CBT Competency Self-Assessment Tool

Below is a list of Generic Therapeutic Competencies. The full self assessment tool includes a list of competencies for CBT for OCD.  Please visit the IAPT site for the full self-assessment tool.

GENERIC THERAPEUTIC COMPETENCES

• Knowledge and understanding of mental health problems (6 competences)
• Knowledge of, and ability to operate within, professional and ethical guidelines (13 competences)
• Knowledge of a model of therapy, and the ability to understand and employ the model in practice (18 competences)
• Ability to engage the client (8 competences)
• Ability to foster and maintain a good therapeutic alliance, and to grasp the client’s perspective and ‘world view’ (37 competences)
• Ability to deal with emotional content of session (3 competences)
• Ability to manage endings (4 competences)
• Ability to undertake generic assessment (relevant history and identifying suitability for intervention) (11 competences)
• Ability to make use of supervision (17 competences)

Full self assessment tool and guide