What happens to CBT therapist competence post training?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Is CBT training effective? A follow-up investigation into the effectiveness of CBT IAPT training in terms of enhancing and sustaining therapist competence.
IRAS ID
124994
Contact name
Sheena Liness
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Research summary
Since 2008 the Post Graduate diploma in CBT at the Institute of Psychiatry/KCL has been part of the Department of Health Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) initiative, training mental health professionals in CBT. To date, approximately 200 trainees have completed the training, attaining competence in CBT with depression and anxiety disorders in IAPT sites. Post-training, past trainees remain linked to the CBT course through the requirement for accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP). This study would like to follow-up past trainees working as CBT therapists, in order to assess whether therapist CBT competence achieved during training is maintained post training, what factors influence competence retention or change, and how therapist competence may relate to patients’ clinical outcomes. The study also intends to provide Top-Up Training for further consolidation of skills and to update gaps in CBT competence post-training.
REC name
West Midlands - South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/WM/0475
Date of REC Opinion
20 Nov 2013
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion