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Nishita Shah is a BABCP accredited Psychotherapist with over a decade of experience working with vulnerable adults in the field of mental health. She has experience working in both clinical forensic settings, seeing both adults and elders (65+) and spent 10+ years working for an IAPT service within the NHS and 5 years in private practice.

Nishita holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments from the University of Reading, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Behavioural Couples Therapy from Royal Holloway, University of London. She completed her Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) training 2017 and is a Full Accredited Member of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

Nishita specialises in working with self-esteem issues, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). She also sees LGBTQ+ clients with sexual-identity issues, as well as vulnerable people with depression, stress, trauma & PTSD, phobias, panic disorder and excessive worry.

Her approach to treatment involves combining a range of therapeutic techniques for both adults and couples, including the following:

• Acceptance and commitment therapy
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Compassion focused therapy
• Exposure response prevention
• Mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural

Through her practice, Nishita hopes to help her clients develop skills in self-reflection, allowing them to self-manage their difficulties in the future.