Hello, I’m Kathy, a qualified and highly experienced trauma therapist and lecturer, registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), a member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society and Chartered College of Teaching. I am DSB Enhanced Cleared. My practice is embedded in ethical, confidential and evidence-informed practice.
With years of proven, hands-on expertise working with vulnerable children, adults and families, I support client recovery and facilitate positive change, helping people from all backgrounds. My background incorporates years as a child protection social worker and as a lecturer in health and social care. Today, I continue to work as a sexual violence therapist for Rape Crisis England and Wales.

I’ve just completed an MA in Trauma Informed Practice and, combined with my lived experience, I offer genuine compassion and have an innate understanding of how to help my clients. People worry that trauma therapy will force them to dig up painful memories or push them into emotional overwhelm. That’s not how I work. We start by creating stability and understanding, so you feel grounded first, not more unstable.
Trauma isn’t always dramatic or obvious; it often leaves invisible wounds.
Trauma-informed therapy recognises how distressing life experiences – whether sudden or prolonged- can shape your thoughts, emotions, behaviours and nervous system responses in the present to help you powerfully turn things around. Trauma therapy allows you to identify patterns in your life, whether relationships, career choices, or self-medicating pain, which can often be shaped and created from negative experiences in childhood.
I am available for conferences speaking around trauma and systems failure.
Qualifications:
MA, Trauma Informed Practice (2024 – 2026) | University of Teesside
FdA Counselling (2025) | University of Teesside
PGCE Education and Training (2020)
BA (Hons) Degree, Social Work | University of Teesside
Professional Development:
Fully Accredited Psychology Alcohol and Drug Addictions (2025)
Sobriety Life Coach Certification, Addiction Recovery (2025)
Fully Accredited Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) (2025)
Fully Accredited Professional Addiction Counselling Diploma (2024)
NCFE Counselling, Levels 1, 2 and 3
IIHHT Diploma, Holistic Therapies
NSA Bereavement Counselling
NHS COVID-19 Trainer and Tester
Professional Training for Volunteers:
Conflict Resolution | Communication | Safeguarding Adults and Children | Child Sexual Exploitation | Preventing Radicalisation Basic Awareness | Health, Safety and Infective Prevention Control | Fire Safety | Equality, Diversity and Human Rights | Data Security Awareness | Mental Health Awareness | Fluids and Nutrition | Resuscitation (Basic Life Support Updated COVID-19).
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