Calee Litteken

Calee Litteken is a mental health counsellor and counselling supervisor practising in the Warwickshire area of the United Kingdom, originally from Texas in the United States.

Her style in session is honest, warm and open, and she aims to make the therapeutic space whatever a client needs - whether that means screaming, cursing, crying, laughing or simply being. Her approach to treatment is integrative, drawing on humanistic, person-centred, existential and cognitive behavioural therapy, with a primary emphasis on person-centred work.

Being largely person-centred, she does not assume to know a person’s truths or what is best for them. Instead she explores each person’s perspectives and feelings, supporting them to find their own answers and focusing on what matters most to the individual in a way that feels right to them. She acknowledges that therapy can be uncomfortable and challenging, and is willing to stay alongside clients through awkward, scary and painful moments.

Calee is an accredited counsellor through the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP, 377749). She completed her counselling training at the University of North Texas in 2017, with emphasis on cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling adolescents and young adults, and expressive arts therapy. As a queer therapist with a particular interest in the role of identity and relationships in wellbeing, she completed LGBT affirmative therapy training at Southern Methodist University to better support clients with diverse gender identities, sexualities and relationship orientations.

After moving to the UK in 2018, she completed a conversion psychology course at Coventry University that involved research into counselling self-efficacy with psychosis. She then gained a postgraduate certificate in Person-Centred Experiential Counselling (PCE) at Nottingham University in 2022. Calee began supervising in 2024 and is scheduled to undertake the Person-Centred Experiential Counselling Supervisor Training at Nottingham University in February 2025.

She works with people for a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, phobias, sexuality, self-esteem, trauma, pre-bereavement and bereavement, life transitions, gender identity, workplace concerns, feelings of meaninglessness or purposelessness, sleep problems and experiences of abuse.

Her previous roles include working with crisis and suicide response teams in Texas, where she provided intensive case management and counselling in high-need situations, and serving as a hospital liaison to support clients moving on from inpatient care. From 2021 to 2023 she volunteered with Shakespeare Hospice, offering counselling for people in end of life care and those facing bereavement. In addition to her private practice work, she also works as a counsellor for depression within the NHS.

She has eight years of experience and is primarily offering morning appointments at present, though she may occasionally be able to provide other times by request. If regular evenings or weekend sessions are needed, she recommends exploring other therapist options at this time.