Kathryn Taktak MA MBACP

Matlock Derbyshire DE4
07531174259 Click here to Email me

Profile

I am an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist working in the Derbyshire Dales area.

I believe that my role is to help you to discover how to become more self-reliant, and discover for yourself how to become more confident about your own ability to make decisions.

I work within the ethical guidelines of my professional body and strive to work in a genuine, sensitive and respectful way, as well as demonstrate competence in my knowledge and skills.

My Counselling Approach

We begin the counselling with an agreement between the two of us, which includes clarity about confidentiality and boundaries in order to help you feel safe about the counselling process.  The agreement is also about establishing some agreed goals that will help you to feel better and become more self-sufficient.

I work within an integrative theory of psychotherapy; this means that my approach is one that makes use of skills and strategies, taken from a number of the different counselling approaches, namely, psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive behavioural.

I will collaborate with you to construct a way of us working together that is focused on addressing the specific problems or issues that you bring to counselling, and I will support you in making the decisions and taking the action to resolve your problem.  I can help you to discover new ways of understanding how your thoughts, feelings and behaviours are linked and how you can be empowered to succeed by your own efforts in the face of difficult situations.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Certificate of Qualification in Social Work
BA (Hons) Social Work
PG Diploma Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
MA Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy

Additional Training:
Mindfulness
Compassion Focused Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Brief Attachment-Based Therapy
Life Story Work (telling and making sense of your story)
Art Therapy
Bereavement and Loss
Domestic Abuse
Substance Misuse
Self Harm

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Adoption Issues
• Alcoholism
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Child Related Issues
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Drug Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Family Issues
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Relationship Issues
• Self Harm
• Sexual Abuse
• Stress
• Trauma

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Attachment Issues

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

I offer a free half hour session to give you the opportunity to meet me and ask any questions that you may have.  Thereafter:

£35 per one hour session

I offer concessions in cases of financial hardship. Please enquire.

Further Information

I have 25 years experience of working with families and carers. 

In addition to a private practice with adults and adolescents, I undertake sessional and voluntary counselling and psychotherapy in other sectors and these have included hospice counselling services and agencies supporting people who have experienced domestic abuse, childhood abuse and offending behaviour.  

 

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