Katy Hull

I'm available Monday to Friday currently, my office is available between the hours of 9am and 5pm.

I'm Katy, I'm an Integrative Therapist which means that rather than specialising in one particular mode of therapy, I have some knowledge of various psychotherapeutic approaches to counselling, this allows me to tailor the type of therapy to the client.

I would class myself as a directive therapist and I like to observe, reflect, challenge and use change where applicable, this approach would be different when clients are experiencing feelings of loss. I am able to adapt the therapy as and when required in accordance with the client's needs. 

Above all, I'm human and subject to the same fallibility as everyone else, as-well as being a therapist, I am a mum, a friend, a sibling, a daughter and well... mostly I'm just Katy. I have grieved, I have made many mistakes, I have had anxious thoughts, I've hurt people. I have felt the full spectrum of human experiences and all of that has taught me and shaped who I am now. If you feel we may be a good match please do get in touch!.

I believe in the importance of challenging unhelpful thinking habits and the importance of consciously choosing alternative ways of thinking and being, not letting the subconscious experiences we have had take the lead role in our lives. I encourage self-introspection openness and non-judgement in our work together to enable therapeutic movement to happen. 

For clients who are analytical about why we are the way we are, I am happy to explore this and provide knowledge that might be useful in you gaining a greater understanding about what we know affects human behaviour.

For clients who have endured loss, I believe in the importance of expressing grief in whatever way is comfortable for the client, loss is the most difficult thing we have to go through and therefore there simply is no right and wrong way to experience loss, but there are helpful ways to experience grief. I can offer a space of trust and safety so we can work on learning to be with the loss.

I can teach regulation techniques, conflict management tools and much more, I am frequently attending training as is required by the Â鶹ԭ´´ to improve my competence this helps me expand on the tools available to help. 

The first session will be a full counselling session, prior to this I will require a counselling contract to be signed and I will offer a free 15 minute introduction to that we can sign off the formalities and complete an assessment before commencing our work together.