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I am a fully trained, qualified and insured counsellor. Face to face counselling offered within Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire.

On line or telephone counselling offered nationwide. You may be looking for a Counsellor because you have noticed you are feeling anxious, down or depressed. You may have experienced a bereavement which you are struggling to come to terms with or you are facing a dilemma in your personal life and you don't know where to turn. May be you are looking for someone to talk to and be heard without any judgement. If any of this sounds familiar I can help. Talking to someone and being heard can be a very powerful experience and this is something I provide for you. I work with individuals aged 13 years and over on a variety of issues. I am experienced of working with people who have suffered bereavement or a loss as well as with other problems that may be having an impact on your mental health. My aim is to give my clients the choice as to how we work together. I offer face to face, on line or telephone counselling to give you the choice that is best for you. The first step is to make contact with me and I will arrange a telephone appointment with you where you can explore with me the type of help I can provide.

30/10/2025

Self-awareness ✅
New information ✅
New understanding ✅
Feeling quite uncomfortable ✅✅✅✅

You might be wondering why you feel so uncomfortable and not quite right.

Self awareness can bring a lot of information to your door. Sometimes we might learn something that challenges all those beliefs we had. That takes some time to get used to.

So (as is always the case) self care will be the key. Kindness and compassion to yourself will go a long way.

29/10/2025

A little additional chat about self-awareness & why I think it’s important.

Usually most people head into counselling because they want to make changes in their lives - either practical changes or changes to our feelings. From there many of us think by being critical about ourselves we will easily make those changes. But guess what - that doesn’t always work!!

Self-awareness brings understanding which we can then use to potentially help us accept ourselves, give ourselves compassion and may be lead to the changes we need.

If you want to know more drop me a message ❤️❤️

26/10/2025

Self-awareness isn’t about finding out what’s wrong with you - it’s about giving us understanding which will help us with the self-compassion we need.

If your reflections often leave you feeling worse - you are probably slipping into self-review instead.

☁️ read my latest blog ‘Are you doing self-awareness wrong?’ (Link in my bio) to help your understand yourself better

23/10/2025

Have you been struggling lately - not feeling your normal self. Maybe you have low motivation or have been feeling stuck. Or perhaps you are struggling with anxiety or depression.

Counselling can help with all of this and more. It gives you a space to talk through what you are feeling with a trained professional who can be with you whilst you make sense of it all. In the counselling space there are no expectations on you and no concerns about being a burden who upsetting anyone.

Counselling is for everyone and will help you feel better about life and yourself.

I offer fortnightly and weekly appointments which can be flexible. On line counselling gives you the flexibility to fit it into your diary and be in a space where you feel comfortable.

If you would like to know more information drop me a dm.

Sometimes it’s time to put yourself first.

16/10/2025

I currently have an appointment become available.

Counselling can help with so much in your life. From helping you deal with anxiety, low mood or depression to support during difficult times in your life.

We can work face to face, on line or on the telephone - your sessions so what you find comfortable is the most important thing.

Please do drop me a message.

15/10/2025

Setting boundaries - we hear it so much - how useful it will be for your mental health. Putting in your own little lines around behaviour and practices that you don’t find acceptable.

But it can feel so complicated about how to do it.

The first step is working out what you want your boundaries to be. There can be a lot of noise from others about what you should be doing - what you shouldn’t allow to happen. This noise can interfere with our own messages about what we want. We need to somehow block out that background noise to listen to our own messages. Trusting our own thoughts and feelings. They will tell us what our boundaries should be.

Secondly it’s bloody hard work putting a boundary in. It will feel naturally uncomfortable and against everything that feels safe to you. You may experience kick back from others who will not be used to or even like this change in you. All of this could mean heightened anxiety, worry and a change in your mood. You might find the boundary is too rigid or not rigid enough so will need tweaking - which means going through the difficult process all over again. So safe care is so so important. Patience and compassion is definitely going to be needed.

If you are struggling with this counselling is an amazing place to work out what boundaries could work for you and how you can put them in place. Get in touch for more information.

❤️

10/10/2025

Recently I did a therapy is collection and I forgot this one. So it didn’t seem fair to leave it out - because it’s a really good benefit!

During therapy we have no expectations at all of our clients. Oh hang on there is only one - that they turn up. Then there’s none.

All your feelings and emotions can be there. We won’t have a picture of you being the strong one or the quiet one or the helpful one - we will just get to know you as you.

You don’t have to worry about being a burden or showing emotion. Or being careful about what you say around us. Everything is welcome.

So if you fancy a place where you can talk and share without any expectations - counselling might be for you.

Please do get in touch.

06/10/2025

Have you got a friend or relative who is struggling with anxiety?

Are you finding it hard to know how best to support them? Do you find you often end up doing or saying the wrong thing?

May be they are really loud with their anxiety - repeating their worries, concerns and overthinking directly to you. May be they are very quiet and you are the only one who knows. Or may be they don’t even know they have anxiety but you can see it.

You might have been through anxiety yourself but theirs is different or you may not how it feels to be anxious.

You may find they want you to fix their problems for them or are always looking for advice.

The key is to stick to simple things. Listen, offer empathy, be patient, remind them of their good qualities and offer them acceptance. Be their cheerleaders by reminded them of all the things you love or like about them.

But also remember yourself. Giving support can be tough and you may find your mental health dipping as well. Don’t forget your self care and boundaries.

Professional support will help. Don’t be afraid to suggest it to them. There is no shame from reaching out for some help.

Get in touch if you would like more help.

29/09/2025

I get asked this question a lot. How do I know counselling works?

It can be a tricky one to answer because on paper it sounds so simple. You turn up with a trained counsellor - they listen, give you empathy with no judgement. How can that be the answer to this problem that is so big for me right now?

That is why it is so important to show we have scientific research to show that talking therapy will absolutely help. There is so much evidence showing how powerful it can be.

But I do have a bit extra to back it up.

Every week I hear feedback from clients about how things are getting better - lower anxiety, a lifting in mood, increased self-worth, making decisions for them and finding themselves. I have the privilege of seeing everyday how it can help.

And there is one final piece of evidence in my locker and it’s pretty conclusive. My own reduction in anxiety and increase in self worth from my counselling journey seals the deal for me completely.

If you would like to know how counselling can help you please do get in touch

26/09/2025

We hear it all around us - self care. The importance of it for our mental health - but it can feel confusing.

We all probably have small things we do everyday to help with our mental health which count as self care. Having a chat with friends, a lovely walk, a bubble bath or watching tv. These things help us to be ok.

But sometimes life’s chucks different things at us or we experience more difficult emotions and that bubble bath just isn’t enough. We might then need to expand our self care toolkit.

This might mean putting in place some boundaries, having more complicated conversations, sitting with our emotions or asking for some help.

These can be difficult to do on our own and this where counselling or talking therapy can help. A space for you to explore what self care you need right now.

If you would like some help with this please do get in touch.

24/09/2025

A little bit of self reflection for you.

How well do you know your mental health? Do you know the signs that could be saying you are struggling with something? Do you know what to do with this information when you see it?

We will all have our own personal signs telling us our mental health might be struggling. Mine are noticing a change in sleep patterns (struggling to get to sleep), a very active brain that doesn’t switch off and apparently I can be a bit grumpy (so I am told anyway!).

These signs tell me it’s time to ramp up the self care and may be think about talking about my stuff. Or even asking for some help.

What would yours be?

This information is so useful to all of us because it can help us make changes to try and improve things. It can help us to reflect and check in with ourselves.

Your signs will be individual to you. The key for all of us is being able to listen to those signs without judgement and taking it from there.

Talking in the right place to the right person will always help. If this feels difficult to access right now counselling/therapy might be a good option.

Get in touch for more information

23/09/2025

There is a bit of a myth that counselling is all about making huge changes and this can feel overwhelming and really uncomfortable. We don’t want to make massive changes to our personality. We just want that one thing to be different.

Counselling isn’t about changing yourself - in fact often it’s the complete opposite - acceptance and healing. It might even be about you giving yourself permission to be exactly who you are.

Counselling helps us make the smallest changes we want to make. Sometimes that might mean making no changes at all.

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+447753862817

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http://www.katiebcounselling.co.uk/

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