Kate Parkins
Every professional displayed on Counselling Directory has been independently verified by our team to ensure they have suitable credentials to practise.
This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hello, thank you for your interest in my profile. I know looking for a therapist is a big step! If we work together, you can expect our sessions to be warm, friendly, and at a pace that feels right for you.
Counselling gives you room to breathe, space to think, and a chance to explore your options for how things could be different. Therapy is a space where you don't have to hide or apologise for your feelings. Whatever’s on your mind: the future, the past, family, love, work, purpose, life, death - nothing is off the table.
I offer a confidential, non-judgmental space where you can be yourself and work through what’s on your mind. We can work together for a small number of sessions, or longer-term.
Counselling helps you to unpick and overcome the things that are making you feel stuck. I won’t tell you what to do, or make decisions for you. I’ll do a lot of listening and some gentle questioning to help you voice the things on your mind and explore what’s important to you.
In my experience, counselling can be moving, challenging, thought-provoking, and freeing - no matter what stage of life we’re at, or how settled or ‘messy’ we feel.
You can find out more about me on my website: www.goodplacetherapy.com
How counselling can help
Perhaps low mood, worry, or stress is feeling overwhelming. Maybe you keep finding yourself having the same problems in relationships. You might want to make a change, but don’t know where to start.
It can be hard to see a way through when you’re in the middle of it. I offer a safe, confidential space to explore whatever has been on your mind or in your heart.
Over the years, I've worked with people facing challenges such as low mood, anxiety, stress, loss, perfectionism, lack of motivation, relationship issues, grief, and adapting to long-term conditions.
My counselling approach
I draw on a variety of different approaches to suit each person and situation, but my core training is in Transactional Analysis (TA), which is based on an open and equal partnership between the client and the counsellor.
TA helps us to explore the way that our life experiences and childhood shape the decisions we make, as well as the limitations we put on ourselves.
Counselling can help us to notice the way our decisions have shaped our lives, and give us the opportunity to make different choices.
I know first hand how powerful and life-changing therapy can be, as I’ve spent plenty of time in the ‘client chair’ myself over the years, as part of my training.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (2020) - Northern Guild of Psychotherapy and Counselling
- Registered member of BACP
- Registered with Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
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
Additional information
Initial consultation (50 mins): £25
Therapy session (50 mins): £50
When I work
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | |||||||
| Afternoon | |||||||
| Evening | |||||||
| Night |
- Mondays: in-person or online
- Tuesdays/Wednesdays: online
Further information
My sessions are offered online.
