About us
As the leading organisation for CBT in the UK and Ireland, we are committed to promoting the highest standards of CBT practice, training, and supervision. This ensures all therapists delivering support can be trusted to make a real difference to anyone struggling with their mental health.
As a proven approach, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps people overcome challenges, improve their lives, and build a brighter future. It gives them practical tools to cope in everyday situations, by using evidence-based practices to understand their emotions.
What we do, and why
Shaped by the voices of our members and stakeholders, our strategy focuses on driving progress in the field of CBT, whilst ensuring anyone who needs support, gets it. We want to push the boundaries of CBT theory and practice, setting new standards for the future.
We empower therapists to maintain the highest standards of practice, and most importantly, to put the safety of their clients first.
Our core values
The following values are what we stand by and they guide everything we do.
Caring
What Caring means to us:
It means we will: Protect the public by making sure our members’ practice is safe and ethical; Be kind and thoughtful with our members and other stakeholders; Take pride in our work and see things through; Remember that we are here to promote mental health and wellbeing
It means we won’t: Hide behind process; Be a faceless bureaucracy; Take too long to respond when people contact us; Ignore the fact that different people have different needs and preferences
Innovative
What Innovative means to us:
It means we will: Speak boldly about CBT and its benefits; Promote research and champion new ideas and ways of helping people; Note the importance of growing with a purpose, and not pursuing growth for its own sake; Generate value for money for our members
It means we won’t: Seek to make money, other than to reinvest in things that benefit our members or the wider public; Invest in things that are not sustainable or cause environmental damage; Be risk averse in our communications
Inclusive
What Inclusive means to us:
It means we: See diversity as a strength; Will make our systems as simple as they can be; Will become more accessible to people with different needs; Put effort and resources into reaching out to the public; Will value our volunteers
It means we won’t: Assume people think the same way we do; Accept that what works for most people is always right for everyone; Write and talk in a way the public can’t understand; Believe we can solve all problems centrally
Principled
What Principled means to us:
It means we: Set and uphold standards, based on evidence; Will learn from mistakes, and share that learning; Will do what we said we would do, when we said we would do it; Will work hard to ensure that we are fair, and seen to be fair, to members and other stakeholders
It means we won’t: Put organisational needs before those of the public or our members; Make decisions behind closed doors; Be unwilling to explain our decisions
