Natalie Kitching
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About me
Welcome, I’m Natalie. I appreciate how many profiles there are out there, so thank you for taking the time to read mine.
I am an experienced BACP registered therapist providing one to one sessions for adults, both in person and online. I am an integrative therapist which means I tailor each session for you as an individual and draw upon a range of modalities to suit your needs. I see clients with a broad range of presenting issues but I specialise in working with Anxiety, Depression, Postpartum Mothers and Trauma.
Are you feeling Overwhelmed? Anxious? Low mood? Stressed? Feeling like this can be debilitating and can lead to a feeling of stuckness. It can affect your behaviours, your sleep and your overall health and well-being. This can often lead to being stuck in the same patterns of behaviour and this can feel exhausting.
You may have experienced trauma which has left you feeling dysregulated and unsafe. You may be feeling hyper-vigilant and tense, or the opposite, and feeling very low and numb to life. You may be unable to function and live life in the way you want to. This can be really distressing and can make you feel alone.
You may not even know why you are feeling a certain way but you know that you are not feeling good and need some extra support going forwards.
I believe that everyone is unique and I aim to understand you and help you on your therapy journey. Everyone has the right to be seen, heard and understood as unique individuals. Therapy is not a ‘one size fits all’ process and I appreciate how difficult it can be sometimes to reach out for help.
I pride myself on my ability to connect with my clients and think my intuition as a therapist is one of my core strengths. I will be alongside you as we navigate what might be troubling you and keeping you ‘stuck’ in particular patterns of behaviour or relational dynamics.
You might be managing to function but struggling to cope with life. I can offer you a warm, non-judgemental and empathetic space to express yourself with someone whose life and relationships are separate from yours.
I believe in working with the whole person both past, present and future to help identify your emotional needs. Part of your therapy journey will involve really getting to know your true self and this can be both challenging and positively revelatory.
It is from this place of greater self-awareness that you can be supported in making changes that align with what is important to you and that honour the unique person you are.
Life can be challenging and even with the support of family and friends, we can still feel very much alone. This can feed into us feeling disconnected from others and ourselves. I will guide you to reconnect with yourself and others which can lead to a greater life fulfilment.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 6 Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling - Bath Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BCPC)
- Foundation Certificate (BCPC)
- Certificate in Trauma Focused Therapy at the Manchester Psychotherapy Foundation/Link Centre
- Registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Additional Training/CPD taken in:
- Working with Trauma Memories
- Working with Shame
- Working with Relational Trauma
- Dealing with Distress: Working with Suicide and Self-harm
- Working with Trauma in a time of Trauma
- Dissociation and DID: The Fundamentals
- Working with Trauma, Triggers and Flashbacks
- How to conduct Counselling online
- Adult Safeguarding
- Child Protection training
- Maternal Mental Health
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free 15 minute introductory call, where we can explore what brings you to therapy and whether I might be able to support you. It is a chance for you to ask me any questions and for us to decide whether you would like to work with me.
PLEASE NOTE: sometimes my email replies will go into your Junk folders. Please check here for my reply. It helps if you provide me with your telephone number as well as your email address in an enquiry as I can text message you to let you know that I have replied.
When I work
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Further information
I work from my warm and cosy room in Brinkworth (a village just outside of Swindon which is also easily accessible from Chippenham and the M4).
I also offer online or telephone therapy to clients nationally.
Please visit my website for more information about me and the way I work. I offer a free 15-minute telephone consultation for us to briefly connect and see if we might be a good fit. You can call, message or email me and I will aim to get back to you as soon as possible.
