Cognitive Behaviour
Therapist
I am a fully qualified and accredited cognitive behaviour therapist and have worked with people with mental health difficulties within the NHS for the last 20 years in a variety of roles and settings. I trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in 2009 and have been practicing as a therapist within a range of roles since.
ABOUT ME
As a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist I have experience of working with people suffering from a variety of mental health difficulties including depression, anxiety, panic, low self-esteem and confidence, social anxiety, health anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
I am skilled and experienced in working with adults, teenagers and younger children, and I can deliver therapy on a one to one basis or with partners and family members based on the person’s needs.
On occasions when it is clinically appropriate, and the persons available time to meet their therapy goals is very pressured, I can consider providing short intensive courses of therapy.
Having worked in a mental health neurodevelopmental team I have particular specialist skills in working with people with additional needs such as autism, ADHD, learning difficulties and downs syndrome. On occasions young people present with challenging behaviour or distress but are unable to engage in therapy. I am skilled in thoroughly observing and assessing these young people’s behaviours and in turn developing positive behaviour support plans to help parents and teachers support these children in becoming less distressed.
I additionally have specialist skills in working with people effected by trauma and post traumatic stress, having delivered trauma therapy to 999 service personnel, military personnel and working in a specialist trauma service for those effected by homicide.
My range of professional experiences are really important in helping me to help others. However, I truly believe it is my lived experience of having experienced my own mental health challenges, and being a mother to two children with additional needs, that really makes me the therapist I am today.
Although it did not feel like it at the time, I consider myself fortunate enough to have suffered from my own mental health difficulties, and to have received cognitive behaviour therapy which helped me to recover.
I believe this really helps me to understand what it is like to be sat in the other chair receiving CBT, and also how lost and helpless you can feel when you are struggling with your mental health.
When I was suffering with my mental health and was looking for a therapist myself, trawling through the internet, the most important thing that I was looking for was the reviews that the therapist had received from their clients.
I believe these are so important, and I am incredibly grateful to some of my clients for providing me with reviews in order to put others minds at ease about who they will meet if they come for therapy with me.
Please take a look at the reviews I have received in order to help you decide if I am the right therapist for you.
TESTIMONIALS
FEES
Sessions are charged at £95, and sessions are usually 50 minutes long unless prior arranged and an appropriate fee agreed. Sessions are usually weekly unless clinically appropriate. Report writing if required is charged at £50 per hour. I am able to respond to enquiries regarding therapy sessions via email and do not charge for this time.
I work with individuals who are self-funded and with various insurance providers.
£95
ONLINE SESSIONS
LOCATIONS
I currently run a clinic in Trumpington, South Cambridgeshire and in Oundle, Northamptonshire. Both locations have ample free off road parking and are well serviced by public transport.
WHAT IS CBT?
Cognitive behaviour Therapy is an evidence based psychotherapeutic approach. It is proven to be effective in the treatment of a wide range of mental health difficulties and emotional problems.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is commonly known as CBT. It is a focused form of therapy where the therapist and client work together to help the client to become aware of their behaviours and patterns of thinking, and how these may be maintaining their difficulties. It aims to help clients find ways of developing alternative ways of thinking and behaving in order for them to bring about an improvement in their mental wellbeing that is long lasting . Cognitive behaviour therapy aims to help the client become their own therapist.
CBT is a model of talking therapy that is recommended as the treatment of choice by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence for most common mental health difficulties. Some of the difficulties which CBT has been evidenced to help with and has been recommended for include:
- Depression
- Low mood
- Specific Phobias
- Anxiety
- Panic
- Agoraphobia
- Obsessive Compulsive disorder
- Generalised anxiety
- Health Anxiety
- Trauma and Post traumatic stress
I am experienced in using CBT with people with a variety of different mental health difficulties including depression, OCD, Post traumatic stress, social anxiety, generalised anxiety, health anxiety, perfectionism, low self esteem, worrying, stress, panic, agoraphobia and specific phobias.
CRISIS ADVICE
Unfortunately I do not offer a crisis service but there are lots of people available to you right now who can help. Please know that It is ok to ask for help.
Try calling a friend or family member and telling them how you feel.
If you feel unable to keep yourself safe right now, please call 999 or go to your local Accident and Emergency Department
NHS
Call 111
(Select option 2)
Samaritans
116 123 (Freephone)
jo@samaritans.org
24 Hours a day, 365 days a year
Mind Info
0300 123 3393
Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm
NSPCC
0808 800 5000
Childline
0800 11 11
24/7 Crisis Service
Text “SHOUT” to 85258
GET IN TOUCH
Say Hello!
If you would like to speak with me about whether CBT would be helpful for you, or you would like to enquire about booking in a session with me, please complete the following form.
If you would prefer to talk to me in person, please complete the form and we can arrange a convenient time for me to contact you.
If you have any difficulties completing this form, you can email me at:
hello@vickycatt.com
I aim to reply to enquiries within 48 hours