William Phillips

Professional Profile

My name is William Phillips and I am the Principal Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist at Think CBT. 

My regular weekly clinics are held in Sevenoaks Kent  and online by video session. I provide CBT, ACT, DBT, IBT, EMDR and Couples Behavioural Therapy.

I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and EMDR practitioner. I have completed advanced specialist training in a number of different CBT models including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), Couples Behaviour Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy. I also have advanced level training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness, Systemic Psychotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). This means I can draw on a wide range of evidence based psychological techniques to meet the specific needs of my clients.

Working within the NHS and in private practice, I have gained extensive experience with a wide range of psychological, emotional and behavioural problems including Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Health Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Social Anxiety, Specific Phobias, self-esteem problems and different types of Depression.

my specialist areas of expertise include OCD Spectrum related problems including Pure "O" Relationship OCD, BFRBs, Hyper-awareness and Sensorimotor OCD. 

My approach to therapy is evidence based, which means that I draw on a wide range of established psychological techniques, where there is clear research and a strong body of supporting evidence. This basically means that I use tried and tested methods that have been proven to work. This is very important to me, as I am commited to helping my clients achieve their therapy goals as quickly and sustainably as possible.

I encourage a collaborative, friendly and informal approach during therapy. I place significant emphasis on trust, confidentiality, humour and the quality of the working relationship. I have a strong belief in the value of personal change and a down to earth and practical style.

In addition to my clinical commitments, I am an examinor for the post-graduate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programme at Canterbury University, assessing academic material and observed practice for trainee Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapists. I am also a BPS qualified clinical supervisor for CBT practitioners and I lead group supervision for the therapy team at Think CBT.

Alongside my clinical responsibilities, I am a trained and qualified performance coach working with a wide range of professionals across a number of organisational settings and I am a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.

In addition to my role as Principal Psychotherapist at Think CBT, I provide intensive specialist and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) from my private consultancy at from www.goodcbt.com www.Eiretherapy.ie where I provide online CBT, EMDR and other evidence based therapy for all of the recognised OCD subtypes.

I am an Accredited member of the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP). This means that I have achieved the gold standard in the practice of CBT. I work to the BABCP’s code of professional practice and ethical standards for clinical work and the CIPD codes of practice for all coaching activities.