Who and what is Bkind?
We are two Psychologists, colleagues and above all great friends. We came up with the idea of starting a joint practice when we were both working at the National Institute of Mental Health (Narodni ustav dusevniho zdravi, NÚDZ) on clinical research. Apart from having the same office, we were also connected by our choice of the same foreign university for our master’s program or our chosen psychotherapeutic approach – CBT. We therefore decided to offer our services together under the Bkind banner and in 2023 we set up the website you are now on, where we would like to welcome you :) .
Monika Vecerova MSc GMBPsS
Monika is a Psychologist in her fourth year of therapeutic training at CBT. She has completed a training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). She studied Psychology at the University of Worcester in the UK and Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She has completed a course as a health care psychologist. In addition to counselling, she also does research and teaches English.
She has five years of experience working with clients in individual, group and couples therapy, both children and adults. Monika currently works at the Centre for Perinatal Mental Health Care (CPDP) and is involved in several projects at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Monika’s main areas of expertise are depression, anxiety, illness and emotion regulation.
In her free time she tries to play sports, although it does not always go well, she likes reading, playing games, painting, singing and loves nature.
Email: cbtvecerova@gmail.com
Overview of education
- BSc (Hons) in Psychology, University of Worcester, UK
- MSc in Psychology, Spec. Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, NED
- Psychotherapeutic Training in CBT, Odyssea, International Institute of CBT, CZE
- Accredited qualification course Psychologist in Healthcare, Palacky University in Olomouc, CZE
Karolína Knížková MSc.
Karolína is a psychologist and a participant in the last year of accredited psychotherapy training in cognitive-behavioural therapy. She received her Bachelor‘s degree in Psychology from the University of New York in Prague, then went on to study for a Master’s degree in Health Psychology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, where she received her MSc. She is now a postgraduate student at Charles University Medical School in Medical Psychology and Psychopathology, where her research focuses on schizophrenia spectrum disorders and cognitive function. As a psychologist and researcher, she works at the National Institute of Mental Health in Klecany, where she is now mainly involved in neuropsychological examinations of people with psychotic illness and general research on cognition in severe mental disorders. She is co-author of several scientific publications. She has completed the course "Psychologist in Health Care".
Overview of education
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, UNYP, Czech Republic
- Master’s degree in Psychology, Maastricht University
- Psychotherapeutic training, Odyssea – KBT Institute
- PhD candidate in Medical Psychology and Psychopathology, 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University
- Accredited qualification course Psychologist in Healthcare, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University