Sharanjit Kandola, Counselling Psycholog

Dr Sharanjit Kandola

Counselling Psychologist BSc, DCounsPsych

Remote sessions

(Monday - Thursday evenings)

Sharanjit is a qualified Counselling Psychologist offering therapy to adults. Sharanjit has a decade of experience working in mental health with children and adults including people with ADHD and Autism.

Her specialisms are Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapy. She is also trained in EMDR to treat trauma and PTSD.

Her varied skills and experience include therapy for young people and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, domestic abuse, trauma-related difficulties (including PTSD), emotional regulation issues and more complex mental health difficulties.

Memberships:

Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
British Psychological Society (BPS)

Qualifications:

Doctorate in Counselling Psychology,
2009-2010: Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology, University of Aston.
2006-2009: Undergraduate degree in Psychology and Education, Nottingham Trent University.

Work experience:

May 2019- present: Counselling Psychologist, Adult Community Mental Health Team, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
2018-2019: Trainee Counselling Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
2018: Mental Health Practitioner, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, The Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
2013- 2020: Trainee Counselling Psychologist, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Further Training:

Conflict Resolution, Equality; Diversity & Human Rights, Fire Safety, Health, Safety and Welfare including Moving and Handling Level 1, Information Governance and Data Security, Resuscitation Level 2, Safeguarding Adults Level 3 (2025)
Smoking Cessation, Mental Health Act Level 2, Mental Capacity Act Level 2 (2025)
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy with Dr Russ Harris (2024).
Dementia, Freedom to Speak Up, Learning Disability & Autism, Patient Safety Incident Response Framework Level 2, ReSPECT, Suicide Awareness (2024)
Preventing Radicalisation Level 2 (2023)
Compassion Focused Therapy training with Deborah Lee (2022).
EMDR training - Richman EMDR training part 2 of 3 (2021).
Carer Awareness (2020)
Delivering DBT in a Virtual Environment Webinar, British Isles DBT Training (2020).
DBT Skills Essentials Workshop, British Isles DBT Training (2020).
Newcastle Supervision Model Training, Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre (2020).
EMDR training - EMDR Extra training part 1 of 3 (2017).