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CBT - Cognitive Behavior Therapy Online CoursesWith a World-Renowned CBT Faculty

Our courses are designed to help you easily learn how to apply CBT using a practical framework, strategies and skills, building competence that improves client outcomes.

David TolinAnxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living
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Barbara Rothbaum Emory University
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Kevin ChapmanKentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
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Build Confidence and Skills Applying CBT in Practice

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Learn from the Best in CBT

Learn with a diverse faculty of pioneering CBT developers, expert trainers and clinicians, combining the best of traditional and modern CBT.

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Exceptional Learning Experiences in CBT

Learn modern CBT which combines cognitive, behavioral, and emotion regulation approaches, through case-based examples and therapy demonstrations.

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Earn Continuing Education Credits

Meet your professional development requirements while advancing your clinical skills.

Build a Strong Foundation in CBT

Develop the core framework and practical skills to apply CBT confidently in clinical practice.
Foundational CBT

Foundational CBT

For Mental Health & Health Professionals, Coaches
Immediate access
12hrs | On-Demand (12 months access)

Learn CBT step by step with clear, practical training you can apply right away. This foundational course builds your confidence and clinical skill - so you can deliver structured, evidence-based therapy with clarity and care, while integrating third-wave strategies like mindfulness and emotion regulation.

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Develop CBT Skills for Specific Clinical Presentations

Deepen your CBT skills for trauma, anxiety and depression with training tailored to the challenges of each presentation.
CBT for Trauma

CBT for Trauma

Learn evidence-based CBT for trauma and PTSD from leading trauma experts. This course helps you integrate cognitive and exposure-based strategies into a flexible, compassionate approach - so you can meet clients where they are and support meaningful recovery, even in the face of dissociation, flashbacks, or overwhelming distress.

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CBT for Anxiety Disorders

CBT for Anxiety Disorders

Guided by world-leading experts in anxiety treatment, learn how to treat anxiety disorders with evidence-based CBT. Go beyond general skills and target the specific patterns that maintain anxiety- like avoidance, worry, and safety behaviours - so you can help clients build confidence and move forward with real progress.

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CBT for Depression

CBT for Depression

Build practical skills and clinical confidence in evidence-based CBT for depression. This course goes beyond general training to give you specialized tools to break through hopelessness, low motivation, and stuck patterns - helping clients re-engage with life and move toward lasting, meaningful change.

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A Unified Approach to Emotional Disorders

Learn an innovative, emotion-focused treatment that helps you address the psychological processes underlying multiple disorders and support clients with overlapping presentations.
Unified Protocol for Emotional Disorders

Unified Protocol for Emotional Disorders

For Mental Health & Health Professionals, Coaches
Starts 1 Sep
6 weeks | 12hrs total (12 months access)

Learn to treat a range of emotional disorders with the Unified Protocol (UP), a transdiagnostic approach for addressing multiple conditions simultaneously. Discover the elegance and simplicity of this evidence-based, eight-step approach and help clients respond to uncomfortable emotions and reduce symptoms effectively.

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Learn from a Faculty Shaping Evidence-Based CBT

Our global faculty brings together more than 30 researchers, treatment developers, and clinicians whose work has helped shape contemporary CBT practice, including:

Bringing these perspectives together reflects how CBT is used in practice across different presentations and contexts, rather than a single approach or model. Learn from the people who developed and tested these approaches, gaining a deeper understanding of what to target in therapy, why particular interventions are used, and how to adapt them in clinical practice.

Beyond learning which interventions to use, you'll develop formulation-first thinking, adapt evidence-based approaches to individual clients, and make effective clinical decisions across a range of presentations.

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CBT Expert Faculty

Unrivaled CBT Expertise From the Leaders of CBT

Donald Meichenbaum
Donald Meichenbaum Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Pioneer
Robert Leahy
Robert LeahyDirector, The American Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
David Tolin
David TolinFounder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living
Barbara Rothbaum
Barbara RothbaumCo-Developer of Prolonged Exposure Therapy
David Barlow
David BarlowFounder of the Unified Protocol
Leslie Sokol
Leslie SokolDistinguished Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
Patricia Resick
Patricia ResickDeveloper of Cognitive Processing Therapy
Debra Kaysen
Debra KaysenProfessor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Kevin Chapman
Kevin ChapmanFounder and Director of the Kentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Keith Dobson
Keith DobsonProfessor of Clinical Psychology, University of Calgary
Terence Keane
Terence KeaneDirector, National Center for PTSD Behavioral Sciences Division
Philip Kendall
Philip KendallDistinguished University Professor, Temple University
Candice Monson
Candice MonsonProfessor of Psychology, Ryerson University
Thomas Ollendick
Thomas OllendickDistinguished Professor in Child Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Josephine Ridley
Josephine RidleyAdjunct Associate Professor of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University
Martin Antony
Martin AntonyProfessor of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University
Jesse Wright
Jesse WrightDirector, University of Louiseville Depression Center
Todd Farchione
Todd FarchioneResearch Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University
Steven Hollon
Steven HollonClinical Psychologist on Faculty at Vanderbilt University
Lata McGinn
Lata McGinnProfessor of Psychology, Yeshiva University
Sarah Edelman
Sarah EdelmanClinical Psychologist
Arthur Nezu
Arthur NezuCo-Developer of Emotion-Centered Problem-Solving Therapy
Kelly Chrestman
Kelly ChrestmanAdjunct Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Jessica Bodie
Jessica BodieDirector of Child Services, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania
Anne Marie Albano
Anne Marie AlbanoDirector, Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Daisy Singla
Daisy SinglaIndependent Scientist, Center of Addiction and Mental Health
Judy Garber
Judy GarberCornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

Working with Thoughts, Emotions, and Behavior in CBT

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based framework that helps clinicians understand how thoughts, behaviors, and emotions contribute to psychological difficulties and how targeted intervention can support meaningful change.

Contemporary CBT recognizes that cognition, emotion, and behavior continuously influence one another. Understanding the links between these processes helps clinicians develop clearer case conceptualizations, work more effectively with emotional experience, and make more effective intervention decisions.

Across our courses, you'll see these principles applied through clinical cases and therapy demonstrations spanning a range of presentations.

Why This Matters

When clinicians can identify what is driving a client’s difficulties and intervene effectively, CBT becomes more targeted, responsive, and effective in practice.

This supports more consistent, high-quality care and better outcomes across a range of presentations and settings.

David Tolin explains more in What Is CBT? A Practical Overview for Clinicians and How Modern CBT Can Help with Emotion Regulation.

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CBT Free Resources

Designed to support you in sessions, build confidence, and strengthen your CBT practice.
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Behavioral Interventions In CBT

Delve into the world of Behavioral Interventions in CBT and discover how actions profoundly influence our thoughts and feelings.
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Expert insight

PTSD and Socratic Dialogue

See Debra Kaysen explain the value of good Socratic dialogue in cognitive therapy for PTSD.
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Clinical tool

CBT Thought Record

Use this resource to explore activating events, thoughts, feelings and behavioral responses.
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Q&A Topic

CBT for Perfectionism

Perfectionism is associated with a range of conditions such as social anxiety and eating disorders. Anxiety expert Martin Antony shares tips for addressing perfectionism in therapy.
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What People Say About Our Courses

4.5
1,943 participant ratings
96.4%
Would recommend to a colleague.
Elena BildPsychologist - Brisbane QLD, Australia

I learned a lot, I really like the content, and I like that we've followed specific patients through their therapy journey. I enjoyed most the therapy, the patient examples, the good explanation, and the resources.

Arthur Gardner BissetPsychologist - Auckland, New Zealand

Incredible quality of materials and the fact that so many well known and super experienced professional contributed - amazing stuff. Also, I enjoyed listening to the experts....doing theory, getting the pdf copy of the course book that aligns 100% with the course timeline.

Roger DavisSocial Worker - Monterey, CA, USA

The information is concise and well-developed. I enjoyed most the conceptualization paradigm within the UP. Also, It is a great generalist approach, and worth learning.

Ditza BergerPsychologist - NYC, NY, USA

I am learning a lot. My training is in CBT but I have not applied it to PTSD in the past and saw PTSD as being something beyond what I could reasonably treat. I enjoyed the most seeing the evolution/progress of the patients as the methods were employed. This course is worth taking.

Zahra FatouraeiCounselor - Calgary, AB, Canada

I learned a lot from this course. It covered a vast amount of interventions. I enjoyed the therapy sessions and how practical the methods are.

Irismar Reis de OliveiraPsychiatrist - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

It's practical and high quality. I like the combination of theoretical aspects provided by Dr. Barlow and the practical demonstrations provided by Todd.

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