Understand the models. Practise the reasoning. Learn where each approach fits.
Start with a self-paced introduction that makes psychology understandable even if it is new to you. Then move into live applied classes where you can work through fictional cases, try structured exercises and learn how a thoughtful practitioner decides what to ask before choosing a technique. The two stages are designed to connect, while giving experienced learners enough depth to examine familiar ideas more carefully.
Educational training with fictional cases. This course does not confer an independent clinical qualification.
The course in one view
Stage 1 — Introductory self-paced course
Eight recorded lessons with substantial reading notes and reflection questions. Learn the vocabulary, history and central ideas of cognitive behavioural therapy, rational emotive behaviour therapy and The Mind Point's cognitive behaviour modification teaching strand (CBMT). Work through examples at your own pace before you are expected to apply a model.
Stage 2 — Applied live course
Eight facilitated sessions built around case formulation, technique choice, role play, feedback and revision. Study how CBT, REBT and CBMT can ask different questions about one situation, and how context, consent, professional boundaries and new information affect a plan. Applied teaching happens live; this stage is not presented as a pre-recorded lecture package.
First learn to name what you are seeing. Then practise deciding what to do with what you know—and what you still need to find out.
Who this course is for
Begin with ordinary situations, clear definitions and step-by-step examples. You do not need a psychology degree to understand the introductory lessons. You can pause, reread and return to a concept before moving on.
Connect terms from textbooks to specific cases. Practise separating an observed event from an interpretation, a hypothesis from a fact, and a technique from the reason for choosing it.
Revisit the foundations through formulation, collaborative inquiry, ethical adaptation and outcome review. Use the applied sessions to test your reasoning and identify questions for your own qualified supervision.
Get a serious introduction without being expected to diagnose anyone or conduct therapy. Learn how psychological models are used, what they can explain and why professional training matters beyond a certificate course.
What you'll be able to do
The concrete things you should be able to do by the end of the programme.
Describe a situation, thought or image, feeling, bodily response, action and consequence without treating them as interchangeable.
Explain how a behaviour can bring relief immediately and still keep a difficulty going over time.
Distinguish a CBT automatic thought, intermediate rule and possible core belief; test your inference against the person's context.
Use REBT's ABCDE map to explore rigid demands while preserving the reality of loss, unfairness, family commitments and practical problems.
Explain The Mind Point's CBMT strand through self-observation, action-based self-instruction, rehearsal and feedback; recognise the broad phases of stress inoculation training.
Build and revise a provisional case formulation; choose questions and methods for a reason rather than from a label alone.
Compare cognitive inquiry, behavioural experiments, behavioural activation, exposure and skills practice, including conditions that may make an exercise unsuitable.
Review what changed, what did not, and what a setback plan should include.
Curriculum
Eight recorded lessons with substantial reading notes and reflection questions. Learn the vocabulary, history and central ideas, and work through examples at your own pace before you are expected to apply a model.
Recorded lessons, a separate student reading manual, fictional examples, reflection prompts and worked reasoning. Learners can move through the foundational teaching at their own pace.
Begin with an everyday situation and separate what happened from what someone predicted, felt and did. Learn how to distinguish observation, report and hypothesis. This gives beginners a way into the course and gives experienced learners a useful check against premature conclusions.
Trace the questions that shaped behavioural learning, Beck's cognitive model, Ellis's REBT and Meichenbaum's cognitive behaviour modification work. Compare the approaches by what each helps us notice, rather than treating their names as interchangeable.
Map a situation, meaning, emotion and body response, action, immediate consequence and later consequence. See how an avoidance cycle may form, and how an unfair or unsafe environment changes the interpretation of the same diagram.
Recognise fast thoughts or images, conditional assumptions and broader belief themes. Explore familiar thinking-pattern labels with care: they are prompts for inquiry, not judgments about a person or proof that a genuine concern is false.
Understand why feelings deserve attention and how consequences shape action. Introduce negative reinforcement, behavioural activation, exposure and skills learning in plain language, with clear distinctions among them.
Work from an activating event through belief and consequence, then explore disputation and a more flexible effective perspective. Examine demands, awfulising, frustration tolerance and global self-ratings without asking someone to deny a real loss.
Learn how self-observation, a brief task-specific self-instruction, rehearsal and feedback can support a chosen action. Meet the broad phases of stress inoculation training without treating the method as a promise of immunity to stress.
Apply the three lenses to one fictional workplace situation. Separate what is known from what is inferred, ask about the environment, and prepare for the more demanding decisions in the live applied stage.
How the learning works
The introductory course gives every learner a shared vocabulary before asking them to make complex decisions. The reading notes go beyond a quick slide deck: they explain the meaning, purpose, examples, practical uses and limits of each topic.
An unanswered email, presentation feedback, family expectations or a difficult workplace conversation can produce more than one plausible explanation. Learners practise asking what information is missing and what new fact would change an initial view.
In the applied classes, faculty demonstrate a thought process, invite learners to practise it, introduce new details and debrief why a plan may need to change. Learning is evaluated through reasoning and responsible limits, not only recall of technique names.
Included learning materials
Introductory student reading notes
Supplied separately from the teaching script.
Introductory recorded lessons
Shown with their real release and access state once published in the LMS.
Applied student reading notes
Supplied separately from the live faculty guide.
Fictional case examples, reflection questions, practice tasks and model reasoning
Within the course materials.
Live applied teaching
According to the actual cohort schedule and enrolment option.
The faculty recording script and live faculty guide are internal teaching documents, not downloadable student benefits.
Course options
Best for: First-time learners, people entering from another field and anyone who wants a careful foundation or refresher.
₹1,499
Outcome: Explain core concepts, distinguish the three approaches and analyse a fictional case without jumping to diagnosis or a technique.
Upgrade to the live cohort later for the ₹2,000 difference.
Best for: Learners who have completed the introduction or already know the core vocabulary and want guided practice.
₹3,499
January 2027 cohort · Starts 19 January 2027 · Tuesday & Thursday · 7:30 pm–8:30 pm IST
Outcome: Practise formulation, method selection, role play, adaptation and review with faculty guidance.
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Assessment and completion
The introductory stage includes knowledge checks and fictional case reflections so learners can confirm they understand the language of the models. Applied learning uses case analysis, discussion and practice of a reasoned decision.
Questions
No prior psychology study is required for the introductory self-paced stage. The lessons begin with ordinary situations and define the technical terms before using them in cases.
The introduction is useful as a shared foundation and refresher. If you are comfortable with automatic thoughts, behavioural cycles, the REBT ABCDE map and self-instruction, the applied stage is designed to give you more demanding case reasoning. Follow any actual enrolment prerequisite displayed for the live cohort.
The applied stage is taught live. Replay access is only offered if the specific cohort includes recordings and The Mind Point has approved that benefit.
The Mind Point uses CBMT for its cognitive behaviour modification therapy teaching strand. Here the focus is self-observation, action-based self-instruction, rehearsal, coping skills and feedback. Programmes elsewhere may use different labels or emphases.
You will study models and practise reasoning through fictional cases. Professionals can relate the applied exercises to their existing training and supervision. This certificate alone does not qualify someone to diagnose, provide psychotherapy or work independently with clients.
You are welcome in the introductory stage. It is designed to build understanding without expecting clinical knowledge or personal disclosure. You can decide whether the applied live classes fit your goals after you have seen the foundations.
Yes. The student reading notes are substantive standalone materials for each stage. The introductory teaching script and applied faculty guide are separate internal teaching documents.
These are shown from the current enrolment option and cohort details on the page and at checkout. This course description is not a substitute for those live details.
Ethical and educational note
Educational certificate course. Real clinical practice requires the appropriate qualifications, consent and supervision. This course does not confer an independent clinical qualification, and the certificate does not authorise psychotherapy practice.
The Mind Point brings the foundational models and applied learning into one clear route. Start at your own pace, then join the live work when you are ready to analyse cases, test assumptions and think carefully about the person and the setting behind every technique.
Explore course optionsEducational certificate course. Real clinical practice requires the appropriate qualifications, consent and supervision.