Applicants for certification as cognitive therapists will be required to demonstrate substantive academic and clinical training in cognitive therapy. In addition, they will be required to demonstrate clinical competence by submitting an audiotape of a cognitive therapy session and a detailed case write-up, which will include a cognitive conceptualization and a treatment plan for the case. The audiotape and the case write-up will be scored by independent raters.

Applicants must have read a minimum of 5 books from a list of required and recommended readings, at least 3 of which must be from the Required list. 40 hours of clinical training are required. Possible formats include: clinical workshop, clinically-oriented graduate school course, supervised practicum, case supervision, intramural or extramural training program, post-doctoral fellowship. At least 10 hours of clinical supervision that includes tape review of actual therapy sessions is strongly
recommended.

For more information, see ACT's Web site http://www.academyofct.org