Katie believes that we all deserve to be seen and our story heard. Her professional aim is to create a therapeutic environment, where  you as the client, whether attending alone or as a couple, can feel secure in exploring your thoughts and feelings and at your own pace find a way forward which is right for you. 

Trained as a Person-Centred counsellor, Katie has over 20years of professional experience working with families in crisis from her work within Family Support,  as well as extensive management, and coaching experience.

Katie has undertaken training in Counselling, Early Years, Management and Leadership, CBT, Psychometric profiling, Solution Focus Approach, Attachment, Transactional Analysis, Coaching, Relationship Dynamics, Parental Conflict, Domestic abuse, Healthy Relationships for Young People, Safeguarding Children and Parenting. She is currently completing her L5 Certificate in Counselling Children and Young People. 

You can be confident that Katie will adapt her approach and utilise all her skills to tailor sessions to meet your need and situation. This may mean for example when working with children Katie uses a more relaxed creative approach to support children to feel comfortable and talk, with couples it may be a  more compassionate and dynamic solution focused method to respond to the urgency of the situation. 

Katie is a member of the BACP and has a DBS.

Katie offers sessions for adults, couples, and children over 8yrs, having a particular passion for supporting people in the following areas:-

  • Couples experiencing relationship difficulties.
  • Confidence and self esteem
  • Stress, overwhelm and burnout.
  • Relationships – friendships, romantic, ex partners and co parenting 
  • Parenting – relating to and understanding children and own needs as a parent.
  • School anxiety 
  • Survivors of DA and abuse 
  • Anxiety 
  • Living with  grief and loss 
  • Dealing with change 

Qualifications  and Training

  • Diploma in Couples Counselling
  • L5 Certificate in Counselling Children and Young People
  • L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling 
  • L3 Counselling Skills 
  • L2 Counselling Skills 
  • Certificate in CBT
  • PGCE in Children’s Centre Leadership (NPQICL)
  • Early Years and Childcare NVQ 3 
  • First Aid
  • Safeguarding Children
  • Insights Practitioner  
  • RSPH Level 2 in Understanding Health Improvement 
  • Solihull Approach 
  • Crush 
  • Family Links – The Nurturing Programme