Dr. Kate Lucre is a Birmingham, UK-based Consultant Psychotherapist and Supervisor specializing in the use of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) for complex attachment and relational trauma for groups and individuals. She has over 25 years’ experience working in statutory, NHS and social care organizations in the UK and overseas. She also runs workshops across the UK and internationally in CFT for Groups and Compassion Focused Staff Support and Supervision.

Kate is the founder of Compassion Focused Group Psychotherapy (CFGP) for people who would attract a diagnosis of personality disorder and has published the only data in this model, recently completing a seven-year follow-up study to this original research programme. Kate has also developed Compassion Focused Staff Support and offers her model to staff in various settings in the UK and internationally. She is also involved in numerous UK-wide research projects, evaluating this model.