Zizi E Ibrahim
Fayoum University, Egypt
Title: Therapeutic competencies in reducing emotional and social distress after cognitive behavior therapy training program
Biography
Biography: Zizi E Ibrahim
Abstract
Statement of problem: This paper addresses the question that a brief cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) training program enhances psychologist's skills as reflected in helping students with emotional and social problems. 35 school psychologists (20 Female and 15 male) have received intensive CBT training for six days during two weeks followed by one to one supervision in school sittings for three months. Participants completed CBT skill scale (Arabic form of CTS (Young & beck, 1980)) before and after training. Individual and group counselling sessions delivered to male and female (age mean = 13.7 years) students known of emotional and social problems during the current school year. Supervisors wrote a report in the end of three months practice, students and parent's feedback had collected.
Results: They show that differences between pre and post scores on CBT skills scale are statistically significant (t= 2.9), supervisors reports and students feedback indicate improving therapeutic skills by the end of three months
practice.
Conclusion: CBT training program has positive influence in enhancing CBT skills in school psychologists that reflected in providing effective counselling for students with emotional and social problems. Supervision helped in optimizing the therapeutic outcome in both individual and group therapy sessions.