Cognitive Approach To Tinnitus (CATT) Training for Commercial Audiologists and Hearing Therapists - Collaboration sought with three sites
The Counselling Skills and Tinnitus Care Pathway (CSTCP) ran from 2011 until 2019, including in Northern Ireland across the 5 health regions that was funded by Health & Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) where Specialist Sensory Social Workers and Audiologists successfully completed the training.
New online course in development (2026)
The brand new online course is known as CATT (Cognitive Approach to Tinnitus). CATT is based on the CBT4T process that has proven itself so successful for clients presenting with the higher Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) categories 4 (big problem) and 5 (very big problem).
Collaboration is sought with THREE small commercial Audiology or Hearing Therapy practices initially. Collaboration is anticipated to entail:
- One qualified Audiologist or Hearing Therapist from each of the three practices to undertake the CATT training with Debbie Featherstone - participation as a collaborator site will be reflected in the cost of training and clinical supervision
- Identification and testing delivery of CATT for a pre-agreed number of clients over a period of approximately 6-8 months (the average length of time clients take to complete the CBT4T programme)
- Clinical supervision with Debbie Featherstone during our collaboration period. Length of collaboration to be agreed between all sites - an initial proposal would be one year
Register your interest in being a collaborating site - thank you
If you are interested in the proposed collaboration, please register your interest by completing the form below: