Leeds Centre for Attachment and Trauma

Reimagining connection and joy

Welcome…

…to Leeds Centre for Attachment and Trauma (LCAT).

We are a specialist child, adolescent and adult psychotherapy service.

No matter your starting point, we believe a life of improved relationships and increased joy is possible for you. Here, you’ll find a team who will walk beside you with care and compassion, supporting you to find hope and healing after the storm.

Child Therapy

Child therapy at LCAT is creative, knowledgeable and transformative

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Therapy for Young People and Young Adults

Therapy for young people and young adults is tailored to you

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Families Together

We help families to flourish, offering a safe and accepting space to work through difficulties, with experienced support

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Healing for Adults

Perhaps you’ve struggled for years and nothing has helped? Well now you’ve come to the right place

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Support for Clinicians

We’re passionate about effective therapeutic support for children and families – and love to invest in the clinicians working with them

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Finding Em and LCAT has been life changing...

...after years of being pushed around therapists. Em's wealth of knowledge is met with such warmth that you instantly feel seen and held. To find a centre that leads on attachment and trauma has been essential for me to understand, and work to address, the complex and historical challenges I've faced and affect me today. The person centered approach and the welcoming environment of the centre, is unique from the clinical nature of many therapeutic providers, making you feel safe and welcomed.

Adult client

Her approach is truly relational...

Cat fosters a collaborative, safe and supportive supervisory environment which promotes professional learning and development.
Her approach is truly relational, she brings a breadth of knowledge, experience, interpersonal skills and ethical integrity which invite's a depth of reflection and gentle challenge which I really value.

Clinical Supervisee

Thank you!

LCAT offers us a warm and compassionate space to be seen and explore things at our own pace. We are so glad to have found you.

Parents of an adopted 7 year old child.

There is a clear commitment to clients...

In the MDT, we have collaborated with LCAT for a Specialist Assessment for a young person [...] the model they use (DMM – Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment) offers a lot by way of formulation [...] the process has felt good – Em was very up for working with us, making the funds stretch as far as possible with a clear commitment to getting the best/ most helpful offer for the young person.

Clinical Psychologist.