It is through the CBT skills that the hypnotherapist is in a better position to treat patients. It is essential to go for a proper accredited degree or diploma of CBT. You can gain this degree at Clifton practice which imparts theoretical as well as practical knowledge on the same. All in all you will need to sit through 50 hours of guided learning hours and extra murals over a period of three months and which also include three weekend attendances at Clifton Practice.
http://www.cliftonprac...raining.htm

I think it is very limited in what it can achieve. It deals with unhappiness at a superficial level and its effects are temporary. It is like sticking a band aid over an active volcano and saying everything's OK now.

Interestingly, employers who provide counselling for employees love CBT. It patches people up and gets them back to the grindstone in about 6 sessions (they won't pay for more). The person is OK for a short while, then they get unhappy again. Their major issues have not been addressed by CBT. Employers then take the line that because CBT did not work, the employee is a basket case and the employer sacks them.

CBT therapists go along with all this because they earn their living from it. I think it is a scandal.