Harley Mind Care

Dr Kiran Abbaraju

Kiran Abbaraju can help with:

  • Specialist Child and Adolescent CBT

  • Trauma-Focused CBT

  • EMDR therapy (including Child & Adolescent EMDR)

  • Adapted and modified CBT for young people with ASD and ADHD

  • Autism assessments (ADOS-trained)

  • Comprehensive psychological assessment and formulation

  • Individual therapy for children and young people

  • Parent-informed and family-inclusive interventions

  • Group-based therapeutic work

  • Clinical supervision and professional consultation

Kiran Abbaraju offers

Types of Therapy

  • Systemic and family psychotherapy

  • Couples therapy

  • Individual sessions

  • Reflective family consultations

  • Parenting support

  • Relational assessments

  • Supervision for clinicians

  • Workshops focused on communication

  • Workshops focused on trauma recovery

  • Workshops focused on emotional well-being

Kiran Abbaraju is qualified to work with

  • Children and young people up to 18 years

  • Young people with ASD and/or ADHD

  • Children and adolescents with complex or high-need presentations

  • Families and carers as part of collaborative treatment planning

  • Schools and education providers (liaison and integrated care planning)

  • Multidisciplinary and multi-agency professional teams

Kiran Abbaraju's Qualifications

  • MBBS – NTR University of Health Sciences (India)

  • Postgraduate Diploma in CYP IAPT – CBT – King’s College London

  • ADOS Trained – Tavistock Centre

  • EMDR Trained – EMDR UK

  • Child & Adolescent EMDR – Child Trauma Therapy Centre

  • PG Certificate in Clinical Supervision – King’s College London

  • PG Certificate in Leadership – King’s College London

  • Certificate in Counselling Skills

  • Diploma in Integrated Counselling

  • Just and Compassionate Leadership – NELFT

  • British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) – Full Member

  • BABCP – Accreditation applied for

Kiran Abbaraju's Publications

Kiran does not currently list formal academic publications. Her professional contributions include national training delivery, service-development projects, pathway design, audits and leadership within NHS children and young people’s mental health services, alongside teaching on postgraduate leadership programmes.

Kiran Abbaraju - Child and Adolescent (CBT & EMDR) Therapist & Clinical Lead

Kiran Abbaraju is a highly experienced Child and Adolescent CBT & EMDR Therapist with over 10 years’ specialist NHS experience across CAMHS, IAPT and senior clinical leadership roles.

She currently works in clinical and strategic leadership positions within children and young people’s mental health services in Kent, overseeing mood, anxiety and trauma pathways, Primary Care Network (PCN) mental health services, and multidisciplinary teams across multiple agencies.

Kiran brings together advanced therapeutic expertise and system-level leadership, delivering evidence-based psychological therapies while also shaping service development, supervision frameworks and workforce training. She has a particular special interest in working with children and young people with ASD, ADHD and complex comorbid presentations, using adapted and trauma-informed approaches.

Alongside her clinical work, Kiran is a Practice Tutor at the Anna Freud Centre, contributing to national postgraduate leadership programmes for professionals working in children’s mental health services.

 

Kiran Abbaraju

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