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Kate Fletcher is a dedicated and compassionate Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with substantial experience working with children and young people within CAMHS services. She is skilled in delivering evidence-based interventions for a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties, including anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, and self-harm. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), enabling her to adopt a flexible and integrative therapeutic approach tailored to individual needs.

She has developed particular expertise in the use of EMDR with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma, including those presenting with single-incident and complex post-traumatic stress disorder. She is skilled in adapting EMDR protocols to meet developmental needs, ensuring that interventions are delivered safely, sensitively, and effectively. Her work in this area has focused on supporting young people to process traumatic experiences, reduce distressing symptoms, and build resilience in order to promote long-term recovery and wellbeing.

In addition to her clinical practice, Kate has experience providing clinical CBT supervision to colleagues, supporting skill development and the implementation of best practice across teams. She has also designed and facilitated CBT-based group interventions for young people and developed and delivered training packages for staff within NHS trusts to strengthen service delivery and therapeutic competence.

She prides herself on her ability to establish strong therapeutic relationships, undertake comprehensive risk assessments, and work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective treatment. She remains committed to ongoing professional development and to delivering high-quality, person-centred care that fosters recovery, resilience, and improved mental health outcomes for children and young people.