Name: Kathryn Slattery
Address: Temple Court, 13a Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9HA, GB
Telephone: +447592391104
Price range: £55.00 - £60.00

About me

Hi, I'm Kat, I offer counselling in Cardiff, with sessions available in person, online across the UK, by telephone, and outdoors for those who feel more comfortable connecting while walking or being in nature.

My approach is neuro-affirmative and LGBTQIA+ affirmative. I work respectfully with autistic, ADHD, and otherwise neurodivergent clients, adapting sessions to suit your communication style, sensory needs, and energy levels. I do not view neurodivergence or gender and sexual diversity as something to be “fixed”. Instead, we explore how to support you in a world that often isn’t built with you in mind.

Many of the people I work with come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected — often carrying experiences of trauma, grief, anxiety, or long-standing emotional pain. You may be navigating loss, a traumatic experience, anxiety, identity questions, burnout, relationship difficulties, or the impact of growing up feeling misunderstood. Therapy with me offers a calm, compassionate space where you don’t need to explain or justify who you are.

As a trauma-informed counsellor, I focus on safety, choice, and collaboration. Trauma can affect how you feel in your body, your relationships, and your sense of self. We move at a pace that feels manageable, with you always in control of what we explore.

Where it feels helpful, I may also draw on elements of film or TV storytelling in our work — using scenes, characters, or themes as a gentle way to explore emotions, identity, and personal experiences.

I have particular experience supporting:

Anxiety (including chronic worry, panic, and overwhelm)
Grief and loss (bereavement, ambiguous loss, identity loss, complicated grief)
Trauma and complex trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD
Neurodivergent adults
LGBTIA+ and identity exploration
Depression and low mood
Stress and burn-out

Sessions can take place face-to-face in Cardiff, online anywhere in the UK, by telephone, or outdoors, depending on what feels most accessible and supportive for you.

Starting counselling can feel like a big step, especially if past experiences haven’t felt supportive. Offering counselling in Cardiff, my aim is to provide a warm, non-judgemental relationship where you feel heard, respected, and supported to make sense of your experiences in your own way.

If you’re looking for a Cardiff counsellor who is trauma-informed, neuro-affirmative, and LGBTQIA+ affirmative, you’re welcome to get in touch to see if I might be the right fit for you.

I offer a free 10-minute phone or Zoom consultation so you can ask questions and get a sense of whether we’d be a good fit. You can contact me via email, text or phone and we can then arrange a suitable time to talk, to explore your needs and potentially book a session if you feel comfortable to do so.

Training, qualifications & experience

I have worked with a range of adult clients from a variety of backgrounds who have presented issues including (but not limited to) Depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, loneliness, suicidal thoughts, domestic violence, bereavement and loss, perfectionism, low self-esteem/confidence, gender dysphoria, long term illness, relationship difficulties and life transitions.

I have undertaken training with the Foundation for Infant Loss, developing my skills in grief and trauma surrounding pregnancy and infant loss.

I have completed training in the Dream Completion Technique with Dr Justin Havens to help provide support for nightmares from traumatic experiences as well as exploring trust in child sexual abuse from a person-centred perspective with Dr Susanna Alyce.

I have also undertaken training in working with male survivors of sexual abuse with Jeremy Sachs and LGBTQI+ Intimate Partner Violence with Stephen Maxwell.

I have attended a two day course with Alex Drummond and New Pathways on working with transgender and gender questioning clients. Most recently, I attended training with Brighton Therapy Partnership and Dominic Davies around Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD)

I am also trained in offering film therapy, which is an opportunity to explore your feelings and experiences through film offering reflective discussion, emotional processing and new perspectives.

I enjoy learning and feel that it is important as a therapist that I keep learning and developing to ultimately benefit you, the client.

I have experience counselling for universities as well as domestic violence and bereavement charities.

I also currently work with a charity supporting survivors of sexual violence and trauma.

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Areas of counselling I deal with

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I also offer trauma-informed film therapy which is an opportunity to explore your feelings and experiences through film offering reflective discussion, emotional processing and new perspectives.

Please let me know if this is something you wish for me to incorporate in sessions.

Walk and Talk/Outdoor Counselling is what it says on the tin - we meet outside and walk and talk. In these sessions, you set the pace of the walk and have the opportunity to let the outside in. This can provide an alternative to looking at a screen, or speaking into the phone, offering a change of scenery and allowing nature be a part of the sessions.

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Fees

£55.00 - £60.00

Additional information

Individual Sessions cost £55 for a 50 minute session.

The first session will be an assessment session which is £60.00 and is an hour long in duration.

Further sessions currently available for in-person sessions on Wednesdays and Thursdays

When I work

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