About me
Hello, I’m Kate - thank you for your interest in my profile, I know looking for a therapist is a big step.
Perhaps low mood, worry, or stress is feeling overwhelming. You might find yourself overthinking decisions, or feeling unmotivated. You might want to make a change, but don’t know where to start. Or perhaps you're feeling lost, or finding it hard to be hopeful.
Therapy gives you an unhurried space to talk and really be heard. It gives you space to think, room to breathe, and the nudge to refocus on the life you want to live.
When it comes down to it, therapy is a meaningful conversation about what matters most to you, helping you make change that lasts.
What I can can help with
Over the years, I’ve worked with people facing all kinds of challenges, including anxiety, low mood, depression, stress, lack of motivation, loss, perfectionism, fertility issues and IVF, overwhelm, relationship difficulties, grief, work stress, feeling directionless, difficult family dynamics, climate anxiety, and low self-esteem.
My counselling approach
When we work together, I’ll listen attentively, question gently, and offer challenge when it's helpful. Together, we’ll find new ways to explore what's been going on for you. You can expect warmth, reflectiveness, and curiosity from me in our sessions.
Although I draw on a number of different approaches to suit each person I work with, my core training is in transactional analysis (TA).
TA helps us to explore the ways that our life experiences and childhood still shape the decisions we make (and the limitations we put on ourselves). Seeing these things clearly gives us the opportunity to make different choices.
In our sessions, I might also suggest some creative ways to tune into how you're feeling. This could be using picture cards, interesting objects, or a sand tray - though it’s completely up to you what you try.
I'll also regularly check in with you to see how you feel the therapy is going, so we can refocus or change things up if needed.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling - Northern Guild of Psychotherapy and Counselling.
- Registered member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
- Registered with Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
- Member of a continuous professional development (CPD) group of experienced therapists, meeting monthly.
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
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
Initial consultation (50 mins): £30
Therapy session (50 mins): £60
On Mondays and Fridays I use a lovely therapy room in Whitley Bay, on the same street as the Metro station.
When I work
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Mondays and Fridays: in-person
Every weekday: online
