Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hello, my name is Catherine, but please call me Kate, and I’m a fully qualified counsellor and a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
I am qualified to wok with children, young adults, adults, couples and families.
I work solution focused to help you to: Control your negative thoughts & behaviours | Manage your feelings | Reduce your anxiety | Focus your mind | Set your Goals | Resolve problems | Own your own values | Assert your boundaries | Empower you to be you.
Lets work together to help you make changes you need to improve your wellbeing,
I will walk with you on your journey – listening, supporting and understanding
Background/experience
My work as a therapist has been for charitable organisations such as Mind and Action for Carers. As well as in the private sector with BUPA and my own private practice. I have helped couples and individuals both face to face and online. My work covers diverse backgrounds, cultures and sexual orientations.
Prior to training as a counsellor, I had a varied career. From running my own businesses, to working for corporate companies through to becoming chairperson of the Parent Teachers Association at my children’s school.
• My approach is non -judgement, friendly and professional. Hopefully, enabling free flowing, honest communication between us.
• I use a variety of tools and techniques to assist in helping you both to try and understand yourselves as well as each other. Thus, allowing you to see the situation through each other’s eyes.
• My counselling style is flexible and tailored to you and your unique situation.
• I will guide you and offer support but the choices you make are down to you
• I have wealth of knowledge and experience that enables me to understand your unique situation. Alongside the tools to help you to move forward with confidence.
How Therapy Can Help
Therapy can help you to understand and accept you. By challenging your thought processes and equip you with the tools to help you to manage your inner conflicts and yourself more effectively.
Therapy creates a safe, confidential space for you to learn, listen and understand what is going on for you. Along with helping you to explore any unhelpful patterns of behaviour and thought processes, that might have developed over time.
Together, we will work towards a better understanding what you need as an individual to enable you to move forward in whichever way you choose.
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Catherine Thomson, who invites people to call her Kate, is a fully qualified counsellor and a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
She is qualified to work with children, young adults, adults, couples and families. Kate adopts a solution-focused approach, supporting clients to gain control over negative thoughts and behaviours, manage feelings, reduce anxiety, focus the mind, set goals, resolve problems, own personal values, assert boundaries and feel empowered to be themselves.
She offers to walk alongside clients on their journey, listening, supporting and seeking to understand their experience.
Her professional background includes roles with charities such as Mind and Action for Carers, work in the private sector with BUPA and running a private practice. Kate has supported couples and individuals both face to face and online, working with people from diverse backgrounds, cultures and sexual orientations.
Before training as a counsellor she had a varied career, from running her own businesses to working for corporate employers and serving as chairperson of her children’s school Parent Teachers Association. Her manner is non-judgemental, friendly and professional, and she uses a variety of tools and techniques to help clients understand themselves and one another. Her counselling style is flexible and tailored to each person’s situation; she will guide and offer support while leaving choices in the hands of the client. With three years of experience, Kate brings knowledge and practical tools to help clients move forward with confidence.
Many people wonder whether working with a therapist online can make a real difference. For common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges or coping with life changes, online therapy has been shown to be as effective as traditional in-person sessions.
A key benefit is flexibility – clients can connect in the way that suits them best, whether by video call, phone session, live chat or in-app messaging. This range of options makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
Therapists involved are licensed professionals, and clients may change therapists at any time if they feel a different fit would be better. For many people, online therapy offers an effective, adaptable route to get support for everyday mental health and relationship concerns.
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