Kathryn Lock-Giddy, MBACP Registered.
About me
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I am an experienced, registered, integrative counsellor working online. I have been a qualified counsellor for eight years and have a previous background in family and community care.
My counselling experience includes working within GP surgeries, an NHS employee wellbeing service, and universities. I am experienced in counselling both adults, children and young people.
I am able to work flexibly with clients who require short or long term counselling. I provide a confidential listening service which is professional and reliable. I consider myself to be self aware around race, culture and anti-discriminative practice. I am open to answering any questions you may have around this.
You can talk to me about any issue. It doesn't matter how big or small, having someone to talk to can make all the difference.
I counsel on a number of topics including anxiety, depression, stress, and work related pressures, as well as issues relating to bereavement, loss and relationships. I am experienced in counselling around trauma and, or abuse.
Counselling can be a transformative process and can create new meaning. I will support you with your therapeutic aims, even if you're not quite sure what they are at the beginning.
My initial counselling training was on a postgraduate accredited course, which looked at a number of theoretical approaches, relational psychodynamic theory, CBT and humanistic approaches. I'm experienced in brief solution focused counselling as well as compassionate focused counselling.
If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with me. I look forward to hearing from you.
Warmest wishes,
Kathryn.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- MA Integrative Counselling Focus of research was on Emotional Resilience within a local sixth form school.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play and Playwork (children and young people)
Continuing Professional Development:
- Relationships and Regulation - Neuroscience (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 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
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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 am trained to counsel individuals who identify as LGBTQ+
I'm aware of the importance of providing a warm and safe space to talk about issues relating to mental health and wellbeing. Free of stigma.
I work from a position of supporting your spiritual needs and have an awareness of working with those of faith or not.
Therapies offered
Fees
Counselling Fees
- Counselling sessions are £45 per hour.
- Concessions are available on a case by case basis for those who are unemployed, recently redundant or a student.
Further information
Feedback from clients:
"Kathryn is lovely, I've been to many counselling services before, but she really reassured me and validated my feelings, it made me want to come back."
"Kathryn has a very soothing voice"
“Today was my last session, and I feel so much more positive and hopeful about the future.
"Kath has been brilliant, and I'd like to thank her for all her incredible support.”
