And more about Kath...

I'm explaining how I work in such detail to help you determine if Unchained Therapy is the right place for you. It's like this:

You are the most important person in the room, and I centre everything I do therapeutically around you, and how you need therapy to work for you.

One of my gifts is to get swiftly to the root of what's distressing you, why it's distressing you, and ideas for how to rebalance it all.

I know brains and how they work.

You might need different ways of therapy as we work through different things that are bothering you. That's absolutely fine, and I will adjust what I do to suit you.

What you bring is that you are the expert of yourself, your brain and your therapeutic needs and expectations.

Together, working in collaboration, we are a powerful team.

My job is to help you understand why your brain is reacting with such distress and to find ideas, perspectives, techniques, and ways of doing things differently to help you change unwanted thought patterns and reframe and rebalance yourself.​

Knowing yourself best, your job is to experiment, cherry-pick, and adapt my suggestions until you find the things that most help you make the changes you want and sustain them for life.

I am here to help you unravel and make sense of the chaos in your head. I can't do it for you, but I can be there alongside you every step of the way until you can handle it by yourself.

Together, we experiment and find different ways to enable you to manage these feelings that cause such distress and so get your life back in balance.

Sometimes what we try doesn't work. We recognise your individuality and diversity and keep experimenting until we find what does work for you.

I am a Pluralistic Therapist.

What this means is that my over-arching way of working with you will be about working together, collaborating and co-creating therapy into what you need it to be.

I have two degrees:
BSc (Hons) in Systemic Counselling
MA in Psychotherapeutic Practice

And a Postgraduate Certificate in Trauma Psychology

And another qualification specifically for working online with people.

I've done a lot of self-directed education and undertaken courses to better understand and work with trauma, anxiety, anger and depression so I can help you effectively.

I'm fully insured.

I keep up to date with reading and extra courses and have regular Clinical Supervision to ensure I'm at my best.

I'm a member of two membership bodies for therapists. These organisations regulate their members to ensure all maintain the required professional and ethical standards:

The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

Association for Counselling and Therapy Online (ACTO)

I would never presume to think, not even for a moment, that I know what you've experienced.. What I think is not what matters here.

What you want to tell me, or not tell me, is always in your absolute control.

I don't like mental health illness labels. Trauma is something that has happened to us, its consequences can be overwhelming, but it is not who we are.

I'm an old-timer with grown-up kids and grandchildren.

I swear a lot although I keep my language clean in the therapy room unless you like swearing too.

I like gin, cake and chocolate, together or separately, I'm not picky.

And some more info about me...

I know I can't show the world who I am or how I do therapy in a few short paragraphs.

So, it's perfectly reasonable that you may have questions or wonder if I'm the right therapist for you.

Find out by booking your no-obligation free 45 minute chat.