Katy Fraser

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Counsellor BSc Dip.Couns (MBACP), MBSR course provider
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location_on Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8
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About me

Hello, and thank you for visiting. I am a psychotherapeutic counsellor working gently with the confusion and anxiety that adulthood ADHD brings.

I can help you:

  • make sense of your neurology, and as a person with ADHD, offer you genuine empathy. 
  •  move towards new understandings and self-compassion around the impact  ADHD has on all aspects of your daily experience.
  • challenge negative self-talk/ negative beliefs about your personhood
  • And I can help you understand that you are not alone.

Moving towards thriving as a person with ADHD can be a meaningful journey that many of my clients are glad to have made.

‘An adulthood diagnosis of ADHD can be, among other things, physically dizzying, and that I once feared 'never beginning to live’ now feels completely legitimate. However, I am learning that my fear was borne of the assumption that ‘truly living’ is something ‘other’ than what I experience, and it isn’t.’

-        Katy Fraser, Talking in Diamonds

Training, qualifications & experience

  • Open University BSc Open Degree
  • Diploma in Counselling Level 4 (European Level 5), MBACP
  • Eight years of counselling experience 
  • Mindfulness Now (MBSR) Teacher training.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

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Fees

£25.00 - £55.00
Free initial telephone or online session

Concessions offered for

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Additional information

I am very happy for you to enquire about lower cost counselling. Please do contact me. 

Thank you. 

When I work

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While it's best to have sessions on a particular day, life happens. I can offer you the flexibility of last-minute cancellations at no charge along with a reschedule.

Further information

I offer a safe place for my clients in my cosy heated garden room with wifi access. 

I enjoy writing for ADDitude as a guest blogger to raise awareness about the experience of ADHD.

My new book called Talking to a Pie about Walking the Dog is coming out next year. 

Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

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Wheelchair user access

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Under the Equality Act 2010 service providers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that individuals with disabilities can access their service. You can read more about reasonable adjustments to help you to access services on the CAB website.

Please tell me your needs so I can make sure my premises are accessible:)

Online platforms

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