Kathryn Lock
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About me
Are you seeking a safe, understanding space to explore your feelings and difficulties? I’m Kathryn an Integrative Counsellor with a deep commitment to supporting individuals on their journey toward healing and personal growth. With a compassionate, non-judgmental approach, I support individuals to navigate a variety of mental health difficulties, including trauma, anxiety, stress, depression, bereavement and loss.
My Approach
I believe that each person’s experience is unique, which is why I integrate a range of therapeutic techniques tailored to your individual needs. My practice is rooted in grounding, mindfulness and compassion-based therapies, offering you tools to manage distress and foster resilience.
Grounding Techniques: Helping you connect with the present and regain control when emotions become overwhelming.
Mindfulness: Cultivating present-moment awareness to reduce stress, enhance emotional regulation, and promote a sense of peace.
Compassion-Focused: Encouraging self-kindness and understanding, especially in moments of struggle or self-criticism.
No one size fits all, so an individual approach is important to finding the right support for you.
Specialist Area
I understand the profound impact that life experiences can have on your mental and emotional well-being. I am also experienced in supporting individuals who are neurodivergent, offering tailored support that respects and embraces each person’s unique way of experiencing life. I'm also experienced in supporting people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Whether you’re dealing with the aftermath of trauma, navigating the pain of loss, or seeking guidance on managing other challenges within your life, please get in touch.
What to Expect
Our work together is collaborative, with your needs and goals at the forefront. In our sessions, I provide a warm, empathetic environment where you can express yourself freely and work through your difficulties at your own pace. Together, we’ll explore strategies that empower you to manage your mental health, embrace your strengths, and move toward a more fulfilling life.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- MA Counselling
- Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play and Play work (children and young people)
Continuing Professional Development:
- Assessing Risk with Neurodivergent Clients (2024)
- Working Therapeutically with the Autistic Community (2024)
- Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (2024)
- Invisible Disabilities Neurodiversity (2024)
- Working with and Facilitating Groups Tavistock and Portman NHS (2024)
- Conflict Resoloution (2023)
- Anti-Oppressive Practice within Counselling (2023)
- Working with Otherness and Privilege (2023)
- Working with Boys and Men therapeutically (2023)
- Pre-trial Therapy (2023)
- Multicultural Considerations for Psychotherapy (2023)
- Demystifying Spiritual Abuse (2022)
- Compassion Focused Therapy (2021)
- Cultural Competency (2021)
- Relationships and Regulation - Neuroscience (2021)
- Regulation and the Body - Neuroscience (2021)
- Spirituality, Religion and Non-belief (2021)
- Talking Therapies Outdoors (2020)
- Post Slavery Syndrome (2020)
- Existential Therapy (2020)
- Young People and Gender Identity (2020)
- Understanding Mental Health Legislation (2020)
- Working with Dissociation (2020)
- Relational Depth (2020)
- Grief and Loss (2020)
- Using Creative Arts (2020)
- Spirituality in Therapy (2020)
- Pluralism Approaches (2020)
- Goals in Therapy (2020)
- Working Online (2020)
- Working with Dissociation (2020)
- NAPAC Working with Childhood Trauma (2020)
- Culture, Race and Anti-discrimination group training (2021)
- Trauma (2020)
I am a registered member of the BACP.
The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) is a professional body and a registered charity that sets standards for therapeutic practice and provides information for therapists, clients of therapy, and the public.
http://www.bacpregister.org.uk/public
Clinical Supervision: My clinical supervisor is an experienced senior accredited BACP counsellor/supervisor - this information can be provided at the start of therapy. Although, you are not identified, for the purpose of safe working a supervisor can raise concerns with me around any risks and safe ethical practice.
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
I have significant experience in counselling individuals from LGBTQ+ and Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds. I understand the unique challenges and systemic barriers that can impact mental health within these communities. My approach is culturally sensitive and affirming, aiming to provide as much as possible a safe and inclusive space where clients can explore their experiences, identities, and challenges without fear of judgment. I am committed towards supporting and empowering clients from diverse backgrounds.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
I can occasionally offer concessional rates for counselling students.
When I work
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Weekday availability 8 am-8 pm
Sessions are on Zoom or in person
Further information
I work within a shipping container in a community gardens project. It has no waiting area. It's easy to access by public transport. There is free parking on the road.
