Kathryn Hobbs

I have flexibility for appointments across the week

At times it can be difficult to understand our thoughts and feelings, we may be confused by our behaviours or feel stuck.  Life can also seem overwhelming and full of anxiety.  This is often because of things you have experienced recently or from your childhood that you are struggling to make sense of or overcome.

By understanding your thoughts and the impact of your feelings they can be less intense, we can learn new ways of managing them and start to feel that we have control back over our minds and bodies.  It can be helpful to have strategies and techniques to help with this.

If you are having a difficult time, talking all of this through with a warm, empathic counsellor in a safe environment can be helpful. Clients tell me they feel really listened to and understood and now feel they better able to understand themselves as a result of working with me.  Clients also state they no longer fear their emotions and are no longer bothered by them.  

As an experienced and professional counsellor, offering a warm, non-judgemental, professional and empathic service to clients, I draw on my experience of working with NHS clients, university students, student counsellors and women experiencing domestic abuse, in both my paid capacity and private practice.

I work mostly via Zoom or Teams, I also provide some limited spaces for face to face work.

I have extensive experience of working with women experiencing anxiety and with men with difficult childhood experiences impacting their lives today.

I work from home mostly via Zoom and will continue to offer this as I feel it allows clients more freedom of choice and flexibility of access. You do need to be aware that I share my home with pets, therefore, if you have an pet related allergies you need to be aware of this, you may also hear my pets during the session.  I am happy for you to have your pets your sessions via Zoom.

To book an appointment with me call 07398 049217.

In our first session it is an opportunity for you to tell me about your experiences, what has brought you to counselling at this time and what you hope to work on during our time together.  

I have a counselling contract which helps with our working relationship and we can work through this and I can answer any questions or concerns you have about counselling.  

Some clients like to set goals for their therapy and have regular reviews, others like to figure this out as our work together unfolds, you can decide which is most helpful for you. 

It is an opportunity to make sure you are comfortable working with me and to ask any questions you may have. 

I have availability for both in person and online supervision in Barry and Cardiff.

My aim in providing supervision is to offer you a supportive, safe and friendly environment, either online or in person. My practice as a counsellor is Integrative, primarily from a person centred or relational approach and this is reflected in my supervision style, having trained in the seven-eye relational model. It is important to me that as my supervisee you feel safe to explore what is happening in your work with your clients.

Fundamental to my practice is the belief that supervision should be supportive, educative and normative and I work with this in mind.

I have a considerable amount of experience of supervising work in the voluntary sector, working with student counsellors as a Clinical Lead for a local charity, providing supervision for counsellors in private practice and those undertaking EAP work.    

It is really important that you feel safe and supported in your work and I have a vast amount of experience of working with EAP provision, working in the charity sector providing counselling, working with MIND and NHS patients. 

I have also set up and run private practice.

I offer an introductory meeting via Zoom, so that we can discuss if I am able to offer you the supervision you need in your current practice and beyond.