Level 5 Diploma in HE Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Counselling is an incredibly fulfilling career path, offering a much-need opportunity to support and transform people’s lives. That’s why we are excited to offer our DipHE Cognitive Behavioural Therapy two-year course for students wishing to progress toward a career in counselling. Curated in collaboration with University of Portsmouth, the L5 course supports students to explore different approaches to counselling, as well as giving them the necessary tools to progress into employment or continue studying to top up their diploma to a Bachelor’s degree with our one-year BSc (Hons) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy course. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps people focus on current issues so they can find practical solutions that help them feel better now. You will be taught the practical knowledge and interpersonal skills you need to pursue a career as a cognitive behavioural therapist. You will learn how to help people challenge negative thinking so they can approach situations more positively, guiding them to change how they feel and act so they can deal with issues such as anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), stress, depression and phobias. You could work in areas such as education, the police service, the prison service and the voluntary sector. This course shares the same first year modules as our DipHE Humanistic Counselling and DipHE Gestalt Counselling. As such, you will have the option to switch courses at the end of year one, if you wish.