My friend and colleague Kate Robertson, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 65, was a child and adolescent psychotherapist who became head of child psychotherapy at the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and chair of the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP). She was a passionate advocate for widening access to the child psychotherapy profession and helped to extend government funding for NHS child psychotherapy training.
While taking a part-time course in psychoanalytic observation at the Tavistock Clinic in London in the late 90s, she became interested in training as a child psychotherapist and qualified at the Tavistock in 2007. Over the following five years Kate worked in child and adolescent mental health services in London, before becoming head of child psychotherapy in Hammersmith and Fulham (2012-18) and chair of the ACP (2021-23). She had an exceptional talent for engaging children, particularly those with challenging, confusing and provocative behaviour.
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