The four-day CBRT™ Instructor Training Programme provides a professional progression route for experienced trainers who have first completed the CBRT™ Practitioner Training Programme, its assessment and case-study requirements, and become licensed CBRT™ Practitioners.
All CBRT™ Instructors remain active licensed Practitioners. They are prepared to deliver authorised CBRT™ Practitioner Training Programmes and help maintain consistent, person-centred standards across the developing CBRT™ workforce.
The first new CBRT™ Instructor Training opportunities are planned for 2027. Expressions of interest are now welcome from suitably experienced applicants.
CBRT™ to offer a structured Practitioner-to-Instructor pathway in 2027
CBRT™ Instructor Training is not a stand-alone train-the-trainer course. Every prospective Instructor must first understand, practise and complete the CBRT™ Practitioner pathway.
1. Complete the two-day CBRT™ Practitioner Training Programme. The Practitioner Training Programme provides 13.25 hours of CPD and develops the knowledge and practical skills required to deliver CBRT™ Relaxation Support Sessions®.
2. Complete the Practitioner assessment requirements. Trainees complete the required assessment paper and Individual and Group case studies within the approved assessment period.
3. Become a licensed and active CBRT™ Practitioner. Successful completion leads to Practitioner licensing, subject to the Company’s professional, quality and governance requirements.
4. Complete the four-day CBRT™ Instructor Training Programme. The Instructor Programme develops the additional knowledge, communication, facilitation and training skills required to prepare other people for the Practitioner role.
5. Qualify and become licensed as a CBRT™ Instructor. Successful applicants may then deliver authorised CBRT™ Practitioner Training Programmes within the Company’s approved curriculum, licensing, audit and quality-assurance framework.
Who may be interested?
The CBRT™ Instructor pathway may be relevant to experienced professionals who already train, teach, supervise or develop other people and who share CBRT™ values of caring communication, person-centred practice and professional responsibility.
• Professional trainers and learning-and-development specialists
• Mental-health and social-care professionals with relevant training experience
• Specialist clinicians, behavioural-health and community healthcare providers
• Educators, lecturers and experienced facilitators
• Workplace, occupational-health and wellbeing trainers
• Experienced wellbeing practitioners with appropriate professional training experience
Each expression of interest will be considered against the approved selection, professional-suitability and training requirements. Registration of interest does not guarantee acceptance onto the Programme.
What does a CBRT™ Instructor do?
Licensed CBRT™ Instructors help build a skilled Practitioner workforce while protecting the quality, integrity and person-centred delivery of the CBRT™ Programme.
• Deliver authorised CBRT™ Practitioner Training Programmes using the approved curriculum and materials
• Prepare future Practitioners to deliver human-led, person-centred CBRT™ Relaxation Support Sessions®
• Teach the role of the seven Colour Breathing Disks©, conscious breathing, structured relaxation and caring communication
• Prepare trainees to use the approved assessment, case-study and outcome-recording framework responsibly
• Support consistent standards of professional conduct, safeguarding, communication and participant care
• Remain active as a licensed CBRT™ Practitioner and maintain current delivery experience
Where CBRT™ Instructors fit
CBRT™ Instructors form an essential link between the Practitioner workforce and the wider CBRT™ training, licensing and quality structure. They prepare licensed CBRT™ Practitioners to deliver regular, in-person CBRT™ Relaxation Support Sessions® to individuals and person-centred groups across healthcare, community, education, workplace and wellbeing settings.
Subject to the terms of their CBRT™ Instructor Licence, qualified Instructors may work for a training provider or operate on a self-employed basis. They will work within the CBRT™ quality-assurance structure and report to CBRT™ Regional Training Managers and CBRT™ National Training Managers.
Training and licensing costs
Information about the costs of becoming a licensed CBRT™ Instructor will be provided after we have received and reviewed your expression of interest and relevant professional information.
As the Company prepares for expansion from 2027, applicants will receive further information about the training pathway, associated costs, licensing requirements, professional responsibilities and future Instructor opportunities.
Professional standards and responsibilities
CBRT™ Instructor status carries continuing professional responsibilities. Licensed Instructors are required to:
• Follow the authorised CBRT™ Programme, training curriculum and quality requirements
• Maintain their Practitioner and Instructor licences and remain liable for audit
• Complete required continuing professional development and quality-assurance activity
• Use CBRT™ intellectual property and copyrighted training resources only as authorised
• Maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, data protection and safeguarding standards
• Remain active as licensed CBRT™ Practitioners
• To retain their annual license, CBRT™ Instructors are to train a minimum of 40 new CBRT™ Practitioners annually
Why become a CBRT™ Instructor?
Becoming a licensed CBRT™ Instructor provides an opportunity to extend your existing professional expertise while helping to develop a new workforce of trained, licensed CBRT™ Practitioners.
As a CBRT™ Instructor, you may:
- Add a distinctive, professionally structured mental-health training programme to your existing training expertise
- Deliver authorised CBRT™ Practitioner Training Programmes using the approved curriculum and resources
- Help prepare a new workforce to provide human-led, person-centred first-tier mental-health support
- Work for a training provider or operate on a self-employed basis, subject to the terms of your CBRT™ Instructor Licence
- Develop an additional professional income opportunity through approved training delivery, without any guarantee of work or earnings
- Receive separate training and licensing to deliver the new one-day CBRT™ Workplace Wellbeing Programme planned for 2027
- Work across healthcare, community, education, workplace and wellbeing settings
- Strengthen communication, early support and workforce capacity across professional and community services
- Help maintain consistent, caring and quality-assured CBRT™ training and delivery
- Support responsible outcome recording and the continuing development of the CBRT™ evidence base
- Remain active as a licensed CBRT™ Practitioner and directly connected to the experiences of the people CBRT™ is designed to support
- Become part of the developing CBRT™ training network as the Company prepares for expansion from 2027
- Be considered for potential future progression to CBRT™ Regional Training Manager or CBRT™ National Training Manager roles, subject to experience, performance, Company requirements and available opportunities
Register your interest for 2027
We welcome expressions of interest from experienced UK and US professionals who would like to learn more about the NEW CBRT™ Practitioner-to-Instructor pathway being planned and the selection requirements for 2027.
Please register your interest via email to nationalhealth@colourbreathing.com with the heading CBRT Instructor Training Interest 2027 and provide a brief summary of your professional training, teaching, clinical, healthcare, community or workforce-development experience.
Further information will be provided as the 2027 Programme arrangements are confirmed.