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Mr. Bernard Kat

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Updated as of 25/05/2012

Contact Details

Contact Address The appropriate consulting room for this client is the venue detailed at the bottom of this CV.
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Professional Details

Date of Birth 12/12/1946
Professional Title Chartered Psychologist. Health and Clinical Psychologist.
GMC Registration Number PYL16801
Discipline Psychology - Clinical Psychology

Qualifications & Memberships

BA
C. Psychol
MSc
FBPsS
Dip. Clin. Psychol
British Psychological Society
BPS Division of Clinical Psychology
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
Health Professions Council - Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Expert Witness Memberships

The UK Register of Expert Witnesses
Medical Experts Online
BPS Directory of Expert Witnesses

Areas of Particular Expertise

Pain
Head Injury
Children & Adolescents
Assessment of Mental Capacity
Chronic Pain
Pain Management
Fitness to Plead
Neuropsychological Assessment
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Psychological Aspects of Physical Injury / Disfigurement
Psychotherapy & Counselling
Clinical Psychology
Neuropsychology

Willing to Undertake

Clinical Negligence Yes
Legal Aid Yes
Personal Injury Yes
Forensic Yes
Family Court Yes

Approximate Ratios of Work

Claimant 95%
Defendant 1%
Single Joint Expert 4%
Average Number of Instructions Per Year

Medico Legal Experience

10 years experience FREELANCE PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES I am in independent practice as a health and clinical psychologist, and as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, trading through Psynapse (Psychological Services) Limited trading as Psynapse. I have provided these services part time since 1987. I became self-employed in 2002 when I retired from the N.H.S. I established the company of which I am the sole Director in 2005. I am a Cardiff University accredited Expert Witness. I have provided expert witness services since 1994. I have been instructed in personal injury, family and criminal cases and I have civil, family and criminal court experience. I am listed in: the Directory of the British Psychological Society; the UK Register of Expert Witnesses; the Expert Witness UK Directory.

Languages

English

Venues

The clinic venue address/es are detailed below. The expert should only be contacted at the contact address as given above.

Venue Addresses - Copy

134A Front Street
CHESTER LE STREET
County Durham
DH3 3AT

Churchill House
12 Mosley Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 1DE