Katie Birch
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About me
Hello, I am a qualified therapist based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. I hold a degree in Person-Centred counselling. I am also qualified to work with children and teenagers. I have worked as a college counsellor and understand the level of sensitivity required to work with young people. My specialist areas include working with attachment in childhood and relationships. I have significant experience supporting neurodivergent clients. I also offer personal therapy to counselling students. I have undertaken specialist training in the following areas:
- Anxiety. E.g: Panic Attacks, Health Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Attachment Disorder
- Bereavement
- Child Counselling. E.g. Bullying
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Depression. E.g: Feeling sad, Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Domestic Abuse
- Eating Disorders. E.g: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Gender Variance. E.g: Sexuality, Gender identity
- Grief and Loss. E.g. Redundancy
- Low self-esteem/Low self-confidence
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Safeguarding
- Self Harm
- Stress. E.g. Work-related stress
- Suicide (suicidal thoughts)
- Trauma (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I am passionate about offering support to you during this challenging time. I provide a safe and confidential space. A non judgemental environment will allow you to tell your story and feel heard. Together we can discuss what has brought you to therapy, discover coping strategies and explore future goals. Counselling can help you to understand yourself and others better.
I believe my approachable nature allows me to connect with people of all personalities. The number of sessions is dependant on individual needs. I am happy to provide sessions on a short or long term basis.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Degree in Person-Centred Counselling
- Level 4 Working with Children and Young People
- Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Certificate in Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Certificate in Gender Variance
- Certificate in Suicide Prevention
- Certificate in Self Harm
- Certificate in Domestic Abuse
- Certificate in Anxiety and Depression
- Certificate in Safeguarding Awareness
- Certificate in Online Competency
I am fully insured under professional liability and DBS approved. I am a registered member of the BACP and work within their ethical framework.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£35.00 - £45.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I can arrange appointments via phone, skype or zoom.
I am available weekdays and evenings.
The agreed fee is payable in advance.
Sessions are 50 minutes long and usually held weekly or fortnightly.
When I work
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Further information
Please contact me by phone or email if you have any questions or would like to arrange a session. I am pleased to offer an initial consultation free of charge.
Thanks for taking the time to visit my profile.
