Kath is an Accredited, Psychodynamic based, Integrative Counsellor/Psychotherapist. Kath offers effective counselling to Individuals and Couples with experience, empathy and warmth.
She also offers Supervision to Qualified and Trainee Therapists as well as personal therapy for Students.
- Diploma in Individual Counselling
- Diploma in Couple Therapy
- Certificate in Supervision
- Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Certificate
- Adoption Counsellor with a Registered Adoption Agency
- EMDR Practitioner (for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and related issues)
Kath is Registered with AVIVA and BUPA.
She is an Accredited and registered member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) and is fully insured, qualified and has regular supervision. Kath is also a UKRCP registered Independent Counsellor/Psychotherapist.
Kath works in Private Practice. In the past she has worked for several years under an NHS contract, seeing GP referrals aged from 13 years to 86 years of age. This contract merged to become an IAPT (Independent Access to Psychological Therapies) contract.
Kath has trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing) with EMDRWORKS accredited by EMDR Europe Association. This technique is approved by NICE as an effective treatment for PTSD and complex trauma.
She is qualified to use a cognitive approach for Post Traumatic Stress, called The Rewind Technique, which can be effective in a short number of sessions.
Kath has worked in a Therapeutic School for teenagers with Special needs. The teenagers may have had autism and autistic traits such as Asperger’s.
She is experienced in working with Loss and Bereavement having trained with the Charity Cruse Bereavement. She has a great deal of experience of working with Sexual Abuse having trained with CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) in Colchester. She also worked at a College of Further Education Counselling teenagers.
She is experienced working for Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) working in a Solution Focused way for Short term therapy.
Kath is a Qualified Couples Counsellor having trained in Couples Counselling & Psychotherapy at CCPE in London.
Tel: 07544 669755 email: kath@kmcounselling.co.uk