Kate Hunt

 I work on Monday from 2:00–7:00pm (last session begins at 6:00pm), Wednesday from 9:00am–1:00pm (last session begins at 12:00pm), and Thursday from 10:00am–6:30pm (last session begins at 5:30pm)

Please email me to arrange a call to discuss your preferences.
I currently have availability, and look forward to hearing from you. 

I am not seeing clients from Tuesday 23 December to Friday 2 January 2026 inclusive. Any enquiries received during this time are still welcome and will be dealt with in the week beginning Monday 5 January

I help people who feel overwhelmed to find a better balance between caring for themselves and managing their relationships—so they can live calmer, more meaningful, and fulfilling lives.

Do you often feel like you’re holding everything together on the outside while struggling on the inside? Are you navigating a family situation that’s taking up your emotional energy? Maybe you’re dealing with anxiety, feeling on edge, or finding it hard to relax. These feelings can build over time, especially during periods of change, and you don’t have to manage them alone.

I offer a calm, supportive space where you can explore what’s happening and how it’s affecting you. Together, we can work to understand your experience, find ways to cope, and help you reconnect with yourself—in your relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. My approach is gentle, relational, and focused on helping you feel safe and heard.

With eight years of counselling experience in schools and four years working with adults, I’ve supported children, young people, and families facing challenges such as anxiety, neurodiversity, bereavement, and family conflict. My own experience of grief—and the compassionate counselling I received—led me to train as a therapist. Earlier in my career, I worked in family law, where I often saw emotional struggles that legal processes couldn’t resolve. These experiences shape the empathic, steady way I work today.

Counselling helped me move from a place of overwhelm to one of greater clarity. I currently have availability for new clients, and I also welcome clients who are returning after a break.

Please feel free to email me to arrange a free, no-obligation introductory call.

My core training is in Person-Centred Therapy, which means our work together is led by you. I won’t direct the sessions or tell you what you “should” do. Instead, I offer a calm, supportive space where you can explore whatever feels important—your thoughts, feelings, relationships, or experiences that are affecting you right now.

My role isn’t to find answers or fix things for you, but to walk alongside you as you make sense of your experiences in your own time. Together, we can explore the patterns, beliefs, and emotions shaping your day-to-day life, helping you build greater clarity and self-understanding. This can support you in making choices that feel authentic and in navigating challenges with more steadiness.

I may offer creative approaches—such as imagery, objects, or visual metaphors—if these feel helpful. They can offer new ways of expressing yourself when words feel limited, or open up different perspectives on what you’re experiencing.

I believe you are the expert on your own life. My aim is to offer a safe, accepting space where you can feel heard and understood. From this foundation, meaningful growth can begin. I currently have space for new clients, and you’re welcome to email me to arrange an introductory call.

FAQs

What can I bring to counselling?

People come with anxiety, relationship or family stress, bereavement, overwhelm, or simply a wish to understand themselves better.

Do you offer online or in-person sessions?

Yes—I offer both, depending on what feels most comfortable for you.

Can I return after a break?

Absolutely. Many clients come back at different points in their lives, and returning is always welcome.

Before we begin, I offer a free 30-minute phone call. This gives you space to share what’s been feeling overwhelming, including any family stress, anxiety, or day-to-day pressures you’re carrying. You can also ask questions and get a sense of whether my approach feels supportive. It’s a gentle way to notice whether we feel a good “fit” at this point in your life.

If you choose to book a first session, I’ll send you my contract and terms to read in your own time. You’re welcome to ask about anything that isn’t clear before or during the session.

Our first meeting focuses on creating a calm, steady and non-judgmental space where you can begin to talk through what has been weighing on you. Many people come to therapy because they feel overwhelmed by relationship or family dynamics, emotional exhaustion, the impact of neurodiversity in themselves or loved ones, or the pressure of holding everything together for others. You can bring whatever feels most immediate—there is no need to prepare anything in advance.

I’ll gently ask for some basic background information about your wellbeing, support networks, and any previous experiences of therapy, including anything relating to neurodiversity if it feels relevant. This helps me understand the wider picture of what you’re navigating and how we can work together at your pace. We’ll also talk through practicalities such as confidentiality, session boundaries and how our time together will be structured.

The first session is an opportunity for us to slow things down and begin making sense of what you’re experiencing—whether it’s long-term overwhelm, ongoing family stress, difficulties at work, or patterns that are hard to shift. By the end of our meeting, we’ll have started to build a shared understanding of what you need from therapy and how we might work together to support greater calm, clarity and balance in your life.