Our achievements

Posted on 17 Jun 2024

We are delighted that Philip Kinsella, Behavioural Psychotherapist in liaison psychiatry, at Nottinghamshire Healthcare, has been awarded a Fellowship Award by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), which is the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) professional body.

The primary aim of the BABCP Fellowship is to recognise members who have made a significant contribution to the development of CBT and BABCP. A substantial contribution to CBT might be in areas of; clinical service; research; teaching/training; service development; or services to BABCP.

Philip works within working age liaison psychiatry, based at the QMC. He sees patients there with medically unexplained symptoms and medical conditions complicated by depression and anxiety disorders, and he has developed an expertise in these problems. He also provides supervision and training for colleagues. Philip has worked in liaison psychiatry for 24 years and is committed to providing patients with the best possible care.

He has written three CBT books: an introduction to CBT for mental health practitioners, CBT for long term conditions and medically unexplained symptoms, and CBT for chronic fatigue. He has published research and articles on topics such as factitious disorder (a serious mental disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick or by self-injury); irritable bowel and anxiety. 

Paula Vaughan, Mental Health Care Group Director at Nottinghamshire Healthcare said: “Huge congratulations to Philip on this fantastic achievement. He is extremely committed to providing outstanding care to his patients, as well as supporting colleagues and students, through his commitment to sharing his knowledge and working on research. He thoroughly deserves this recognition.”

Two days a week he works as an associate Professor at Nottingham University he teaches on the Post Graduate Diploma in CBT: he helped initiate this training for staff working in NHS talking therapies (IAPT), and has helped around 150 students complete this diploma. He has also provided training in CBT for persistent physical symptoms and in supervision.