About Us

Dr Kat Aguilera is a trauma psychologist specialising in psychological risk management for high-pressure organisations. With over 14 years of frontline experience across NHS crisis response, HM Prison Service, emergency services, and military settings, she works with leadership teams to identify and mitigate psychological risk before it becomes a crisis.

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Dr Aguilera's consulting work is informed by extensive clinical practice treating frontline trauma across police, fire, and ambulance services, as well as specialist trauma work with Combat Stress, the UK's leading veterans' mental health charity. She has held leadership roles in NHS psychosis services and is currently pioneering intensive trauma therapy for veterans through her partner company Vanguard CIC, developing a research trial to deliver concentrated treatment for those who cannot access traditional long-term therapy.

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Dr Aguilera's work is built on one clear principle: standard wellness initiatives and surface-level interventions don't work for people operating under real pressure. Her approach integrates clinical trauma expertise with operational insight, delivering psychological risk management that's discreet, evidence-based, and

and designed for environments where people won't ask for help until they're left with no choice.

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Resilience Rises exists to close that gap, working with organisations to identify and mitigate psychological risk early, before it breaks people, performance, or operational capability.