We are proud to have been awarded an IoPPN Excellence Award in 2018 for student satisfaction in the Postgraduate Taught Education Survey (PTES). Our Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT) course provides practical, intensive and detailed training to equip you with the necessary skills to become an independent CBT practitioner in accordance with the BABCP guidelines. You will work in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services and train in evidence-based CBT for adults with depression and anxiety disorders.
The programme aims to enable students to build on their existing knowledge and experience of the mental health field and to provide a basis for them to continue to advance their knowledge and understanding. The course aims to provide practical, intensive, and detailed skills training to facilitate skills development and competence in CBT. It aims to equip students to become skilled and creative independent CBT practitioners in accordance with BABCP and NICE guidelines in treating adults with CBT for common psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety.
Trainees attend workshops, tutorials, skills sessions, and supervision to acquire a detailed understanding of CBT models and interventions, together with their evidence-bases and their application in practice. Trainees receive weekly group course supervision in groups of three on one of the two teaching days. Close supervision (watching recordings of therapy sessions) is a course requirement.
Applications for this programme will open 21st April 2026 and close on 6th May 2026.
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