At Aguilera Psychology, our experienced clinical team is dedicated to providing evidence-based treatment tailored to your unique needs. Learn more about the clinicians behind our practice, starting with our Founder, Dr Kat Aguilera.
Dr Kat Aguilera, Founder & Clinical Lead
With over 15 years’ experience working across frontline services, including the prison service, the NHS and private practice, Dr Aguilera offers a warm, collaborative approach to psychological care, grounded in evidence-based treatment and best clinical practice.
She specialises in working with adults facing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties, including trauma & PTSD, complex trauma, and attachment & relationship issues. She is particularly skilled in helping individuals understand and overcome the lasting impact of childhood trauma, while also supporting individuals working in frontline and emergency services.
Dr Aguilera’s therapeutic style is integrative, drawing on models such as EMDR Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), and psychodynamic approaches. She tailors treatment to each individual, ensuring clients feel heard, understood and supported throughout their journey.
As a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the British Psychological Society (BPS), she is committed to creating a safe and inclusive space where clients can explore their difficulties, process their experiences and work towards meaningful, lasting change.
Alongside her clinical practice, Dr Aguilera is passionate about supporting police, military and other high-pressure organisations to understand the psychological impact of cumulative stress and trauma. Through training, consultancy and speaking, she advocates for the early recognition of trauma while promoting psychologically healthier organisations.
Dr Tamany Baker, Counselling Psychologist
Dr Tamany Baker is a highly experienced Counselling Psychologist at Aguilera Psychology, working with individuals aged 16 and above. With over a decade of experience across the NHS, third sector, and private practice, she offers a warm, personalised approach to therapy, rooted in respect for each client’s unique background and identity.
Tamany supports clients experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties including workplace trauma, academic stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and the impact of trauma. She has particular interests in neurodiversity, family dynamics, disability, and systemic thinking.
Her integrative practice combines models such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, counselling, and systemic family therapy. Tamany also draws upon her training in ecopsychology and nature-based practice, incorporating outdoor and creative elements when appropriate to support healing and connection.
Tamany is accredited by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Her diverse professional background, including clinical leadership roles, supervisory work, and training delivery, informs her flexible, inclusive and thoughtful approach to therapy.
Sade Sowemimo, Forensic Psychologist & Cognitive Analytic Therapist
Sade Aisha Sowemimo is an HCPC registered Forensic Psychologist and accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapist with extensive experience working across forensic, NHS and specialist mental health services. She brings a thoughtful, containing approach to therapy, shaped by years of supporting people through significant emotional and psychological complexity.
She works with adults experiencing trauma and the lasting effects of difficult or unsafe relationships, anxiety, low mood, self-criticism, emotional overwhelm and recurring relational patterns that feel hard to shift. Her background in secure and specialist mental health settings means she is well equipped to work with difficulties that feel intense, longstanding, or hard to make sense of, including the effects of severe trauma, personality difficulties, psychosis and neurodivergence.
Sade’s approach is warm, collaborative and individually tailored. She draws on a range of evidence-based therapies to help clients understand and process the patterns keeping them stuck, and to find a way forward that feels both manageable and meaningful.
These include Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), EMDR, Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), schema-informed approaches, and Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT), which supports difficulties such as perfectionism, overcontrol, and emotional disconnection. She also holds gold-standard training in autism and ADHD assessment and is committed to a neuro-affirming approach within her clinical work.
Sade holds a Doctorate in Forensic Psychology from the University of Nottingham and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT).