About me
Helping You Navigate Life’s Challenges with Awareness and Compassion
Hi, I’m Kathleen, a fully qualified Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist and Person-Centred Counsellor offering support for adults of all ages. I provide a grounded, compassionate space where you can explore your experiences, develop self-awareness, and build resilience.
How I Work
My approach is person-centred, present and embodied, meaning you set the direction and the pace, and I help you tune into your own inner wisdom along the journey.
I integrate various different ways of working into my client work:
- Focusing-Oriented Therapy (FOT) & Parts Work - helping you connect with your inner experience through the felt sense, exploring different parts of yourself with curiosity and compassion.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy - helping you process past experiences in a safe and supportive way.
- Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) - supporting you in developing greater self-kindness and emotional balance.
- Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness - using mindfulness practices tailored for safety and emotional regulation, particularly for those with trauma histories.
- Safely Embodied Practices - processing trauma in a body-based way, building a secure attachment to Self using practices that develop present moment embodiment.
- Hakomi - a gentle, somatic approach that brings awareness to our unconscious patterns and supports self-discovery .through body Psychotherapy
- Expressive Approaches - including sand tray, mark-making, art work, sound, movement, creative writing, and journalling as ways to explore emotions and personal narratives.
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy - structured, goal-oriented hypnotherapy for specific issues such as phobias or smoking cessation.
Who I Work With
I work with clients experiencing:
- Stress, anxiety, depression, self-blame, shame, or low self-esteem
- Relationship challenges, breakups, or adjusting to life alone
- Major life transitions, such as mid-life changes, retirement, career shifts, menopause, or empty nest
- Health challenges, social anxiety, isolation, or post-pandemic reintegration.
- Estrangement from an adult child, parent or family member – working on communication, attachment styles, navigating loss, and developing emotional maturity and secure attachment.
- LGBTQ+ clients - offering an affirming space to explore identity, relationships, and personal experiences.
- Neurodivergent clients - including those who are autistic, ADHD, AuDHD or otherwise neurodivergent, supporting self-understanding, emotional regulation, and navigating the world in a way that works for them
Workshops, Retreats & Coaching
In addition to individual therapy, I offer:
- Workshops & retreats teaching Felt Sense Focusing skills and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness
- Life Coaching and Wellbeing Coaching - helping individuals develop secure attachment and emotional maturity, develop proactive wellbeing, and find their own unique path in life.
- Creativity Coaching for individuals or groups in creative and performance fields, both online and in retreat settings
If you’re looking for support, feel free to reach out. Our next step will be to have a brief free phone call to explore your needs and to see whether the way that I work will be a good match for you.
Together, we’ll find an approach that suits you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Post Graduate Diploma in MSc Counselling & Psychotherapy.
My additional training includes:
Compassion Focused Therapy, Trauma Focused Therapy certificate, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Certified Focusing Practitioner, Certified Hakomi Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, Certified Focusing-Oriented Therapist working with the felt sense of the body. Certified trainer teaching Focusing skills to groups online and in the UK. Teacher of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Certified Becoming Safely Embodied Practitioner, Self-Compassion meditation Training, Mindfulness mediation group facilitator, Working with low self-esteem and disgust, Treating Panic Attack Disorder, Smoking Cessation, Insomnia, Stress Management, Felt Sense Polyvagal for Trauma and Addiction, Well-being Coaching, Life Coaching, Creativity Coaching, Writing Coaching.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Somatic work, Safely Embodied Certified, and Trauma focused.
Fees
£45.00 - £50.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please contact me if you need to access therapy for a lower fee.
When I work
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Further information
It is possible to work outside in a coastal location - weather permitting.
