About me
Hi, I’m Kat
Sometimes life looks fine from the outside, but inside things feel much more complicated.
You might be struggling with:
- a relationship
- feeling overwhelmed by your emotions
- questioning yourself
- feeling frustrated with your usual coping strategies
You don't need fixing.
You don't need to have it all figured out.
I'm warm, calm and curious and genuinely interested in getting to know you - what makes you you, what matters to you and how you relate to the world.
Our relationship matters to me. I'll listen deeply, notice what's happening between us and gently challenge you when I think it could be useful. I'll be honest with you.
You can talk about difficult stuff and sit with big emotions, have complicated conversations, and I'll make space for whatever comes up.
There'll also be room for humour and laughter, because sometimes sharing a laugh together is part of feeling connected and being human.
You don't need to perform or get therapy right. You can just be yourself.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc Humanistic Counselling, Metanoia Institute
- Group Facilitation training, The Gestalt Centre
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Further information
What can we work with?
You might come to therapy because you're struggling with:
- anxiety
- stress
- low self-esteem
- relationships
- loneliness
- difficult emotions
- life changes
- feeling overwhelmed
- a pattern that keeps repeating
- wondering why something feels manageable to other people feels so difficult for you
An you don't necessary need to know what the problem is. Sometimes the starting point is simply knowing that something doesn't feel right.
Relationships and groups
Relationships are often where some of our most difficult experiences happen - and where we learn a great deal about ourselves.
I'm interested in how you relate to yourself and to other people, and in the patterns that develop between us. Therapy gives us an opportunity to explore these patterns in a real relationship, rather than simply talking about them.
How I work?
My approach is Gestalt and relational. I pay attention not only to what you tell me, but to what is happening in the present moment - in your body, emotions, thoughts and in our relationship.
I'm curious with you rather than assuming I already know what your experience means.
I currently work with adults, and I offer therapy in English and in Polish
A Space Between Us
I also run a small in-person therapy group in Guildford called A Space Between Us. The group explores relationships, connection and what heppens when we meet other people as ourselves. It is designed for people who value depth, reflection and genuine connection.
If you're unsure whether therapy with me is right for you, you're welcome to get in touch for an initial conversation.
