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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) (Udemy.com)

Learn CBT: Understand how cognitive behavior therapy can be used to improve people's mental health

Created by: Dr Chris Worfolk

Last updated September 2026

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What you will learn

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
  • Explore psychotherapy skills used in CBT
  • Understand where psychological problems come from and what we can do about them
  • How CBT applies anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, insomnia, addiction and more

How it compares

Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 58% of them
  • Reviews2,449#69 of 504 by number of reviews
  • Length5.7 hourslonger than 68% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 96% of them

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Course Description

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the gold standard of psychotherapy because of its proven effectiveness in improving mental health and wellbeing. This course will give you everything you need to understand what CBT is and how therapists use it to improve people's mental health.

CBT uses the cognitive model to help us better understand ourselves and make sense of our difficulties and uses a series of cognitive and behavioural strategies to make positive changes in our lives so that we feel better.

We will cover:

  • What CBT is and how it works

  • Step-by-step how CBT is used

  • How the brain works and how we can conceptualise problems and understand ourselves

  • How thoughts, feelings and behaviours are connected

  • Understanding intrusive thoughts, worry and rumination

  • The importance of building a strong therapeutic relationship

We will then look in more detail at how CBT applies to depression, anxiety, social phobia, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), insomnia and addiction. We’ll also look beyond CBT as newly emerging CBT-based psychotherapies.

The course comes with a comprehensive handbook as well as downloads and example worksheets so that you can understand how therapists deliver CBT and practice the exercises on yourself. This course is accredited by the International Association of Therapists. On completion, you'll receive the standard Udemy certificate of completion. If you wish to become a registered member of the BABCP, you will require further training.

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Instructor Details

Dr Chris Worfolk

Chris Worfolk is a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society and a software consultant. He is the author of nine books and has taught over 125,000 students online. He specialises in software, career coaching, mental health and resilience.

Chris is the founder of the mental health charity Anxiety Leeds and co-founder of the Leeds Anxiety Clinic. He is the author of Do More, Worry Less: Small Steps To Reduce Your Anxiety. He has a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology from Trinity College Dublin.

Previously, he has spent over ten years working in the IT industry helping companies including Sky, Asda, Capita and the NHS improve their digital products. He is the author of How to Exit VIM and the IT Contracting Master Class. He holds a BSc in Computing from the University of Leeds.

In his spare time, he is an Ironman triathlete, ultramarathon runner, and a competitive public speaker. He lives in Leeds with his wife and daughter.

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Reviews

4.6

2,449 ratings on Udemy

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By Travis Lee Miday on 8/30/2026

This course is exactly what I was looking for. It is informative and easily understood in small segments that allow for digestion of the material before moving on to the next step,

By Nicole Dunn on 4/13/2026

The valuable information and insight gained is immeasurable and exceedingly productive. This instructor has been effective in his efforts towards teaching and guiding the appropriate techniques to strengthen the content knowledge and hands-on strategies.

By Melissa LeBrun on 3/25/2026

This was worth every penny! Incredible instructor and instruction! I will be searching for other courses from this instructor! As a new practitioner this has been incredibly helpful! Thank you!!

By Rrita COLLAKU on 3/1/2026

It was worthy to attend, I learned so many new things and instructor was excellent. found this CBT training to be highly insightful and practical. The facilitators explained complex concepts clearly and provided useful examples that made theory easy to apply in real-life practice. I especially appreciated the emphasis on structured assessment, cognitive restructuring, and the Unified Protocol approach. Overall, it has strengthened my skills and confidence in applying CBT techniques effectively."

By Jennifer Arnold-Brazell on 2/15/2026

very difficult to stay engaged . no-one wants to just watch an instructor talk non stop for hours

By Manuela Arrieta on 2/10/2026

El curso está bueno, súper completo y bien organizado. Soy estudiante de tercer año de Psicología, y a pesar de que los primeros módulos me resultaron algo básicos en cuanto a conocimientos, fue necesario cubrirlos para poder complejizar los contenidos a medida que iban avanzando las clases. Me gustaron particularmente los roleplays y los case studies, aportan una visión más aplicada y real de lo que implica CBT.

By Anhelina Dayneko on 1/28/2026

This course is very suitable for psychology students and professionals who want to learn and start to practice CBT in future. It is structured topics that capture whole aspects of CBT with additional files and practice.

By Cristina Andreescu on 1/10/2026

I enjoyed this course so much. I think Chris Worfolk is a great teacher, and his course was easy to understand, remember, and apply in my daily job and life. I loved the structure of the course and the resources that were provided. Thank you.

By Terry McCaskill on 12/19/2025

The presenter was informative and precise. The presenter seems like he encourages our clients to change their behavior to change their thinking. I thought one has to change their thinking to change their behavior

By Elwis Lopez on 12/12/2025

The way of delivery and how concepts are broken down are very bite sized and informative. Actually better than what is taught in rote based teaching method. The role play modules are worth trying here in the course.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100