Psychological Therapies: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Taught)

Please note the majority of places on this course are funded via NHSE (Health Education England). To get a place you will need to be employed as a Trainee High Intensity Therapist in a local service, covering the cost of the training and paying your salary. There is also the option to apply direct as a self-funder.

If you wish to qualify as a cognitive behavioural therapist this course offers an excellent programme of study. With an emphasis on self-practice and self-reflection, it will enhance your therapy skills and support you during an intensive but rewarding year of study.

Teaching is delivered across a mix of classroom and clinical practice-based learning, clinical supervision and intensive skills workshops. This training will provide you with the key competencies and skills to work effectively as a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, providing interventions for a range of clinical presentations.

Our Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapies: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy offers an excellent programme of study for those wishing to qualify as CBT therapists. It is immediately accreditable by the BABCP, the accrediting body for Cognitive Behavioural Therapists in the United Kingdom. On completion of the Diploma you will have met the minimum training standards for provisional accreditation with the BABCP.

Places on this programme are offered via application for a full-time paid trainee position in a service that is part of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Department of Health initiative. These posts may be advertised on the NHS jobs website or in other local press or provider literature. If you would like more information on the IAPT job roles and terms of employment (these may differ between services), we would recommend contacting local service providers direct. Contact details of these can be obtained from the programme administrator.

We do also accept self-funded applications on this course. For this, you will need to have access to relevant training cases and supervision by a BABCP accredited CBT therapist as part of the course, which you will need to find yourself.

Students of CBT have studied on this programme for over ten years, and we have a proven record of producing well-rounded and knowledgeable therapists. Teaching is delivered across a mix of classroom learning, clinical practice-based learning, clinical supervision and intensive skills workshops. In addition to the high-quality teaching, there is an emphasis on self-practice and self-reflection, both to enhance therapy skills and to support students in their journey through an intensive but rewarding year.