Senior CBT Therapist
Kate Nicholls
Kate has over 20 years’ experience working in the field of mental health. She’s a qualified, registered and practising mental health nurse, an accredited CBT and EMDR therapist.
Kate’s current role is as the CBT professional lead for a Countywide NHS talking therapy service alongside a small private practice.
Kate enjoys working with adults and also has extensive experience working with children and adolescence having spent much of her career working in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Kate has experience of work with looked after children as well as in the youth justice and forensic sector.
As well as clinical practice, Kate is an experienced clinical supervisor and also worked for several years as a university lecturer, teaching on a both a CAMHS and teaching and education degree.
Clinically Kate very much enjoys cognitive behavioural approaches for managing various mental health difficulties, incorporating third wave therapeutic interventions into practice.
Kate is warm, non-judgemental and open minded and works collaboratively with her clients to help them address and manage the difficulties in a way that feels suitable and appropriate for them.
Kate is experienced with and happy to work with adults as well as with children, adolescence and their grown-ups in a systemic way if needed.
Kate has experience of treating a range of anxiety and mood disorders and difficulties, including:
- Depression
- Low mood
- Low self-esteem
- Anxiety
- GAD
- OCD
- PTSD
- Trauma
- Anger
- Social anxiety
- Specific phobias, including vomit and needle phobia
- Agoraphobia
- Panic
- Health Anxiety
- Perfectionism
- BDD
Qualifications and experience:
- RNMH
- BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
- EMDR Therapist
Also qualified in:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Non-violent Resistance Therapy
BSc (HONS) Psychology
PG DIP Mental Health Nursing with Registration
PG DIP Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
PG CERT Clinical Supervision