At Talking Therapies UK, we are passionate about equipping professionals with the knowledge, confidence, and compassion to support mental health across diverse settings. With decades of combined experience in clinical practice, public health leadership, and service transformation, our training programmes are rooted in evidence-based approaches and real-world application.
We specialise in delivering high-impact, trauma-informed mental health training tailored to the needs of health, education, social care, and voluntary sector teams. From safeguarding and suicide prevention to emotional resilience and therapeutic communication, our courses are designed to empower practitioners at every level—whether you’re frontline staff, a strategic commissioner, or part of a multi-agency partnership.
Our facilitators bring many years clinical expertise , and a deep understanding of the social determinants of mental health. We prioritise co-production, reflective practice, and inclusive learning environments that foster curiosity, empathy, and professional growth.
Whether you’re looking to upskill your workforce, embed mental health into your organisational culture, or meet statutory training requirements, we offer flexible delivery formats including in-person workshops, webinars, and bespoke consultancy.
Together, we can build psychologically safe, responsive systems that promote wellbeing, reduce inequalities, and improve outcomes for individuals, families, and communities. Let’s shape the future of mental health—one conversation, one training, one transformation at a time..
Professional Training & CPD
Evidence-based therapeutic training from Talking Therapies UK, written by practising clinicians. Study the major modalities at the depth you need, from first foundations to advanced practice, with an expert AI tutor available inside every lesson and a verifiable CPD certificate on completion.
Every subject is taught at three levels, priced by depth and duration. Start where you are; upgrade whenever you are ready.
Foundation
For trainees and newcomers to the approach. No prior knowledge assumed: the model, its language and its evidence, taught from first principles.
Practitioner
For practising professionals. Assumes the Foundation knowledge and goes beyond it: the craft of using the approach with real clients, case by case.
Advanced
For experienced practitioners. Assumes Practitioner-level fluency and goes beyond it: complexity, process, risk, and supervision-level thinking.
Premium · in-depth
Thirty-hour programmes written at Advanced level and beyond: six or seven modules, thirty to thirty-six lessons, each with a worked clinical example, a reflective question and the pitfalls in practice. For practitioners who want the whole subject in one place.
Choosing your level. Each level assumes the one below it and goes beyond it; the higher courses revisit the foundations only as far as they need to before building on them, so you are never paying for the same material twice. Choose the level that matches what you already know and do: if you are new to an approach, start at Foundation; if you already hold its foundations from training or practice, Practitioner is the right place to begin; Advanced is for those who already use the approach with clients and want its complexity. Starting at Advanced without the foundational understanding will make the course harder to follow and to complete, and you will get less from it. Where an approach offers more than one pathway, each pathway is named below with what it covers and how it differs, so that two courses at the same level are never the same course.
The training library
Browse by approach. Each course shows its level, its length and its CPD hours, and every purchase includes extended access, the in-lesson tutor, and your certificate.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
The CBT pathway
The standard route through cognitive behavioural therapy: the cognitive model and its methods at Foundation, the disorder-specific models and the craft of formulation-driven treatment at Practitioner, and complexity, comorbidity and process at Advanced. Take the levels in order unless you already hold the lower one.
FoundationCBT EssentialsThe cognitive model from first principles: how thoughts, feelings, body and behaviour interact, and how change becomes possible.6 hours · 6 hours CPD · 6 months access
PractitionerCBT in PracticeDisorder-specific models, formulation-driven treatment and the craft of making CBT work with real clients.10 hours · 10 hours CPD · 9 months access
AdvancedAdvanced CBT: Complexity and ProcessComorbidity, rupture, schema-level work and the judgement calls protocols cannot make for you.14 hours · 14 hours CPD · 12 months access
Single courses on one presentation or one setting each, at the level shown. They stand alone and are not part of a pathway.
PractitionerTrauma-Informed Practice for TherapistsIntegrating evidence‑based approaches to support survivors in therapeutic work10 hours · 10 hours CPD · 12 months access
PractitionerWorking with Clients Presenting with Depression Using CBTA Practical CPD Course for Counsellors and Psychotherapists10 hours · 10 hours CPD · 12 months access
PractitionerUnderstanding and Working with Disordered Eating in PsychotherapyA Clinical Guide for Counsellors and Psychotherapists6 hours · 6 hours CPD · 12 months access
Thirty-hour programmes for practitioners who want the whole subject at depth, written at Advanced level and beyond.
AdvancedPremium · in-depthThe Mental Health Act in Practice: Detention, Treatment, Rights and the 2025 ReformsA premium, in-depth programme on the Mental Health Act 1983 as it stands in October 2026, the Mental Health Act 2025 and the therapist's role30 hours · 30 hours CPD · 12 months access
AdvancedPremium · in-depthSafeguarding Adults and Children in Therapeutic Practice: Law, Recognition and ResponseA premium, in-depth programme on safeguarding law, recognition, response and accountability for therapists, current to October 202630 hours · 30 hours CPD · 12 months access
AdvancedPremium · in-depthThe Mental Capacity Act 2005 in Practice: Capacity, Consent and Best InterestsA premium, in-depth programme on capacity, best interests, planning ahead and liberty for therapists, current to October 202630 hours · 30 hours CPD · 12 months access
AdvancedPremium · in-depthDeprivation of Liberty in Practice: Article 5, DoLS and the 2026 Supreme Court RulingA premium, in-depth programme on liberty, the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and the Court of Protection after the Supreme Court's June 2026 judgment30 hours · 30 hours CPD · 12 months access
Ethics and professional foundations, supervision and reflective practice, then complexity, risk and the law at Advanced. Take the levels in order unless you already hold the lower one.
FoundationEthics and Professional FoundationsThe ethical frameworks, boundaries, confidentiality and record-keeping every practitioner must own.6 hours · 6 hours CPD · 6 months access
