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Psychotherapists and Cognitive Behaviour Therapists

Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists use a variety of therapies in one-on-one or group settings to help people with mental health issues, stress, emotional and relationship problems.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£17,023
£31,496
£46,893

New workers start around £17,023. Normal pay is £31,496 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £46,893.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 12,936 vacancies for this type of job

7.34%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Helps people come up with new ways to cope with their problems and to change their ways of thinking.

  • Analyses events, behaviour, and habits to understand their mode of thinking and feelings.

  • Talks with patients about their emotions, relationships and personal history.

  • Assesses and provides treatment for people suffering with mental illness, stress, and emotional and relationship problems.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Psychology

  • Mental Health

  • Psychotherapy

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Working With Children

  • Clinical Psychology

  • Auditing

  • Due Diligence

  • Clinical Supervision

  • Trauma Care

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Teaching

  • Management

  • Communication

  • Research

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • Resilience

  • Enthusiasm

  • Presentations

  • Interpersonal Communications

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

University of Portsmouth

DipHE · 2 Years · Full-time · Eastleigh · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

University of Westminster, London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/104

Psychology (Criminal Behaviour)

University of Wolverhampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Wolverhampton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Psychological Studies

University of Plymouth

BSc (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Plymouth · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Psychology (with Foundation Year)

Bournemouth University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Poole · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/72

Psychology

University of Buckingham

BSc (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time · Buckingham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/128

Psychology

Liverpool Hope University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Psychology

University of Glasgow

MA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Glasgow · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

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