Adjustment difficulties
Agoraphobia
Anger Management
Anxiety
Anxious personality disorder
Binge eating
Burnout
Chronic fatigue
Complex PTSD
Confidence
Coping with a long-term health condition
Coping with an acute health condition
Dependent personality disorder
Depression
Dissocial (antisocial) personality disorder
Emetophobia (vomit phobia)
Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)
End of relationship difficulties
Family difficulties
General wellness
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Grief
Health anxiety
Histrionic personality disorder
Insomnia
Maternity
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive (anankastic) personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Other perinatal mental health condition
Panic disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Parenting
Perfectionism
Perinatal OCD
Perinatal anxiety
Perinatal depression
Perinatal mood disorders
Personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Prolonged grief
Relationships
Schizoid personality disorder
Self-esteem
Sleep difficulties
Social phobia
Stress
Stress management
Trauma (general)
Women's health
Ms

Kate Macdonald

 
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

BABCP, PgCert, PgDip CBT
brighton and hove

Kate is a warm and appropriately challenging therapist, who believes that while effective therapy is often difficult, it can also be enjoyable and highly rewarding.

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Insurers

Axa
BUPA Global
BUPA
Aviva
Vitality
Cigna
Cigna International
AXA International
Zurich
Travelers
Case Managers

Languages

English

About me

Kate is a warm and appropriately challenging therapist, who believes that while effective therapy is often difficult, it can also be enjoyable and highly rewarding. Kate has a great deal of experience delivering high quality Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) since qualifying as a Psychotherapist in 2007. She can, when necessary, integrate other therapeutic approaches in addition to CBT, helping clients who might be struggling specifically with relationships or other difficult interpersonal situations. Working collaboratively with each client towards specific life changes is an important part of Kate’s philosophy. Kate has delivered CBT for anxiety disorders, depression, anger management and sleep related issues in a range of NHS and private therapy settings. She has experience working from the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma (CADAT) and within London’s world leading Maudsley Hospital Psychology service where she was based for almost a decade. Kate has particular interest in working with trauma (PTSD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and with people experiencing panic attacks. Having studied Schema Therapy and Cognitive Analytic Technique, Kate also has interest in working with people who are experiencing difficult relationships with others, in whatever form that may take. Finally, Kate has completed a fitness qualification and has a specific interest in a holistic approach to mental health recovery, incorporating body and diet if that fits for the client.

Area I can help with

Adjustment difficulties
Agoraphobia
Anger Management
Anxiety
Anxious personality disorder
Binge eating
Burnout
Chronic fatigue
Complex PTSD
Confidence
Coping with a long-term health condition
Coping with an acute health condition
Dependent personality disorder
Depression
Dissocial (antisocial) personality disorder
Emetophobia (vomit phobia)
Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)
End of relationship difficulties
Family difficulties
General wellness
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Grief
Health anxiety
Histrionic personality disorder
Insomnia
Maternity
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive (anankastic) personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Other perinatal mental health condition
Panic disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Parenting
Perfectionism
Perinatal OCD
Perinatal anxiety
Perinatal depression
Perinatal mood disorders
Personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Prolonged grief
Relationships
Schizoid personality disorder
Self-esteem
Sleep difficulties
Social phobia
Stress
Stress management
Trauma (general)
Women's health

Types of therapy I offer

Behavioural Activation
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Solution Focused Therapy
Mindfulness Based Interventions
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT)
Cognitive Therapy (CT)
Full Psychological Assessments (60-90 minute)

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