Kathryn Hobbs


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About me
Hi, I offer face to face sessions and online sessions for counselling.
Online sessions are flexible across the week and I work across the UK and Europe.
Face to face sessions in Barry on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
My fees are £60 per session.
I appreciate contacting a counsellor can be daunting, so thank you for taking the time to look at my counselling directory and consider working with me.
Clients describe me as a warm, empathic, safe and caring counsellor, passionate about providing a safe space for clients to explore their distress and discomfort, feeling able to share and talk through their difficult experiences, thoughts and emotions without being judged.
I have tried to give a brief outline the main types of issues clients bring to me below and how I work with them, however, clients do bring a range of issues that they want to work through.
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, sometimes some of the strategies that we develop to help reduce the anxiety aren't working for us anymore or aren't enough. Working in a safe way we can explore how you experience anxiety, what may have happened for you to be experiencing anxiety and how we can work together to reduce it.
Difficult Childhood Experiences
You may wish to work on some difficult childhood experiences, to make sense of what happened to you and understand how your experiences in childhood impact on the way you feel about yourself and others now.
You may feel a bit confused by it all and wish to talk it through in a safe environment, this can help you make sense of how you feel and think. What has helped you in the past to cope, isn't always helpful now, we can explore that and find new ways of healing if that helps you.
Anybody can experience abuse or a traumatic event at any point in their life, by working together, counselling can help us to explore these experiences in a safe way, with the aim of healing and reducing the impact of difficult thoughts, emotions or memories, beliefs or understanding the lack of memories.
Students
For student counsellors, I am experienced in working with students undergoing counselling training, to explore your own personal beliefs and values, developing your sense of self in your client work.
For students studying other subjects, the difficulties of being away from home and the demands of your course can feel overwhelming. Talking that through with a counsellor can be helpful.
ADHD Clients
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 considerable experience of working with clients, to find a more peaceful balanced way of life.
Male Clients
I work a lot with men who are struggling to identify and understand their feelings, and the impact this has on their relationship 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 their family/intimate relationships.
How I Work
Working in an integrative relational way, drawing on a range of theories that meet your need, at your pace, understanding counselling can be difficult and anxiety provoking. My aim is to help you bring clarity your thoughts, feelings and emotions, to bring about a sense of peace and calm in your wellbeing and a process of healing.
I draw on a vast range of experience from the NHS, MIND, university students, student counsellors and EAP providers. I have worked in the charity sector for over 20 years.
If you would like to book your counselling with me then I offer a free brief introductory 15 minute call via Zoom/TEAMS or telephone, to discuss what your counselling may look like for you.
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)
- Trauma Informed Certificate (2022)
- Online and Telephone Counselling (2020)
- TA101 - Transactional Analysis (2021)
- SafeLives Domestic Abuse Service Manager Training (2016)
- Compassion Focused Theory for Reframing Shame Filled Flashbacks Training (Mind 2019)
- ASSIST Training (2017)
- Cultural Diversity & Equality Training (2015)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Training (2017)
- Anti-Human Trafficking & Child Sexual Exploitation Training (2016)
- Boundaries & Attachments Training (2015)
- Personality Disorders Training (2016)
- PTSD Workshop (2016)
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

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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60 per session for counselling sessions
£75 for an hour and half supervision
£60 for an hours supervision
When I work
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Further information
I have availability during the evenings and weekends, I currently offer counselling sessions via Zoom and telephone