Kathryn Hobbs
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hello and thank you for taking the time to view my page.
If you are thinking about working with a counsellor it can be overwhelming trying to find the right person to help you. I hope it helps for me me to have put some brief details of the types of things clients bring to me, when they are seeking help.
I offer either face to face sessions, or online or telephone sessions counselling on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday and I offer a brief introductory call, to explain how I might work with you, email me and I can book you in for that, at no charge.
Clients typically describe me as a warm, empathic, safe and caring, providing a non-judgemental space so that you feel able to share and talk through your difficult experiences, I am able to draw on over 20 years of working with adults and children.
You may looking for someone to help with anxiety, panic, low mood, self esteem or relationship issues. Here is a very brief description below of how I might plan our work together.
Anxiety
You might be experiencing very difficult anxiety that is preventing you from living your life in a meaningful way, it can be hard to pinpoint where and how that started, we can look at mindfulness and other strategies to help reduce the anxiety, to give you space to explore what prompted the anxiety to start for you and what keeps it going.
Difficult Childhood Experiences
You may wish to work on some difficult childhood experiences, to make sense of what happened to you and to understand how your experiences in childhood impact on the way you feel about yourself now and your relationships with others or at work.
Difficult Adulthood Experiences
You may be experiencing low self-esteem, or self confidence or struggle with relationships. Something may have happened to you in your adult life that you are struggling to deal with. I provide a safe space to explore these experiences and struggles.
ADHD
You may have been diagnosed with ADHD either in childhood or recently, or you may feel you identify as having ADHD with no formal diagnosis, either way I have undertaken considerable training and work with people who present in this way and struggling to make sense of it.
Male Clients
I work a lot with men who are struggling with work issues or relationship issues, it can be difficult as many are not used to identifying and understanding their own feelings, and thoughts. They just know they don't feel right and there is an impact on their relationships with themselves and their family and also in their intimate relationships. Through our work together, male clients have felt a sense of relief at being able to talk about these difficulties and describe their experience of how this has benefited them.
How I Work
Working in an integrative relational way, which means drawing on a range of theories to best meet your need, at your pace, understanding counselling can be difficult and anxiety provoking.
I draw on a vast range of experience from the NHS, MIND, university students, student counsellors and EAP providers and Insurance Companies.
If you would like to book your counselling with me then I offer a free 15 minute introductory call.
I am a BACP registered counsellor.
I am trained Trauma Informed Practitioner.
To book an appointment please email me.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Post Grad Diploma (Level 7) in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2024)
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (2012)
- Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision Including Online and Telephone Working (2023)
- Misdiagnosed and misunderstood a 6 week course on women with ADHD
- Trauma Informed Certificate (2022)
- Online and Telephone Counselling (2020)
- TA101 - Transactional Analysis (2021)
- Compassion Focused Theory for Reframing Shame Filled Flashbacks Training (Mind 2019)
- ASSIST Training (2017)
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£60 per session for counselling sessions
£90 for an hour and half supervision - concessions for student counsellors and those new to private practice
£60 for an hours supervision
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Further information
I have availability during the evenings and weekends, I currently offer counselling sessions via Zoom and telephone
