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Dr Priya Raman

Lead tutor, Psychology & Therapeutic Skills

16 years in practice

  • DClinPsy (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology)
  • CPsychol (Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society)
  • BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist

Priya completed her doctorate in clinical psychology and has worked in NHS Talking Therapies services since, most recently as a clinical lead supervising trainee therapists. She teaches on the Guild's therapeutic skills programmes and is unusually firm about the line between using CBT-informed techniques and practising as a therapist. Her position is that a short programme can make someone genuinely more skilful, and cannot make them a psychologist, and that saying so plainly protects both practitioner and client.

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What does Dr Priya Raman teach at The Study Guild?

Priya leads the CBT Practitioner Skills programme and supervises the Guild's therapeutic skills curriculum. She runs the live sessions, facilitates the recorded practice reviews where learners receive individual feedback on their technique, and marks the final competency assessment personally against a published rubric.

What is Dr Priya Raman's clinical background?

Priya holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, plus accreditation as a CBT therapist with the BABCP. She has worked in NHS Talking Therapies services for over a decade and supervises trainee therapists as a clinical lead.

What does Dr Priya Raman teach about scope of practice?

Priya teaches scope of practice as a core competency rather than an afterthought. Learners are trained to recognise presentations that require clinical referral, to state their limits clearly to clients, and to document that boundary. Every assessment on her programmes tests this explicitly.

Programmes Raman teaches

Starts 1 Oct 2026Intermediate

CBT Practitioner Skills

Learn to use cognitive behavioural techniques competently within a clearly defined scope of practice, taught and assessed by a chartered psychologist and BABCP-accredited therapist.

Not for: Anyone expecting to qualify as a CBT therapist — that requires accredited clinical training

Live hours
22h live
Duration and weekly load
10 weeks · ~6h/week
Cohort size
max 20

£449or from £74.83/mo, interest-free