Foundational CBT

Gain confidence in CBT with step-by-step training grounded in real-world practice in this online course.

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About the course

Start date

Immediate access

Length

12hrs | 12 months access

Who this course is for

For Mental Health & Health Professionals, Coaches

Accreditation

12 CE / CME CreditsSee all accreditation details

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Build confidence and strengthen your core therapeutic skills. This beautifully designed foundational CBT training gives you a clear framework for structured, purposeful sessions that support lasting, meaningful change for your clients.

Whether you’re new to CBT or looking to build on your skills, this course provides a research-based framework for working with distress. You’ll learn how to support others (and yourself) through difficult emotions, stuck patterns, and unhelpful thinking. Whether you’re aiming to grow as a practitioner, shift your own mindset, or make a greater impact, this training gives you the skills and tools to achieve it. You’ll learn to think like a CBT clinician, structure sessions with confidence, and use practical strategies with purpose.

And it’s not just what you learn but how you learn it. With lessons that are clear, engaging, and easy to absorb, you’ll stay focused and avoid overwhelm. You’ll leave with practical skills you can use immediately and the confidence to use them well.

By the end of this course, you’ll learn how to:

Structure sessions using the CBT model
Use core CBT techniques to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and shift unhelpful patterns
Identify and work with the thoughts, behaviors, and emotional processes that drive distress
Develop case formulations that guide clear and effective therapy
Integrate mindfulness, emotion regulation, and other third-wave strategies
Use CBT with both structure and sensitivity

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Learn from Leading Experts in CBT

This course is taught by internationally recognized CBT clinicians:

David Tolin, bestselling author of Doing CBT, and past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Kevin Chapman, founder of the Kentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders and expert in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders

You’ll also hear from a global faculty of CBT practitioners and educators, whose teaching integrates the latest research with real-world clinical practice.

Contributing Course Trainers

This course also features contributions from leading figures who have shaped modern Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. These include Robert Leahy, a pioneer in emotional processing within CBT; David Barlow, developer of the Unified Protocol for emotional disorders; and Donald Meichenbaum, one of the founders of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

You'll learn directly from the clinicians and researchers who developed, tested, and refined modern Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, drawing insights from a global faculty of CBT clinicians, researchers, and educators, whose work spans anxiety, depression, trauma, and child and adolescent treatment.

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Why Foundational CBT Makes a Difference

If you want to feel grounded in CBT and apply it across a wide range of client concerns, this is the course for you. You’ll leave with practical skills, a clear framework, and a stronger sense of yourself as a CBT practitioner.

This course is ideal if you want to:

Learn CBT step-by-step, from the ground up
Use a clear, evidence-based framework to guide therapy
Build confidence and flexibility across diverse client presentations

A Learning Experience That Suits You

Whether you’re working with anxiety, mood, or behavioral challenges, this course helps you deliver structured and responsive CBT with confidence. You’ll learn at your own pace through:

Beautifully produced video lessons that are a pleasure to watch
Therapy demonstrations that show CBT in action, so you learn by example as well as theory
Step-by-step clinical guidance that builds confidence without overwhelming you
Downloadable tools you can use immediately in session

Foundational CBT is ideal for therapists, psychologists, social workers, and coaches who want to feel more grounded, focused, and effective in session.

New to contemporary CBT? Explore our free expert insight, What is CBT? A Practical Overview for Clinicians, for an introduction to the approach, then look at How Modern CBT Can Help with Emotion Regulation to build your understanding of one of CBT's foundational concepts.

This on-demand course is available to start immediately, with 12 months access. If you would like to request an invoice, please fill out the form here.

Course Overview

Course Modules

Part 1: Introduction to being a CBTer

Module one

This course begins with an introduction to CBT and your course presenters.

Module two

We delve into an overview of CBT, understanding the relationship between thoughts, emotions and behaviors.

Module three

This module looks at the introduction and evolution of CBT.

Module four

We continue by looking at key concepts of cognitive and behavorial theories, with therapy demonstrations to provide examples.

Module five

We investigate what it means to be a good 'CBTer,' including the 10 principles of CBT and important CBT traits.

Module six

Important therapist skills are introduced, including reflective listening, validating, socratic questioning and empathetic listening.

Module seven

This module focuses on how CBT can be adapted for different cultures.

Module eight

Quiz

Part 2: Identifying why people suffer using a CBT lens: cognitions, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors

Module one

Thoughts, emotions and behaviors

Module two

Monitoring maladaptive thoughts, emotions and behaviors

Module three

Identifying and working with unhelpful emotions

Module four

Identifying unhelpful cognitions

Module five

Identifying unhelpful behaviors

Module six

Understanding negative core beliefs

Module seven

Identifying intermediate beliefs

Module eight

Quiz questions (CE)

Part 3: Starting treatment

Module one

Setting up treatment

Module two

Session two and beyond

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Module three

Therapeutic alliance

Module four

Understanding case conceptualization

Module five

Quiz questions (CE)

Part 4: Strategies and techniques for symptom management

Module one

Emotional difficulties

Module two

Strategies for emotion regulation

module three

Problematic cognitions

Module four

Problematic behaviors

Module five

Behavioral techniques in CBT

Module six

Homework

Module seven

Quiz questions (CE)

Part 5: Exposure

Module one

What is exposure and why is it powerful

Module two

Types of exposure

Module three

Commencing exposure

Module four

Post-processing after exposure talks

Module five

Identifying issues

Module six

Quiz questions (CE)

Part 6: Putting it altogether and future planning

Module one

Using the exposure outcomes to help modify negative core beliefs

Module two

CBT in depth

Module three

Helping the client consolidate learnings

Module four

Action planning and relapse prevention

Module five

Terminating therapy

Module six

Outro to the course

Module seven

Quiz questions (CE)

Accredited Continuing Education Credits

Foundational CBT is designed for mental health professionals, health professionals and coaches worldwide. On completion you'll receive an official certificate of completion, which can be submitted to registration bodies for CPD.

This course is accredited for 12 CE/CME credit hours for US licensed professionals:

Psychologists - 12 CE hours, APA — co-sponsored with Amedco, an APA-approved sponsor
Social workers - 12 general CE credits, ASWB ACE
Physicians - 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, ACCME
Nurses - 12 contact hours, ANCC
Counselors, MFTs & addiction professionals - 12 hours, accepted by most US state boards via APA and ASWB ACE credit — see the state-by-state list
Approved CE activity with the New York State boards for Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, and Marriage & Family Therapy.

View the full learner notification for this course (PDF) - includes complete accreditation statements, state board acceptance lists, learning objectives and faculty disclosures.

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Course Overview

Part 1Introduction to being a CBTer

Part 2Identifying why people suffer using a CBT lens: cognitions, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors

Part 3Starting treatment

Part 4Strategies and techniques for symptom management

Part 5Exposure

Part 6Putting it altogether and future planning

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