About me
I'm Katie, a BABCP and BACP Accredited CBT Therapist and counsellor based in King's Heath, Birmingham, with over 15 years of experience working in the NHS, university counselling services, and private practice.
I have two areas of specialist focus. The first is supporting people on GLP-1 weight loss medications, Mounjaro, Wegovy, and Ozempic, with the psychological side of that journey. This is territory that prescribing clinics rarely cover: the identity shifts, the complicated relationship with food, the anxiety about what comes next, the grief, the disconnection. These are real experiences that deserve real support, and it's an area I'm genuinely passionate about.
The second is working with people experiencing anxiety, burnout, and significant life transitions, the points where old ways of coping stop working and you need something different.
I work in person at The Well Health Centre in King's Heath, with walk-and-talk sessions in Kings Heath Park, and online across the UK.
I accept Aviva and AXA Health insurance, and offer a free 15-minute consultation so you can decide whether working together feels right for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- PGDip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- PGDip Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
- MSc Psychology
- BSc (Hons) Management
Over 15 years full time experience as a therapist in NHS, voluntary and private services.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
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.
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
Support for people on weight loss medications
Therapies offered
Fees
£95.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
You can book through my website.
I also accept Aviva and AXA Health insurance
I offer a free 15-minute consultation so you can decide whether working together feels right for you, please book through my website.
Further information
My Approach to Therapy
CBT is an active, evidence-based approach, we don't just explore how things feel, we build practical tools for changing the patterns that are keeping you stuck. I'm warm and direct, and I take a genuinely collaborative approach: sessions are a working partnership, not something that happens to you.
For people on weight loss medication, I bring a specific framework to the psychological complexity involved, from body image work and values clarification to managing health anxiety and processing identity change. This isn't generic support repackaged; it's therapy that takes your specific situation seriously.
For anxiety, burnout, and life transitions, I use evidence-based CBT techniques adapted to your particular circumstances, with room for in-vivo and walk-and-talk work where that suits you.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation to explore whether I might be the right fit. There's no commitment and no referral needed, just a conversation. Please book this through my website.
