Certified Professionals

CBT-Hear certification is awarded to clinicians who have completed our rigorous training, clinical assessments, and ongoing supervision requirements (from stage 2 onwards).

This directory lists professionals who are registered and authorised to use the CBT-Hear title.

What This Directory Means for Patients

  • Your clinician has been assessed for clinical competence and ethical practice
  • They commit to monthly supervision and annual professional development (from stage 2 onwards)
  • They work within the CBT-Hear scope of practice for tinnitus, hyperacusis, and misophonia

Certification Levels Listed

  • CBT-Hear Certified – Stage 1
  • CBT-Hear Certified Practitioner – Stage 2
  • CBT-Hear Certified Advanced Clinician – Stage 3
  • CBT-Hear Certified Supervisor
  • CBT-Hear Fellows

Scope of Practice by Stage

Stage 1 – CBT-Hear Certified

✅ Can Do

  • Provide supportive, evidence-based education on tinnitus, hyperacusis, and misophonia, helping patients understand sound management, appropriate hearing protection, and realistic pathways to recovery and adjustment.
  • Carry out structured psycho-audiological assessments, interpret screening results, provide education on tinnitus and sound intolerance management based on CBT, and prepare evidence-based reports
  • Recognise the need for further medical, audiological and psychological investigations and refer cases appropriately to ENT, audiology, or psychology.
  • Contribute effectively within a multidisciplinary team by understanding when osteopathy, physiotherapy, breathwork, relaxation, or mindfulness strategies may be beneficial, and by supporting patients in accessing these approaches where appropriate.

❌ Cannot Do

  • Deliver structured CBT-Hear rehabilitation for tinnitus and sound intolerance.
  • Perform CBT or other psychological therapies (unless otherwise qualified).

Stage 2 – CBT-Hear Certified Practitioner

✅ Can Do

  • Demonstrate all Stage 1 capabilities fluently in a clinical context with supervision
  • Distinguish distress directly linked to tinnitus/sound-related conditions from distress due to psychological, medical, or social factors.
  • Deliver structured CBT-Hear rehabilitation for tinnitus, hyperacusis, and misophonia-related distress in patients without psychiatric comorbidities.

❌ Cannot Do

  • Deliver CBT-Hear to patients with psychiatric comorbidities unless under appropriate multidisciplinary supervision.
  • Provide CBT for issues unrelated to tinnitus, hyperacusis, or misophonia (unless otherwise qualified).
  • Practise independently without regular clinical supervision (as defined by CBT-Hear registration requirements).

Stage 3 – CBT-Hear Certified Advanced Clinician

✅ Can Do

  • Demonstrate all Stage 1 and Stage 2 capabilities.
  • Deliver and adapt the full CBT-Hear protocol for patients with tinnitus- and sound intolerance-related distress, including those with co-existing psychological conditions, by differentiating primary auditory distress from underlying mental health conditions — applying CBT-Hear to the former and facilitating psychiatric or psychological interventions within a multidisciplinary team for the latter.
  • Collaborate with mental health professionals to support integrated care, contribute to treatment planning, and educate colleagues on the interaction between psychiatric conditions and auditory distress.

❌ Cannot Do

  • Deliver CBT-Hear as a replacement for formal psychological therapy in patients with primary psychiatric disorders (collaborative care is essential).
  • Provide CBT for issues unrelated to tinnitus, hyperacusis, or misophonia (unless otherwise qualified).
  • Practise independently without regular clinical supervision (as defined by CBT-Hear registration requirements).

Certified Professionals

This directory will soon feature the names, locations, and contact details of our first CBT-Hear graduates.

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