Katie's Counselling

01/02/2026

January has ended and we're starting to feel human again, starting to get back in the flow of reality and finding our rhythm again.
February might be the time you start thinking about therapy.
You haven't got to worry about committing to anything....Just give it a try and see how you feel.
Often people worry that they have to commit to a certain number of sessions - I don't work like that. YOU know YOU best...YOU know what YOU need and YOU know what sustainable for YOU.

So reach out....ask questions...and more questions. And if it feels right then we can get booked in 🦋

Make 2026 the year you put YOU as a priority. 🦋

☆𝑨𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆/𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆☆
🔗www.katiescounselling.co.uk
📧katiescounselling20@outlook.com
📞07359 430484

30/01/2026

I always thought therapists were some magical being who knew the inner workings of the mind. So full of knowledge.....so full of wealth....so put together. 💁🏻‍♀️
I imagined they had perfect lives with these graceful angel like partners and children. 👩‍👧‍👧
I imagined them to be suited and booted, with clipboards taking their notes in between the 'uh huh' , 'I see' and head nods.

I can totally assure you....we couldn't be further from that vision...

We still get our hearts broken, 💔it still stings when someone close to us let's us down, it still pains us when we have our trust broken.
At times our children are feral and we feel we have to have a prosecco to get us through the arguing, and we still ask ourselves "how am I even getting through life." 😵‍💫

Yes we've done the training, yes we know the theories....but the reason we went into this is because we have been there.

We have been in the depths of the shadows, and in the darkest parts of the hole we never thought we would get out.

And we learnt to step out of the shadows and claw our way out of that hole. We've had our heart broken and our souls shattered, and we've never got over that pain, but we have learnt to grow around it.

We have learnt to be compassionate to ourselves when we are beating ourselves up and learnt to hold our boundaries even if it makes us feel uncomfortable at first.

Just because I have been there I don't pretend to know where your head is at. What's going through your mind or what thoughts are replaying in your head over and over.
I don't pretend to know all the answers. But I do know how it feels to be out on the other side. Looking back to those darkest times, where I can say "jeez I literally have no idea how I am still standing today moaning about my kids arguing." 🫤

I don't claim to know everything the books tell me, or recite the research of Rogers, the findings of Freud or the experiments of Bowlby....because WHO CARES???

But what i do know is that I am another human being you can sit with in the dark.

WE need someone we can relate to....someone to feel human with that we haven't got to tip toe around. We need someone we can be totally ourselves around and not be AT ALL sorry about it. Someone that can be YOUR person 💙

And those are the kind of therapists you need. Those are the therapists you will grow with. Where you can come in, throw your shoes off, pull the blanket over you and say..'oh my God where do I start....'

Those kind of therapists do exist. We are here 💖

☆𝑨𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆/𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆☆
🔗www.katiescounselling.co.uk
📧katiescounselling20@outlook.com
📞07359 430484

23/01/2026

Try and visualise the future, the present and the past like a sandtimer ⌛️

It's easy to get stuck worrying about what might happen and ruminating about what has.

When you find yourself doing so, visualise your present as the sand in the middle and bring yourself back to focus on the here and now.

Remember....we can't control the future and we can't fix the past, but what we can do is take power in the present 🦋

𝑨𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆/𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆

🔗 www.katiescounselling.co.uk
📞 07359 430484
📧 katiescounselling20@outlook.com

15/01/2026

🦋An incredible moment for survivors who are on their therapy journey, or who are considering it but feelkng anxious🦋

Bacp says:

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘, 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑠’ 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 - 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓. 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.

𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 👉 ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑝𝑠://𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑜.𝑢𝑘/𝑃𝑦𝑦0𝑙

12/01/2026

January feels like it's lasting forever! Still over here wintering! ❄️🌧

Here is some tips to help get you through the dreary days 💙

You don't have to face it alone. Having a safe secure base might be all you need 🦋

𝑨𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆/𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆

🔗 www.katiescounselling.co.uk
📧 katiescounselling20@outlook.com
📞07359 430484

09/01/2026

Progress in our healing can feel slow. It can feel like you're trying and trying and nothings changing.
You feel stuck in the same hole you've been in...and I get it...it feels like the way out is just too far away. 😥

But just remember...change doesn't happen overnight. You won't see and feel progress straight away.

It takes time. 🕑
It takes consistency. It takes breaking old habits and forming new ones. It's takes unlearning years of everything we've ever known, to rewire our brains into a different mindset. 🧠

Yes it's slow, yes it's hard work, yes it's painful and yes it feels like it's never ending....BUT KEEP GOING and you WILL see the change. And THAT will be one of the most POWERFUL things you have ever done 🦋

🌿𝑨𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆/𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌿
📧 𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝟐𝟎@𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠.𝙘𝙤𝙢
📞 07359 430484
🔗 https://katiescounselling.co.uk/

05/01/2026

January is the heart of winter. It's very cold and very dark, with very little energy spare. 🌧

But isn't it ironic that society and social media tells us we should have the 'new year, new me' energy?

January is actually 'wintering', it's when life slows down to gather energy.
For most people - especially women, Christmas isn't a time that's been restful. It's been planning, prepping, carrying the mental load, making it magical and keeping everyone happy.

So if January feels slower, motivation is low and your body wants quiet - it makes sense. It's 'wintering.'

Of course if you want to set goals, and go full throttle, that's totally fine too.

But you are also allowed to listen to your body instead of everyone else and what you see on socials. To rest without guilt or shame.

If it feels slower for you - you don't need fixing, you might just be 'wintering.' ❄️

So have hot teas, low lighting, pj's and blankets and let January and winter do it's thing ☕️

𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.𝗰𝗼.𝘂𝗸

𝑨𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆/𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆
🌿 𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝟐𝟎@𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠.𝙘𝙤𝙢 🌿

24/12/2025

We're so conditioned to believe Christmas is such a magical time and we should be happy and love it, when in reality, it's not like that for alot of people.
It can be one of the loneliest times of the year and the routine change can be isolating. It can intensify feelings of grief for those who have lost loved ones. It's a huge financial strain, often causing debt for alot of people which carries over into the new year. Family conflicts can resurface which can cause great emotional distress. Feelings of inadequacy when we can't match what we see on Facebook or Instagram can cause a huge dip in our self esteem. And it's in our faces everywhere! In shop windows, on the tv, on social media - even just walking down the road.
But we can't be honest if we're dreading Christmas or if we don't feel magical and joyful because we get called a scrooge or a grinch!
So here are some tips that can help manage our self worth and anxiety during this time.

12/12/2025

A reminder to cut the loop of the spiralling overthinking 💭🌪

12/12/2025

Butterfly Effect WELLbeing CIO offer lots of meets and groups to support your wellbeing.

From mindful gardening to sessions for carers, social groups and much more there's something for everyone. So if you're feeling alone and want to make new connections pop down and give it a go.

Remember everyone there is in the same boat and there for the same reasons - there's no judgement, no pressure and no obligation to commit ❤️

(Based at Latton Bush in Harlow, Essex)

10/12/2025

I always appreciate such beautiful reviews from clients (past and present).
For the beautiful words, for the journeys I've had the pleasure of being a part of, and for the time taken to leave a review.

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Please only leave a review on either, if you feel safe, and comfortable to do so ❤️

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