Katy Cowell
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About me
Velvet Couch Therapy - Private Counselling Practice based in Canterbury.
What if you didn't have to keep holding everything together?
Perhaps you've become very good at carrying responsibilities, expectations, relationships, emotions, other people's needs. Maybe you've reached a point where you're thinking "this feels like a lot for one person to carry".
Or perhaps your experience is completely different. You may be dealing with anxiety, loss, relationship difficulties, questions about identity, a major life change, or something you can't quite put into words yet.
Whatever has brought you here, you don't have to face it alone. Counselling can give you the space to pause, breathe and begin to understand what is happening beneath the surface without judgement and without needing to be anyone other than yourself.
Maybe you are here because you felt a shift. You have reached a point where the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change. Even if you don't have words for that shift, its okay. We can explore it together.
Some of the common areas I cover include:
Prenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety
Birth Trauma and birth debriefing
Matrescence, motherhood transition, burnout, identity struggles
Mother and baby bonding difficulties
sex after birth
Infertility Grief and IVF emotional support
Relationship difficulties with a new baby.
Working mothers, career changes, life balance, burn out, and the importance of prioritising self.
My approach
Counselling isn't about me giving you a list of answers. It's about creating enough safety and trust for you to explore your own thoughts, feelings, experiences and patterns, perhaps in ways you haven't been able to before.
I am an integrative counsellor, and my approach will vary depending on the individual needs of a client. One style of therapy does not work for everyone.
My therapeutic approach includes humanistic therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
How we work together is flexible and may change as your needs shift over time.
I work collaboratively, at your pace, and with genuine curiosity about your individual experience.
I bring warmth, honesty, empathy and compassion to my work. I may gently challenge you when it feels appropriate, and to help you explore something differently.
My clients tell me that they experience me as grounded, genuine and respectful. They also value my ability to bring warmth and humour when appropriate, as the client and counsellor relationship develops.
Please get in touch by email to ask any questions or telephone me on the mobile number provided.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling - level 4
Registered member - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I am fully insured and hold a current DBS.
Make Birth Better - Online Course
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Some of the more focused areas I work with include -
- Prenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety
- Birth Trauma
- Matrescence, motherhood transition, emotional burn out and identity struggles
- Mother and baby bonding difficulties
- Sex after birth
- Infertility Grief and IVF emotional support
- Relationship difficulties with a new baby
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
