Catherine Taylor
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About me
Hi, I’m Cat and I’d like to warmly welcome you to my practice, Clear Quartz Counselling & Holistic Wellbeing. I’m an experienced, Integrative Counsellor (MBACP/MNCPS Acc.) & CBT Psychotherapist, who's worked therapeutically with adults and young people for over 20 years in several professional roles.
As well as my private practice, I work part-time for a CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services) funded service, delivering solution focused, short-term CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) to young people aged 10+. My previous roles include working therapeutically in family support, youth justice, specialist young people’s projects, public health, prisons and NHS Talking Therapies.
Whilst working in NHS Talking Therapies, I both heard and felt the frustrations of clients who wanted more connection, space to process and therapeutic depth from their sessions, which for many reasons the current model couldn’t provide. This fuelled my passion to offer a personalised and authentic private practice, working at your pace and focusing on the things that matter to you.
I understand how important it is to have someone trustworthy to talk to when everyday life becomes challenging. I also understand how difficult it can be to make that first move to attend counselling.
At some time in our lives, many of us will experience life difficulties such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, work issues, financial worries, family and relationship problems, isolation and loneliness, to name but a few.
Sometimes we can find ourselves in situations that seem too difficult to overcome, or we can feel stuck and at a loss to know how to proceed. Life can sometimes feel too challenging, overwhelming or frightening. Sometimes it may not be possible or might feel too difficult to talk to family or friends about our concerns.
I offer you a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space for you to explore those challenging thoughts, emotions and behaviours with empathetic understanding, warmth and compassion.
I will support you through your processing of difficult feelings and everyday life challenges and will help you find a sense of clarity and calm. You will gain a deeper understanding of personal authenticity, self-knowledge and self-awareness as you begin your journey towards inner change, growth and development.
Training, qualifications & experience
As a qualified, BACP registered counsellor & National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society Accredited Registrant, I work within the BACP’s and NCPS's Ethical Framework, which holds your safety and wellbeing as central. My core training is Person Centred Therapy (Humanistic). However, I’ve completed further psychotherapy training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Transactional Analysis (TA) I have recently completed training in Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT/tapping) and Rewind Trauma Therapy (RTT) and am fulfilling my accreditation hours. I am also a Reiki master/teacher.
By working integratively, I utilise a breadth of knowledge and techniques from both psychotherapy and alternative therapies, based on your personal preferences and therapy goals. In particular, the fusion of person-centred with CBT is highly effective and collaborative, integrating non-directive and directive ways of working to suit your individual needs and acknowledging your role as the expert on self with the effectiveness of goal orientated tools and techniques.
My therapy room in Birchwood (Warrington, postcode: WA3 6AE) is a fully accessible, safe and non-judgmental space where you are met with warmth, openness and compassion. I will facilitate your journey, supporting you to uncover your true self, purpose and direction, whilst gaining a new and more meaningful perspective on your life story. My aim is to help you to step towards discovery and fulfilment of your potential, by helping you align your life with what matters to you.
A selection of my qualifications include:
• CPCAB Level 4: Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
• PgCert Level 7: IAPT Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• TA101: Introductory Transactional Analysis 101
• CPCAB Level 3: Certificate in Counselling Skills
• NCFE CACHE Level 2: Certificate in Counselling Skills
• City & Guilds Level 3: Health Trainer
• City & Guilds Level 4: Certificate in Further Education Teaching
• BSc Psychology with Human Behavioural Sciences (British Psychological Society Graduate Basis for Registration)
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Adults who experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's)
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My aim is to ensure psychological therapy is as affordable and accessible as possible. I’m happy to offer weekly or fortnightly appointments to support this.
My availability for face to face, online or telephone sessions for adults and young people is below. Please get in touch to enquire what appointments are currently available.
- Monday 4pm - 7:30pm
- Tuesday 10am - 7:30pm
- Wednesday 4pm - 7:30pm
- Thursday 4pm - 7:30pm
- Sundays 10am - 2pm
My fees for Integrative Counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) are £45 per 50-minute session. For in-person appointments, my warm, private and fully accessible therapy room is ideally located, just a few minutes’ drive from J11 of the M62 (postcode: WA3 6AE) Free parking is provided for your session. I also offer telephone or online therapy via Google Meet. I do have some availability for concessionary rates, please contact me for more details.
For Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping), Rewind Trauma Therapy and Reiki energy healing please email for more information and fees.
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Further information
I offer a complementary 15-minute introductory call to explore what you would like to get out of counselling, how we may work together and to see if I am the right counsellor for you. If following our initial conversation you decide you would like to book your first session, the initial counselling session will give us a chance to see how this feels.
We will start by completing an assessment, exploring what has happened or is happening in your life, why you have sought counselling at this time, and what you would like to get from our sessions together. This will inform the direction of our work.
We may also complete some routine outcome measure questionnaires, which can be helpful to highlight additional areas you may wish to focus on. From a CBT perspective I am experienced in goal setting, CBT formulation and working to an agenda, however if you would like a more non-directive form of counselling, I can work in an integrative way and at a gentler pace.
Psychoeducation forms an integral part of our work, which supports the development of neuroplasticity (our brain's ability to learn and adapt) My aim is for you to feel resourced and confident to apply the tools and techniques learned in sessions to support your mental wellbeing in the future. The psychoeducation may be in the form of handouts, worksheets and interactive activities within session to support therapeutic change.
I offer a flexible approach to the frequency and number of sessions, offering both short-term and long-term counselling based on what works for you. Sessions are the standard 50 minutes in length and would usually be at the same time and day each week. We will regularly review our sessions to check in with your goals for therapy and to reflect on and acknowledge what has changed.
