Kathryn Wright
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About me
Do you have complicated family relationships that are taking up too much of your time and energy?
Parenting is hard. You may have a neurodiverse child, or neurodiversity in your family, that leads to additional challenges in parenting and family life.
There may be other challenges in your family that are hard to manage.
You find yourself just about keeping your head above water for the sake of the family.
Maybe people in your life don’t really ‘get it’, and you feel like you are dealing with too much on your own.
Prioritising yourself and working on your wants and needs doesn’t need to be complicated, and it certainly isn’t selfish:
- Therapy is flexible and can be at a time that works for your schedule.
- It is a time where you get to focus on yourself and cut out the noise of daily life.
- Sometimes we all need that extra help that a professional can provide - just about keeping your head above water isn’t sustainable in the long term.
Therapy can help you build a better life with better communication by:
- Providing the support you need to care for yourself while also caring for others—it doesn’t have to be one or the other.
- Understanding your relationship patterns gives you the power to make choices that serve you.
- Learning to use your voice helps you communicate clearly, reducing confusion in relationships, family, and work.
Training, qualifications & experience
I started my private practice, at home in Blackburn, because I could see many people, especially parents of neurodiverse children and those with an a-typical family set up, struggling with the challenges that life was throwing at them.
This left them feeling isolated, unheard, and not good enough.
But it’s possible to gain confidence in meeting your own needs and those of the people you share your life with the right support in place.
I have over 5 years experience in private practice, working with a wide range of people who have had relationship and communication difficulties, or have events in their past that have been affecting their present. Prior to this I worked for organisations supporting people through sexual and domestic abuse, so I understand all the complications that relationships can have.
With my own personal experience of being a parent to a neurodiverse child, I know how it feels to be trying to work out how to tackle the challenges that life is throwing at you, with no clear way forward. Therapy can help you to identify what you want and need, and figure out a way to make that happen in your life.
I have helped many people to figure out how to get the life they want, and I can help you to do that too.
I have an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy from the University of Central Lancashire. I am currently completing a Specialist Diploma in Neurodiversity Informed Practice. I regularly complete CPD that is relevant to my work and I keep up to date with current trends in the world of psychology and therapy. My work before becoming a therapist has made me aware of the great diversity of situations and challenges that can occur in communities, such as blended families and co-parenting, and social isolation.
Previous clients have said that I have helped them to develop the knowledge and skills they needed in a safe and compassionate space, free of judgement.
So please email me to book an initial consultation, I would love to hear from you.
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
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
For video therapy, I offer an initial consultation of 30 minutes for the reduced rate of £30. This will allow us to discover more about the work you are hoping to do, and ensure that I am a good fit for you and your needs.
An initial consultation can be booked here: https://calendar.app.google/g8iDQBRg6UKYkqUQ8
For email therapy, an initial session will be the full 50 minutes, payable at my usual rate of £65. Please email to book
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Where possible, I try to be flexible with appointment times, particularly for shift workers in the public sector. I offer weekly, fortnightly, and ad-hoc appointments.
Further information
As well as offering online and telephone therapy, I am also able to offer email therapy having completed an Advanced Certificate in Email Therapy with Sussex Rainbow Counselling.
For more information about email therapy, please follow this link:
