Are any of you Adult trained nurses who have gone on to train as High Intensity CBT therapists?

[Sunshineandswimming]

I am an adult nurse & I'm really interested in applying for this training. I can see that there are core professions (like OTs or Social Workers) who can apply but adult field nurses need to complete parts of a portfolio as part of the application. I have read the guidance & can do the portfolio but I wanted to ask if realistically am I likely to be offered a place, as an adult nurse?
I don't & haven't worked purely in mental health services but in all of my nursing jobs over the last 15 years I've worked with patients who have had significant mental health issues, alongside their physical health issues.
I've been qualified over 30 years and I've held caseloads, worked in primary care and cancer care. Large parts of my role have required me to have an understanding of how the patients mental health affects their physical health and I've used strategies to support care delivery.
I'm trying to work out if I would be wasting my time by applying for a trainee high intensity CBT role. Can anyone offer any wise insights, please?

As an adult nurse you don’t have the specialist skills or relevant experience .You're not working in-depth in mental health. You’re not routinely working with mentally unwell clients in a MH setting
You are not care co-ordinating,or working inpatient or community. Currently you don’t have the skills or depth of experience for CBT trainee role

You could ask for a secondment to get MH experience, see if you’re suited to it

OT and SW are working in MH daily, doing duty, attending tribunals, ward rounds CPA they work in the specialism

The CBT roles, are keenly sought, it’s quite a target driven formulaic way of working. Can you shadow CBT, meet a practitioner

Really it’s about getting the experience and demonstrating you have the competency

Thank you for your insights @HouseOnTheHeath
I suppose the reason they allow adult nurses to apply with a portfolio is so that they can demonstrate any transferable skills like being a caseload holder in primary care and safeguarding experience etc.

I’m not being pessimistic I just can’t see the transferable range or depth of experience in mental health
Supporting a client with mental health at a general hospital or GP appt isn’t the same as being a MH specialist
Look, I get what you’re saying but you’re an adult nurse by background & experience who has safeguarding experience in context of being an adult nurse. You don’t have current substantive experience primary in mental health or mental health registration . You do have core common skills that are transferable but not specialist mental health skills

speak to course tutor they are best placed to comment
speak to a CBT practitioner, it’s a very target driven and imo formulaic way of working. lots of KPI and targets

its a bit like a mental health nurse wanting to be an oncology adult nurse b7 as they’ve accompanied clients to appts and supported them. It’s contact and proximity to oncology but not in-depth skills or experience as a practitioner

As an adult nurse what interest you in the CBT role. Can you explore mental health as a secondment or work bank to get experience