We offer a number of standalone CBT courses for counselling professionals. Although these courses are not part of an OISE CPL Certificate, each individual course leads to a record of learning which can be used to seek certification through bodies such as The Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (CACBT).

Our dynamic experiential learning approach is experienced in a collaborative online environment through discussions, videos of specific CBT skills, group and individual activities. You’ll develop skills that you can immediately bring to your clinical practice, and benefit from observing demonstrations of interventions by experienced CBT therapists followed by clinical discussions and questions.

In addition to the online classes, an integral component of each course is weekly homework, which typically includes reading and written exercise where you’ll apply the conceptual and intervention skills you are learning to case examples. Homework helps you immediately use the material you’re learning, and creates an opportunity for your facilitators to provide individual feedback.

Originally developed for licensed practitioners of psychology and psychology services in Ontario, our CBT courses are open to social workers, guidance counsellors, educators and others who support the mental health of their clients or students. However, to get the most of these courses, you should have some background knowledge in psychology.