• Answering questions like a pro
• Psychology of interviewing
• Adapting your skills for online interviews

If you want to find out more, you can preview the course here.

Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes. In this course, we will cover all of the core topics in cognitive psychology including perception, attention, memory, learning, language, decision-making, emotion and much more. We’ll also look at research methods and how neuroscience is allowing us to see inside the brain.

Preview the course on Udemy or watch the trailer below.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a form of cognitive behavioural therapy that uses acceptance and mindfulness to treat borderline personality disorder, suicidal behaviour and a range of other challenging conditions.

My new course will teach you all about it. Get access to all of my psychology courses via Holbeck College or preview the course on Udemy.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a type of cognitive behavioural therapy that uses mindfulness and acceptance to help people change their lives. My new course introduces all of the key concepts, theory and techniques use in ACT.

You can get access to all of my psychology courses at Holbeck College or preview the course on Udemy. Or watch the video below.

Life coaches help people work out what is important, set goals in line with their values and lead more fulfilling lives. In my new course, I will teach you all of the key skills you need to get started with life coaching. We’ll cover the theory, practice and techniques to help yourself or others get more out of life.

Watch the trailer below or preview the course on Udemy.

Just released a new course: Couples Counselling using Systemic Family Therapy. Helping couples is a different process to individual psychotherapy as there are two sets of needs and emotions to manage, but also that the relationship itself has emergent properties that need to be handled. Systemic therapy provides that underlying theory that we need to make it work.

You can preview the course on Udemy or watch the video below.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the gold standard of psychotherapy because of its proven effectiveness in improving mental health and wellbeing. This course will give you everything you need to understand what CBT is and how to use it.

CBT uses the cognitive model to help us better understand ourselves and make sense of our difficulties and uses a series of cognitive and behavioural strategies to make positive changes in our lives so that we feel better.

Preview the course on Udemy.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is an evidence-based therapy designed to prevent relapse and reoccurrence of depression and anxiety. In my new course, we will explore the programme step-by-step understanding what MBCT is, how it works, and what the programme looks like including practical exercises to try and do.

Preview the course on Udemy.