I am Kate, founder of New HorizonsTherapy Services, I am an experienced Psychotherapist
working in Private Practice Online and in North Yorkshire, Liverpool & Lancashire where I live
with my young family and my dog Oscar who supports my animal-assisted work.
I also hold a clinical role in children's residential services and am Psychology Partner to
YMCA Together (formerly Liverpool and Sefton YMCA). I lead a CAT Skills for Case Management
Course and contribute to teaching on the Lancaster DClinPsy programme.
I have held a variety of Director and Service Lead positions in independent organisations and
am experienced in MDT working.
Starting my career as an RMN in acute mental health in 2000, I developed my practice
and have worked as a Psychotherapist for over 18 years. I am qualified and experienced
in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT Accredited) EMDR and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
I am also skilled and experienced in Compassion- focussed Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour
Therapy, Mindfulness and Imagery Rehearsal approaches. I use a range of psychometric,
diagnostic and symptom-focussed assessment tools alongside narrative approaches to make recommendations based upon collaborative assessment and formulation.
I undertake assessment and therapy with adults and young people; specialising in complex trauma, personality disorder and attachment disorder, harmful behaviours and psychosis as well as anxiety and depression and the impact of complex and enduring mental health and socially-influenced emotional difficulties on parenting. I have experience delivering therapy across a range of client groups including complex mental health, transforming care clients, family court and local authority referrals and occupational health referrals.
I also work with individuals and organisations to improve trauma-informed approaches to care and have published work to support organisations to build trauma awareness into their practices. I am passionate about using consultation to support psychological formulation and psychologically-informed approaches to both care and business and have applied this way of working across a range of mental health services. maternity services and business and local authority providers.
I am warm and engaging person and I like to work alongside people who use my services to make sure they have a positive experience that supports them to use the tools we develop independently.
