DipHE Therapeutic Counselling (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

What can this course lead to?

This qualification provides a professional foundation for you to work as CBT Counsellors or Integrative Practitioners with a CBT specialism. It also offers valuable skills for professionals in allied fields such as health and social care, education, coaching, or human resources, where structured psychological support and behaviour change techniques are beneficial.

Beyond theoretical knowledge, the course develops personal and transferable skills essential for employment in today’s changing professional landscape. Learners will cultivate initiative, adaptability, and sound judgement, equipping them to make effective decisions in diverse and unpredictable contexts.

Graduates leave the programme as confident, capable, and compassionate CBT practitioners, ready to meet the needs of clients with professionalism, empathy, and evidence-based skill. Join us on this rewarding journey to become a reflective and resilient Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.

Graduates will be equipped to:

• Work safely and ethically within a professional counselling framework
• Deliver structured CBT interventions in agency or private practice settings
• Evaluate and integrate current research to inform practice
• Engage in professional supervision and reflective practice
• Continue progressing toward further accreditation or higher-level study in counselling or psychotherapy

Who is it for?

This diploma offers a thorough and practice-focused introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), one of the most widely used and evidence-based approaches in modern counselling and psychotherapy. It will provide you with the opportunity to deepen your self-awareness, strengthen your understanding of CBT theory whilst refining your ability to apply CBT techniques in professional practice.

Designed for those seeking to achieve professional counsellor status or to integrate CBT skills into their existing roles, the qualification is suitable for you if you are working or aspiring to work in areas such as mental health, education, nursing, social work, the voluntary sector, or the emergency services.

Our Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutic Counselling balances academic rigour with practical application, guiding you to develop the insight, skill, and confidence needed to support clients in a structured, goal-oriented, and evidence-informed way.

The programme promotes critical reflection and self-awareness, encouraging you to examine your own values, biases, and responses within the therapeutic relationship. You will engage with both theory and live practice, strengthening your ability to apply CBT interventions ethically and effectively.

What is covered?

Throughout the course, you will explore the principles and models underpinning CBT, including how thoughts, emotions, and behaviours interact. You will learn to help clients recognise unhelpful patterns, develop alternative ways of thinking, and implement behavioural change strategies to enhance wellbeing.

You must take modules worth 120 credits at each level of the course. Each module is worth a specified number of credits.

LEVEL 4

Module 9 CBT Counselling Theory

Module 10 CBT Counselling Practice

Module 3 Theoretical Perspectives in Human Development and Counselling

Module 4 Integrating Other Counselling Approaches and Creative Therapies

LEVEL 5

Module 7 Understanding and Addressing Mental Health Anxiety, Depression and Phobias

Module 8 Integrating Theory, Practice and Self

Module 11 Relationship counselling

Theory and Practice