Kat is a senior clinical psychologist in NHS Children’s services (CAMHS), and in 2018 was appointed to manage the innovative Arts, Culture and Mental Health Programme at GM i-THRIVE, part of the national THRIVE transformation of children’s services. In 2017 Kat completed a Churchill Travelling Fellowship on the role of the arts in health, following a research role at Arts for Health, Manchester Metropolitan University. She has worked in several university psychology research departments including the Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research at Lancaster University, notable for its service user involvement, and on the Dementia & Imagination research programme.