Katia Houghton, registered MBACP
Email mePortway
Wantage
Oxfordshire
OX12
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14
07897 669113
About me
I offer short and long-term counselling and psychotherapy. My aim is to create a safe and confidential space in which you can explore your concerns and increase your self-understanding at your own pace and according to your individual needs. I think that a secure therapeutic relationship, directed by what you want to bring to each session, is central to that process.
I practise in Abingdon and Wantage, both of which are easily accessible by car or public transport, and have free public parking.
For more information about my practice, please take a look at my website or contact me directly by email or phone.
Training, qualifications & experience
Registered member BACP (registration no. 087586)
Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Psychodynamic)
BA Hons (Oxon.)
I am currently in further postgraduate training as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
I have completed a four-year diploma training in psychodynamic counselling. Having gained my experience working in a local counselling service, I now work in private practice and as a secondary school counsellor.
I have experience of working with a wide range of relationship and other issues, including depression, anxiety, stress, sexual and physical abuse, aloneness, family problems, infertility, bereavement, grief, and lack of self-esteem, but I am very conscious that every client is an individual, not just a collection of issues or problems, and base my approach on their unique experience of what is going on with them.
As a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). I abide by the BACP's ethical framework.
Member organisations
Accredited register membership
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- ADHD
- Affairs and betrayals
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's syndrome
- Bereavement
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Career
- Carer support
- Child related issues
- Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Family issues
- Hearing voices
- Infertility
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Personality disorders
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sexuality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Fees
The fee is £50 per 50-minute session. I see clients once or twice weekly.
Maps & Directions
Wantage, OX12
Abingdon, OX14
Type of session
| Online counselling: | No |
| Telephone counselling: | No |
| Face to face counselling: | Yes |
Practical details
| Sign language: | Unspecified |
| Other languages: | None |
Accessibility
| Wheelchair access: | Unspecified |
Availability
I currently have sessions: Monday afternoons/evening; Friday morning; Tuesday morning/early afternoon
Types of client
| Young people |
| Adults |
| Older adults |
| Organisations |
| Employee Assistance Programme |
