Harriet Ward

CBT Therapist
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About

As a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, Harriet uses evidence-based practice while working with clients to understand the development and maintenance of a variety of mental health conditions, including anxiety and mood-based disorders. She has worked with both inpatients and outpatients, facilitating both one-to-one therapy and group sessions. She has also worked within the dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) team at Priory Hospital Roehampton, successfully supporting people with emotion regulation difficulties. 

During her placement year at university, Harriet worked in an NHS community service, supporting people with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), and this remains an area she is interested in. While working in this service, she also supported in a research study exploring the treatment of PTSD using imagery rescripting.

Position at Priory

Harriet is a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) therapist. She has worked for Priory since September 2020, joining the therapy department in August 2021. Harriet works across Priory Hospital Roehampton and Wimbledon Park Clinic, offering both face-to-face and remote sessions.

Harriet is registered with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

Training

Harriet studied for 4 years at the University of Reading where she obtained a BSc in Psychology, with a professional placement. 

Harriet has completed a Post Graduate Diploma in CBT from the University of Oxford.

Research interests

While completing her professional placement at university, Harriet was the lead research assistant on a paper exploring the treatment of PTSD in refugees and asylum seekers, using imagery rescripting in an NHS population.

Qualifications

  • BSc Psychology with professional placement 
  • PGDip in CBT