Hi Tink, yes as just_some_girl says - the IAPT scheme aimed at trying to speed up services and reduce waiting times for therapy. "Therapists" that deliver CBT under this scheme aren't always psychotherapists, they can be graduate mental health workers or psychiatric nurses. Psychotherapists will have a masters degree (post graduate) and be registered with the UKCP or BACP - they are likely to have undergone more intensive training and better suited to working in longer term therapeutic situations, alternatively they may be working towards accreditation under supervision of a registered psychotherapist - my therapist is a psychotherapist registered with the UKCP - sounds great that you are going to get some longer term support. Soup