Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) distance learning course This is a professional course appropriate to new students in the field or to existing therapists/ coaches who want to acquire CBT skills as part of their professional armoury. About CBT CBT is a talking therapy that uses how the subject thinks & feels about events in their life to explore their behaviours & attitudes in subsequent situations & relationships. A CBT therapist will try to help their subjects recognise & comprehend thought patterns & significant influences to help them understand their behaviour & reactions & alter them in more acceptable or desirable forms. About our CBT distance learning course Our CBT training features extensive core counselling modules with the aim of helping the student to achieve the National Occupational Standard for CBT related counselling. What are my options after the course? Get a job as a CBT counsellor. Successful completion of the course will qualify you to work as a counsellor advising & helping individuals&44; couples&44; families or even groups of people. Counselling could also be undertaken on the phone or even over the internet&44; in addition to in-person. Build your career. To further advance your career in CBT&44; you have the option to continue training&44; become a psychotherapist & work for an agency or set up as a teacher or mentor. You could also go into private practice in the sector. Psychotherapists have earnings potential of up to &194;&163;100&44;000*pa. * Source: Payscale.com&44; Oct 2012