PBBT Institute

The Institute will invite practitioners from all areas of the mental health field to master the art of PBBT. Whether you’re a newcomer or an experienced practitioner, The PBBT Institute will offer a warm and collaborative environment to learn and practice this innovative therapy.

At the Institute, we will offer a range of higher education courses, beginning with the first Diploma in Process-based Behaviour Therapy (PBBT) and Board Certification in the practice of PBBT. We will offer various community spaces for learning and collaboration, ensuring you are supported throughout your PBBT journey.

If you would like to receive information about the course and application process, please register your interest here: https://www.perspectivesireland.com/the-pbbt-institute/

Process-based Behavior Therapy (PBBT®) is a scientifically-based psychotherapy. PBBT works by fundamentally changing the relationship we have with ourselves and redirecting our behavior towards a more meaningful life.

The therapy was developed by the founders of Perspectives Ireland, Dr. Yvonne Barnes-Holmes and Dr. Ciara McEnteggart, after years of research on human behavior and practice in clinical psychology.

As academics, we worked for many years on trying to advance the basic science of human behavior in order to connect it to psychotherapy and mental health problems.

Our scientific discoveries led us to understand the core elements of mental health and enabled us to build a science-based programme of psychotherapy, called PBBT. It could be argued that a psychotherapy built directly from scientific principles is the first of its kind in the field of clinical psychology.

We meet mental health professionals from all contexts who are deeply dissatisfied with existing psychotherapies and the client outcomes these produce. And research suggests that poor clinical outcomes are directly associated with increased levels of burnout and risk of leaving the profession.