Dr Cara James

Dr Cara James is a registered practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council (PYL043126).

Dr Cara achieved her Undergraduate Degree in Psychology (BSc) at the University of Exeter. She then completed her Master’s Degree in Early Intervention in Psychosis at King’s College London. Dr Cara then went on to complete her Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London.

Dr Cara has experience of working in children and young person’s mental health services and neurodevelopmental services, supporting ASD and ADHD assessments, and she is formally ADOS-2 trained. Dr Cara also has experience of working in Great Ormond Street Hospital, supporting children, and their families, suffering from physical health conditions, within the realm of health psychology.

On her clinical training, Dr Cara specialised in trauma. She is able to offer specialised trauma-focused interventions therapeutically and is trauma-informed in her approach to all of her clinical work. In addition, Dr Cara also draws from a number of different models therapeutically, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), compassion-focused techniques and systemic ideas, using an integrative approach. Dr Cara seeks to understand the wider sociocultural and environmental context of the people she works with, to examine how such factors impact presentation, and the importance of systemic change in supporting a child in particular. She feels passionate about supporting neurodivergent children and their families, as she understands how vital such services are, and crucially the importance of early effective intervention.