Thinking That Drives Behaviour: A CBT-Informed Approach for Volunteers
Enhance your volunteer journey with practical CBT informed tools that encourage reflection and nurture growth in those you support.
Upcoming Run: 11th Oct 2025
Upcoming Run: 11th Oct 2025
Thinking That Drives Behaviour: A CBT-Informed Approach for Volunteers
SPS-009-CBT
$0.00
Duration: 8.00 hours
Upcoming Run: 11th Oct 2025
Sign Up nowCourse Fees & ScheduleWhat is it about?
Do you ever feel unsure how to respond when someone voices a self-defeating or negative thought?
What if you could help them see things differently without giving advice or stepping outside your role?
Change doesn’t happen because we tell someone to change; it happens when they discover the reasons and confidence to do it themselves. This module bridges the gap between Singapore’s correctional strategies and your everyday volunteer work, showing how simple, structured conversations can spark insight and open the door to change.
What Is This Module About?
This 8-hour, face-to-face training introduces volunteers to the foundations of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in a correctional setting. You’ll learn how thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are connected, and how these patterns can reinforce or challenge offending behaviour. Rather than stepping into a therapeutic role, you’ll discover how to use safe, reflective questioning to help others see new perspectives while staying firmly within your volunteer boundaries.
You will learn:
Apply the STFB (Situation, Thought, Feeling, Behaviour) model to understand thinking patterns linked to offending.
Recognise and reflect on common cognitive distortions that can influence behaviour.
Use Socratic questioning to safely encourage self-awareness and change without giving direct advice.
Support reflection and growth within your volunteer role, maintaining safe and ethical boundaries.
How This Course Makes a Difference?
Transform conversations with tools that support reflection not correction
You don’t need to fix people. You just need to help them see clearly.
This course empowers volunteers to meet individuals where they are, with empathy, patience, and purpose. By introducing safe, CBT-informed strategies, it helps volunteers guide others toward insight and change without judgment or confrontation. Whether you're new to volunteering or a seasoned mentor, your support can make a lasting impact by fostering reflection over correction, and clarity over confusion.
Understanding the Power of Thought
Discover how thoughts influence feelings and behaviours using the STFB model a simple yet powerful framework from CBT.
From Fixing to Guiding
Learn how to shift from giving advice to asking the right questions that support self-reflection and personal insight
Recognising Thinking Traps
Gain insight into common cognitive distortions observed in correctional settings and learn how to respond with clarity and compassion.
Socratic Questioning for Volunteers
Practice using respectful, open-ended questions to gently challenge unhelpful thoughts without stepping into a therapist's role.
Safe and Supportive Conversations
Build your confidence in engaging in emotionally safe dialogues that promote trust, understanding, and reflective change.
Reflect Before You Respond
Use CBT concepts to reflect on your own reactions and avoid unintentionally leading or confronting the people you serve.
Who is it for?
Ready to Guide Real Change Through Conversation?
Change starts not with advice, but with understanding. Many individuals carry deeply rooted thoughts that shape how they see themselves, others, and the world. Volunteers who recognise this can respond with empathy, structure, and confidence without stepping outside their role.
Spiritual Counsellors & In-Care Facilitators
Strengthen your ability to guide reflective conversations by applying CBT tools that uncover thinking patterns, while staying within your spiritual and supportive role.
Aftercare Befrienders & Community Volunteers
Support ex-offenders in challenging unhelpful thoughts without stepping into a therapist’s role, using safe, structured questioning to encourage self-awareness.
Volunteers Working with Families
Learn to recognise and address negative thought patterns that affect family relationships during reintegration, helping to foster healthier communication and connection.
Youth & Family Support Volunteers
Equip yourself to help young people and families reflect on self-defeating beliefs and behaviours, guiding them toward more positive perspectives in a safe, non-directive way.
Community & Social Service Professionals
Incorporate CBT-informed strategies into your work to improve engagement, enhance problem-solving, and support rehabilitation outcomes.
Prison Care Counsellors & Officers
Apply CBT concepts to foster constructive thinking in inmate interactions, enhancing rehabilitation-focused communication within the correctional environment.
Why Learn with Us
Hands-On & Practical
We believe the best learning happens by doing. Our courses are highly experiential — packed with real-life case studies, role-plays, and interactive group work. You won’t just sit through slides; you’ll practise the skills that matter.
Learn from the Best
Our trainers are experienced practitioners, not just facilitators. They’ve walked the talk and brought wisdom from the field, not just the textbook. Learn from people who’ve been there — and are here to help you grow.
Fun, Safe & Engaging
Learning should feel energising. We foster a warm, inclusive environment where you're encouraged to ask, reflect, laugh, and learn — all while building supportive relationships with fellow participants
Backed by Research
Every course is grounded in evidence-based practices from psychology, social work, education, and communication science. You get practical tools that work — not just trendy jargon.
Designed for Real Life
Our content is real-world-ready. Whether you're navigating tough conversations at home, supporting others in your role, or developing your own mindset, what you learn is instantly applicable.
Lifelong Learning Community
When you join us, you join a movement. All alumni get access to follow-up events, peer circles, and exclusive learning spaces. You stay connected, supported, and part of something bigger — long after the course ends.
Meet your trainers
Alastair Leo
Master Trainer | Counsellor | Coach | NLP Practitioner
Alastair Tan is a counsellor, coach, and adult educator with over 15 years of experience. He has worked extensively with offenders, families, and communities, delivering psychological interventions, WSQ training, and coaching in para-counselling, reflexive practice, and employability. A certified coach and senior counsellor, Alastair supports individuals and families on reintegration, parenting, mental health, and substance use.
- •Master Trainer, Counsellor, Executive Coach and NLP Practitioner
How will the course run?
📌 Course Access Information
This is a 1-day in-person training conducted face-to-face at:
Blended Concept Pte Ltd
Grantral Mall
601 MacPherson Road, #03-11
Singapore 368242
📞 For directions or support, please contact Althea at althea@blendedconcept.com.
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-11 | 09:00 | 17:00 | Face-to-Face |
Course Fees
| Course Structure | Fee (Net Fee after training grant subsidy) |
|---|---|
| Free (Sponsored by Singapore Prison Service)This course is complimentary for volunteers and staff from partner organisations of the Singapore Prison Service. | Free |
