23 GHP Mental Health Awards 2026 Established in March 2020, Zahara Therapy is a specialist provider of affordable, high-quality systemic psychotherapy, offering therapeutic, learning, and training services to individuals, couples, families, and groups. Its work spans a wide range of complex needs, including adoption and fostering, migration and displacement, disability, health challenges, eating disorders, and gender-based violence, tailoring all care directly to each client’s lived experience. Zahara Therapy is operated by Kate Campbell, who serves as the practice’s Director, Consultant Systemic Psychotherapist, Trainer, and Supervisor. With extensive expertise stemming from her roles in the NHS, education, social care, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Kate boasts a proven track record of teaching clinical practice and supervising complex therapeutic work with children, families, and adults. Kate is renowned for her inclusive and empathetic approach, which has seen her earn recognition as South East England’s Consultant Systemic Psychotherapist of the Year 2026. She has received accolades and testimonies from the care experienced, legal, medical, corporate, public, and private sector populations, speaking to the powerful impact she has made over the course of her career by delivering positive therapeutic outcomes to marginalised communities around the world. Through Zahara Therapy, Kate strives to deliver culturally responsive, systemic psychotherapy that empowers individuals and communities to thrive. The practice draws upon a relational decolonising, systemic, and narrative focus in its services, operating within an anti-oppressive practice framework. This approach requires the team to delve into intricate themes, patterns, connections, and significant relationships within the lives its clients, creating a space where each client feels seen, heard, and understood on their own terms. Every aspect of Zahara Therapy has been meticulously designed to promote inclusion and acceptance. Even the name Zahara – which means to flower, shine, and flourish – is drawn from Kiswahili, Hindi, Arabic, and Hebrew traditions, reflecting the practice’s commitment to cross-cultural understanding. This philosophy is embedded throughout Zahara Therapy’s entire organisational structure, prompting the team to respond sensitively to cultural diversity and enabling clients from varied backgrounds to engage meaningfully in long-term growth and healing. Systemic therapy is a psychotherapeutic methodology that offers a powerful framework for understanding and resolving problems, focusing on individuals within the context of their relationships and social systems. By viewing people as part of interconnected systems and networks, systemic therapy examines how changes in one part of the system can ultimately influence the whole. This is a methodology leveraged by Zahara Therapy, a forward-thinking psychotherapy platform blending systemic therapy with a relational, decolonising approach to empower marginalised communities and champion crosscultural cohesion. As Zahara Therapy earns recognition for its unique methodologies in the GHP Mental Health Awards 2026, we spoke with Director Kate Campbell for more. Best Systemic Psychotherapy Platform 2026 – South East England & Consultant Systemic Psychotherapist of the Year 2026 (South East England): Kate Campbell All therapeutic interventions begin with the creation of a dedicated working agreement, tailored in accordance with the client’s therapeutic needs. The typed contract sets out what is to be expected of Zahara Therapy and is jointly reviewed at regular intervals. It also records details the aims and objectives of the therapeutic work, as well as details of qualifications, costs, accreditation, membership, values, ethics, safeguarding, and cancellation policies. This ensures that the client and the therapist remain on the same page and reflects an ongoing dedication to upholding best industry practices. Furthermore, Zahara Therapy actively partners with third-sector bodies, allied professionals, and community services to ensure its therapy is shaped by a holistic understanding of each client’s unique circumstances. Allowing the practice to address emotional wellbeing alongside wider social, economic, and relational factors, these invaluable partners include the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy; the Association of Family Therapists & Systemic Practice; The Sunflower Centre; Social Work England; British Association of Social Workers; the Black, African, and Asian Therapy Network; and more across the UK and beyond. Looking to the future, Zahara Therapy continues to seek new local, regional, and international partnerships that are rooted in a shared dedication to ethical, systemic care. The practice has earned a reputation for building its approach around its clients’ lived experiences, positioning itself as a pillar of trust within marginalised communities across the country. For its relational, client-centric approach and proven history of exceptional outcomes, Zahara Therapy has been recognised as South East England’s Best Systemic Psychotherapy Platform 2026. Contact: Kate Campbell Company: Zahara Therapy Ltd Web Address: www.zaharatherapy.co.uk Zahara Therapy Ltd
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