About me
Hello and Welcome,
I’m Kaz Hazelwood, a Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Certified ADHD Coach and Executive Coach.
I work online throughout the UK and outdoors (in Tring, Hertfordshire) with people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected or unsure how to move forward. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, burnout, self-criticism, emotional dysregulation or old patterns that keep replaying, we’ll explore what’s really happening beneath the surface, and how to create space for change.
My style is collaborative, intuitive and creative. Alongside traditional talking therapy online, I often use imagery, mapping and bespoke visualisations to help you understand and shift the patterns shaping your thoughts, emotions and body responses. You don’t need the perfect words or even to know where to begin, as we’ll look at your internal landscape together and find a path that makes sense for you.
Walk and Talk Therapy
If you prefer being outdoors, I offer walk and talk sessions in four beautiful natural settings around Tring (Hertfordshire). Nature adds a calm, grounding energy to the work and it can be easier to talk whilst moving, to reconnect with yourself through the landscape.
Who I Work With
I work with adults navigating all sorts of issues, including:
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Confidence & Self-esteem
- Creative Blocks & Expressive Identity
- Depression
- Education and Career Pressures and Dilemmas
- Emotional Regulation & Overwhelm
- Experiencing Therapy Resistance or Past Therapy Disappointments
- Gender, sexuality and identity
- Grief in all its Forms
- Identity, Belonging and Who am I? Questions
- Life Transitions
- Men’s Emotional Wellbeing and Identity
- Menopause
- Navigating Neurodivergence
- Parenting
- Perimenopause
- Psychological and physical abuse
- Relationship issues
- Relationship with Self & Inner Critic
- Shame
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts and ideation
- Trauma
- Trauma Bonding
As a certified ADHD coach, I support people who feel like their mind runs faster than the world around them. Together, we’ll look at practical ways to manage focus, energy and organisation so life feels more doable and less like a constant scramble.
I have a particular interest in relationships, addiction and men’s mental health, especially supporting men to name and process emotions like anger, shame or grief that have been held in for too long as well as perimenopause, menopause and burnout in women.
Whatever brings you here, you’ll be met with warmth, respect and honesty; a space where you don’t have to perform, explain or hold it all together. Just bring yourself.
Our First Session
If you’re interested in working together, we can talk on a free Zoom for 20-30 minutes, so you can ask any questions you may have and to see if we are a good fit for one another. You can also book a first full session through an accessible pay-what-you-can pricing structure.
I offer discounts to students.
However we meet, and whatever brings you here, I look forward to walking alongside you on your journey towards greater clarity and wellbeing.
Booking & Contact Details
I have an automated booking system, accessible via my website on the 'book a session' button. Sessions can be changed or cancelled up to 24 hours before your session, making it easy to reschedule sessions should you need to.
If you contact me through Counselling Directory, please remember to include your mobile number, as sometimes my emails go to spam and it means I can text you to let you know I have emailed you back. Thank you.
My mobile for WhatsApp or text: 07903 274503
steppingout.life@gmail.com
Book a free 20-30 minute session https://calendly.com/steppingout-life/30-minute-free-session
Please note: Walk and talk sessions are only provided at pre risk-assessed locations in and around Tring, Hertfordshire.
I look forward to working with you.
Kaz Hazelwood NCPS (Accred.) - Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Supervisor & Coach
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Counselling Tutor - Level 6 Supervision Course
- ADHD Coaching Certification - Efficient Coach
- AoEC Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching - ICF/EMCC/AC
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Level 1 - Introduction to Counselling Skills
Agency Experience
- Barnardo's parent support
- Pegasus Men’s Wellbeing - Counselling for men
- One Recovery Bucks - Drug and alcohol addiction service
Workshops & Continued Professional Development
- Ecotherapy - Walk & Talk Therapy - Creative Counsellors
- Sex & Sexuality - Pegasus Men’s Wellbeing
- Grief & Bereavement - Pegasus Men’s Wellbeing
- TQUK Self-harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention - Level 2 (RQF) - The Skills Network
- Anxiety & Anxiety Disorders - Pegasus Men’s Wellbeing
- The Transgender Journey - Pegasus Men’s Wellbeing
- Erikkson’s Narrative Exposure - Langley College
- Narcissism - Pegasus Men’s Wellbeing
- Equality, Diversity & Human Rights - BCC
- Safety & Welfare - BCC
- Preventing Radicalisation - BCC
- Self Harm - BCC
- Domestic Abue Awareness - BCC
- Working with Abuse - Langley College
- Conflict Resolution - BCC
- Level 3 Safeguarding Children - BCC
- Level 3 Safeguarding Adults - BCC
- Oliver McGowan Learning Disability & Autism - BCC
- Young People and Neurodiversity with Creativity - Langley College
- Anxiety - Langley College
- Shame - Langley College
- Neurodiversity & Mindfulness: Making Mindfulness Accessible to All
- Working with Chess Pieces Course - Counselling Toolkit
- Digital Accessibility training Course - AoEC
- Creative Counselling Course - Creative Counsellors
- Somatic Resonance and the Hidden Power of Use of Self in GestaltCoaching - John Leary-Joyce
- Depression and how to overcome it - Stefan Charidge & Happiful
- Releasing Trauma Safely & Effectively Presentation - James Banfield
- Dialogue with the Deceased - Stefan Charidge & Happiful
- Non-Violent Communication - Marshall Rosenburg
- The Secret to Working with Men Seminar - Connor Beaton
- ADR Model of Addiction - Research
- Introspective Healing - Research
- ADHD Coaching Certificate - Efficient Coach
- Financial Stress in Clients - Chloe Gosiewski & Happiful
- Psychology of Carl Jung Seminar - Dr. Louise Newsome
- Neurodiversity & Trauma Conference - Neurodiversity Collective
- Jung, Imagination & Creativity - Dr. Louise Newsome
- Working with Creativity - Christy Roxborough
- Executive Function Focus – Dawson & Guare's Executive Skills Model - Research
- Applying Polyvagal Theory in Coaching - Michael Allison
- The Wim Hoff Method Workshop - Daniel Berea
- Safe TALK Training (Suicide identification and prevention) - Hector’s House Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Charity
- Working with Client Suicidality - Professor Andrew Reeves
- The Science of Intergenerational Trauma - Dr. Jane Mulcahy
- Accredited Coach with the National Psychotherapy and Counselling Society
- Online & Telephone Counselling Certificate - Counselling Tutor
- Level 6 Supervision Course - Counselling Tutor
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
£50.00 - £95.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I provide a ‘Pay What You Can’ service, with fees ranging from £50 - £80 per hour. This flexible pricing structure is designed to make counselling more accessible, allowing you to choose an amount that feels manageable based on your circumstances. The goal is to ensure that financial barriers don’t prevent you from getting the support you need. If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask.
I have a flexible booking system, where you can book a day and time that suits you and pay at the time of booking. If you need to cancel or reschedule the appointment, you can easily do that via the email confirmation you receive when you book. To manage your bookings easily on your phone, you can download the Calendly app and access my availability directly.
£50 for student counsellors / those on low income / college or university Students
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Further information
Ways of working
- Biodynamic Therapy - a nature-inspired approach, that blends body awareness, emotional release and personal ecological wisdom - K. Hazelwood
- Internal Family Systems - understanding your internal personality parts
Transactional analysis - looking at relationships - Schemas, Attachment and Psychodynamic theories - exploring childhood and other life stage influences
- Gestalt - working with feelings in the here and now
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - looking at alternative patterns of thinking and behaviour. - Creative Therapy including bespoke visualisations.
Ecotherapy - Counselling and psychotherapy in nature in and around Tring, Hertfordshire - Flow State - Finding a state of being that combines your focus and intrinisc motivation
- PATHS Coaching Model - a framework empowering executives to make impactful decisions and lead with confidence -K. Hazelwood
- GROW Model - A simple, structured framework for goal-focused coaching conversations - Sir John Whitmore
FAQs
How do I know if you’re the right therapist for me?
You can read about my approach on my website, but the best way is for us to have a first session, so we can discuss your issues and also your needs of a counsellor. There is no obligation to continue after this session.
Can we meet online?
Yes. Even if you opt for walk and talk sessions, you can change your mind about a session/sessions and opt for on-line sessions instead.
What happens in an online session?
Like all sessions, including ecotherapy sessions, we have 50 minutes - 1 hour to talk about whatever you wish to bring. The sessions are not directed by me, but guided by you. There doesn’t need to be any particular form to the session, just you with no pressure, judgment or rush.
What happens in an ecotherapy session?
We will walk or sit in nature and there are fiveplaces to choose from in and around Tring in Hertfordshire and in Enfield, North London. We will simply move through the session with you bringing whatever thoughts, feelings and emotions and topics you need to. Where appropriate and in a very natural way, we will use nature’s shapes, paths and design to integrate metaphors, obstacles, terrain and relationships to assist you with your session. Fresh air, using nature and movement all go to enhance the therapeutic process.
What kind of therapy do you provide?
I am an integrative therapist, which means I incorporate different theories into our sessions, led totally by you. These include person-centred therapy, transactional analysis (looking at relationships), attachment and psychodynamic theories (exploring childhood and other life stage influences), Internal Family Systems (meeeting the different aspects/parts of you), Gestalt (working with feelings in the here and now) and cognitive behavioural therapy (looking at alternative patterns of thinking and behaviour).
What’s the difference between counselling & psychotherapy?
In the UK, counselling and psychotherapy share similarities but also have differences in their approaches and objectives. I provide both.
Counselling is typically more short-term and aims to address specific issues or problems in perhaps a shorter space of time. It focuses on providing practical solutions or coping strategies to tackle immediate concerns. Common topics addressed in counselling sessions include relationship problems, grief, stress management, and career transitions. Counsellors work collaboratively with clients to enhance their overall functioning and well-being within a relatively brief timeframe.
Psychotherapy tends to be more long-term and involves a deeper exploration of psychological issues and patterns. Psychotherapeutic counselling delves into the underlying causes of emotional and behavioral difficulties, often tracing them back to childhood or past experiences. The goal of psychotherapy is to help clients gain insight into their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, gaining lasting personal growth and change. It is often recommended for clients dealing with complex, long lasting issues or mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, or trauma, although counselling and psychotherapy are usually seemlessly merged.
Do you carry out ecotherapy sessions all year round?
Yes, we will use the ever changing seasons as a backdrop for our sessions and our time together will go ahead unless there is heavy rain, high winds or thunder and lightening or a MET office weather warning in place. You will also have the option to opt out of a booked ecotherapy and have the session on Zoom instead if you prefer.
How many sessions do I have?
When we work together, we will have a better understanding and can gauge this as we go. All endings are discussed between us and we bring our relationship to a gentle close safely and within the right amount of sessions for you and your situation. Through the therapeutic process and ending, we may discover that I can signpost you to other support services, helping you on your way for the future.
Can I bring my dog?
In order for us to focus on you, we’re unable to walk dogs during our sessions. Even the best behaved dogs need attention and furry friends are allowed to have their downtime, so we can focus on you, to get the best out of the session.
I am having sessions with another counsellor, can I still see you?
Research shows, that it is best to only have one counsellor, as having more than one can become confusing, especially as every therapist works differently. When you are ready to change counsellors, I will be happy to have a chat about your requirements.
How often should I come to counselling?
I can recommend you come to counselling on a weekly basis, especially to begin with. However, I am flexible and understand that life is busy, so when we have our initial meeting, we can discuss timings and frequency to suit you and if you would like to change the arrangement, that’s entirely up to you and we can discuss this at the end of a session. Read more here: https://stepping-out.life/so-blog/why-weekly-counselling-sessions-are-like-regular-workouts
I don’t want anyone knowing about what I speak about, who do you tell about our sessions?
Everything said in our sessions is completely confidential and I abide by the NCPS code of ethics, which has specific rules around confidentiality. There are some exceptions to this and these are outlined in our contract before we begin. You can ask any questions you may have around this subject, before and during our sessions together and we will go ahead when you are properly informed and ready.
What happens if I need to cancel a session?
If you need to cancel a session, please give me 24 hours notice where possible. If you cancel a booked session with 24 hours of the session start, you will still be charged the full amount. My flexible booking system allows you to cancel or re-schedule a session easily.
Do you offer lower cost sessions?
I offer a pay-what-you-can pricing structure, to ensure my service is as accessible as possible. I also offer discounts to students, refugees, NHS staff, unemployed and those on a low income (proof will be required).
Do you counsel children?
I see over 18s only.
If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to get in touch via WhatsApp/Text on 07903 274503 or via email steppingout.life@gmail.com
