Catherine Perry

Catherine Perry is a Specialist Cognitive Behavioural Therapist at Harbor. She has expertise in eating disorders, including ARFID (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder), and in adapting therapy for neurodivergent clients.

Her work includes clients with complex, overlapping difficulties, and she has a particular focus on making therapy work for autistic people and people with ADHD. She works transdiagnostically, which means focusing on the processes that keep someone’s difficulties going rather than on a single diagnosis..

Alongside her clinical work, Catherine has helped bring peer support into multidisciplinary eating disorder services. She has presented her work at British Psychological Society events and national eating disorder conferences, and has contributed to published research on neurodivergence and eating disorder care.

Professional Background & Qualifications

Catherine holds a PGDip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London and a BA (Hons) from the University of Leeds.

She is an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

Her further training includes specialist approaches to eating disorders, autism and neurodivergence, including CBT-E, Compassion-Focused Therapy, MANTRA and ARFID.

Healthcare Leadership & Experience

Catherine has built her career in adult eating disorder services in London, where she has helped make care more accessible to people whose needs standard approaches don’t always meet.

She has also supported people in addiction recovery and worked with compulsive behaviours in other contexts.

Catherine has contributed to the PEACE Pathway (Pathway for Eating disorders and Autism developed from Clinical Experience), including work on adapting CBT for neurodivergent people, and has trained other clinicians in this approach.

Approach to Care

Catherine works collaboratively, adapting therapy to the way each person thinks and the pace that suits them.

She also pays close attention to sensory experience, which can play a large part in eating difficulties for autistic people, and to how each person makes sense of what is going on inside them.

At Harbor, she works with clients who have eating disorders, including those who are autistic or have ADHD.