Black Dog Therapy

08/09/2025

Even though I love learning, I love expanding and pushing myself, I always get the ni**le of ‘will I pass?’ and ‘am I good enough?’

I recognise that perfectionism, the overachieving, fear of failure and overthinking as part of my own ADHD

Which is why becoming an ADHD practitioner and certified ADHD coach had been important to me

It’s my validation that it’s not only my late diagnosed, lived experience, that I bring to my clients- it is the hard earned, practiced skill set that says I value education and value delivering quality coaching to those professionals who seek me out

I am excited to see the expansion of Black Dog, which includes Luke firmly in the therapist seat too, and now a coaching branch that is evolving and bringing diversity to our offerings

Much love, Kate x

18/08/2025

Great article on EFT shared by our trainer Nicky Forbes Therapies

Both Kate & Luke use EFT in their client sessions. Luke’s our Advanced, level 3 EFT practitioner.

This approach blends well with other therapies such as hypnosis and we give our clients the tools and know-how to be able to use this outside their sessions, to support their nervous systems in real-time ♥️

Also known as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), the practice combines acupressure with talk therapy — and some studies suggest it can ease stress, anxiety and PTSD.

16/08/2025

New branding means new T-shirts!!

We love our branded T-shirts, our dog scribble has always attracted comments.

… just as I’ll always cross the road (or even stop the car) to stroke an English bull-terrier; bull-terrier owners will stop us to comment on the logo 😆

Over the years I’ve had many comments that they’ve chosen black dog as the bull-terrier spoke to them..

… fiery protective, loyal, strong willed and determined they are a positive force.

14/08/2025

How heartful is this? Really beautiful ♥️

Your Own Light ✨

When there’s darkness all around you,
And the stars don’t seem that bright,
Know that shining deep within
Is your own kind of light.

With love,
Stacey 🦊🌙

Come home to calm at www.foxunderthemoonart.com

12/08/2025

Black Dog Therapy has had a refresh.

We have new logos and new websites.

The website is still a work in progress, but we’re launching it anyway as I’m still building out Black Dog Coaching & our overarching Black Dog Family Practice.

It’s been a labour of love, conveying our personalities in the branding and the website feels much more aligned to us.

G Sabini-Roberts was awesome to work with on the branding. My perfectionism and need to think every detail through I know can make me a challenging client but I’m so happy with the end result, it’s been the foundation I craved and now have for the business.

Let me know what you think…

07/08/2025

Winning today and it’s not even 9am!

I thought I should give an update, and today I’m already winning so here we go…

I had *that* meltdown

… and it was really

HELPFUL!!

Really helpful.

Until that moment I had known I was juggling and feeling the burn but I didn’t realise how much

… my internal compass hadn’t kicked in over the noise of school holiday mum who works, learns, was building 3 websites, holding family stuff and was using her free time to comb out nits.

Once I saw the pattern, actually felt the tears and the tiredness, stood back THEN I could make some changes…

So I’ve grounded more, rested more (broke my no chemical treatment for nit rule and bought the damn stuff), had a night in a hotel on my own, glamped with the girls, got outside, gardened and pottered…

and it’s helped.

Not a quick fix, as my nervous system needed time to come back off ‘high alert’ and I needed time to process my emotions but a steady walk and a lesson in hand.

And today it feels like it’s coming together, when I’ve woken up winning.

It’s a small win but for me, being able to braid my own hair is a win because when I’m tired my arms just won’t do it!!

So I braided, without giving up, without getting frustrated and that is a sign I’m ok

… better than ok. Winning.

31/07/2025

Next meeting is on the 12th August 7pm -8.30pm at Kirby Muxloe library.

31/07/2025

Perfect timing for a hug

After my moment of overwhelm at the weekend, my lovely friend Swati sent me a hug in the post

… a beautiful, soft blanket for my therapy room from

I love the colours and I can’t wait to share it with my clients. I’m such a tactile person that this is such a welcome gift and at the perfect moment ♥️

26/07/2025

What does a Kate melt-down look like?

Considering the consensus amongst my clients is that I’m ‘always calm’, it may or may not surprise you that my ADHD meltdowns are barely noticeable

… to the untrained eye
… unless I explicitly tell you

I’ve just arrived 30 minutes early to a client appointment. On a weekend (I don’t work weekends typically)

… after overstretching myself all week and having some really tough client sessions

… after using my downtime in the evening to comb nits out of children’s hair (for hours)

… after all the extra washing that’s created

… with a bad back and now my period too (you getting the picture?)

Well it is brief (still got that client), but importantly it’s a wake-up call to let the tears flow, to go sit on the grass, to breathe and ground myself.

To promise myself that after my client I will cancel my weekend to-do’s and admin, and that I’ll rest and I’ll ‘be’ instead.

I may resume the crying later when I tap it out or Haven, but I’m going to go gently and I’ll look at what I can move, postpone or cancel.

Sending all my love, Kate x

15/05/2025

I’ll pop a link to the episode in the comments.

Being late diagnosed ADHD myself, both Luke and I found this program an emotional watch x

15/05/2025

The moon at 3am. Beautiful view of Lancing beach in the stillness & peace of the night.

I was awake as I don’t always settle when I’m away, however I was at ease & soaking in the sound of the waves…

I get so much clarity and perspective when I have space and time to step out

&

now I’m ready for a day of learning.

Love Kate x

12/05/2025

Black Dog recently turned 7!! 🙌

Time flies when you love what you do and when you work with your best friend Luke Choppen

Exciting times for Black Dog, which is in the process of an upgrade in several ways. We’re getting some proper branding and working at getting visible with some help from a network of professionals who resonate with us ♥️ Maddy Alexander-Grout & Branding By G

Black Dog Therapy is here to stay and Kate is also expanding into Black Dog Coaching for ADHD.

We think it’s therefore apt to put all that we offer under Black Dog Family Practice, as it’s who we are ♥️

More updates to come but even this is only the beginning x

… below is Kate meeting with G about branding and celebrating Maddy’s book Mad about Money- Managing finances (and life) with ADHD, and Mr and Mrs Chops attending a wedding and getting some quality time together ♥️ ♥️