Kate McKenna

* Accepting new clients - limited availability *

I currently offer therapy on weekday daytimes and Sunday mornings. Sessions are available both online via Zoom or in-person from Godalming, Surrey.

*I offer concessionary rates to students - please get in touch to discuss*

Couples and Relationship Counselling

For individuals and couples struggling with boundaries, connection and communication.

Online counselling sessions and in-person counselling in Godalming, Surrey.

Does this sound like you?

You struggle to make decisions, feel like you’re always getting it wrong, and keep finding yourself in unfulfilling, distant or high-conflict relationships.

You might identify as a people pleaser, be neurodivergent (e.g. Autistic or ADHD), or experience anxiety in relationships. Perhaps relationships feel fragile and take constant effort to maintain, or you walk away when things get intense because you expect them to fall apart anyway.

Maybe you’ve experienced relational/emotional abuse or trauma. Repeatedly told your memory is wrong, being blamed for things going wrong or feeling responsible for other people’s happiness, behaviour or choices. This might have come from your parents, partners or friends.

These experiences can create doubt, uncertainty and confusion, and often teach us to stop listening to our own needs and feelings. Instead, we focus on keeping the peace, which can leave you feeling abandoned, rejected or resentful, stuck in cycles of burnout, or unsure of who you are anymore.

How I Can Help

As a couples and relationship counsellor, I work with both individuals and couples to:

• Practice compassion for yourself and others
• Set clear, respectful boundaries
• Build authentic relationships with reciprocal care
• Develop trust and safety that allow emotional and physical intimacy to grow

Your relationship with yourself affects your relationships with others. As you learn to nurture and care for yourself, it can become easier to reduce burnout, build confidence and create a sense of safety that isn’t reliant on the wellbeing of others.

If you’d like to book a session or a short introductory call, get in touch and I can we can find a good time to speak.

Client Groups:

• Adults 18+
• Older adults 65+
• Couples/Relationships

Location:

• Online counselling via Zoom
• In-person counselling - Godalming, Surrey.
• Email counselling (Proton)

Frequency:

I provide weekly counselling sessions, this means I reserve a regular time every week that is just yours for as long as you need.

I offer fortnightly sessions once we've had time to develop our relationship and we agree it is therapeutically safe to do so. Deciding the right time to reduce sessions to fortnightly will be a collaborate conversation about what feels right and safe for you.

Duration:

• Individual Counselling sessions lasts 50 minutes
• The First Couples session is usually 90 minutes
• Ongoing Couples Sessions are usually 60 minutes but if preferred you can continue to have 90 minute sessions or a mix.

If you have questions and would like to speak me before you book, we can arrange a short free call with no strings attached.

When you're ready and feel like we'd be a good fit, we can arrange your first full session.

Our first session is a chance to get to know each other better and explore how we'll use our time together. We’ll cover things like how long you’re thinking of being in counselling, what your expectations of counselling are and how you’re hoping I can help.

We might begin to gently look at what you’re coming to work on and where you’d like to get to. Perhaps exploring some of your history to start making sense of what is keeping you stuck.

At the end of the session, you can take some time to decide if you’d like to keep working together and if I feel like the right person for you right now. If you’d like to continue we’ll meet again at the same time the following week.

Online Counselling

Before our session, I'll send a Zoom for Online sessions. We might start by making sure we can see and hear each other and checking the camera distance feels comfortable for you. It feels a lot like working in person.

In-person Counselling in Godalming, Surrey

I use a lovely bright, comfortable room in Godalming. There's a waiting area as you enter the main door, come in and take a seat.

The room is at the top of a single flight of stairs, when its time for your appointment I'll come down to the waiting room and show you up to the room.

Email Counselling

Email counselling is a way of accessing therapy through written communication. You'll have a time and day each week to send your email by and I'll have a set time (usually within 48 hours of yours) to respond. We’ll both have a word limit, requiring time to reflect and clarify what feels most important to you to share with me.

One of the benefits of email counselling is that you can process and consider how you'd like to express yourself. There is also a sense of anonymity in it, a I won’t know what you sound or look like and this can give you greater freedom to share openly. 

* Accepting new clients - limited availability *

I currently offer therapy on weekday daytimes and Sunday mornings. Sessions are available both online via Zoom or in-person from Godalming, Surrey.

Couples and Relationship Counselling

For individuals and couples struggling with boundaries, connection and communication.
Online counselling sessions and in-person counselling in Godalming, Surrey.

Does this sound like you?

You struggle to make decisions, feel like you’re always getting it wrong, and keep finding yourself in unfulfilling, distant or high-conflict relationships.

You might identify as a people pleaser, be neurodivergent (e.g. Autistic or ADHD), or experience anxiety in relationships. Perhaps relationships feel fragile and take constant effort to maintain, or you walk away when things get intense because you expect them to fall apart anyway.

Maybe you’ve experienced relational/emotional abuse or trauma. Repeatedly told your memory is wrong, being blamed for things going wrong or feeling responsible for other people’s happiness, behaviour or choices. This might have come from your parents, partners or friends.

These experiences can create doubt, uncertainty and confusion, and often teach us to stop listening to our own needs and feelings. Instead, we focus on keeping the peace, which can leave you feeling abandoned, rejected or resentful, stuck in cycles of burnout, or unsure of who you are anymore.

How I Can Help

As a couples and relationship counsellor, I work with both individuals and couples to:

• Practice compassion for yourself and others
• Set clear, respectful boundaries
• Build authentic relationships with reciprocal care
• Develop trust and safety that allow emotional and physical intimacy to grow

Your relationship with yourself affects your relationships with others. As you learn to nurture and care for yourself, it can become easier to reduce burnout, build confidence and create a sense of safety that isn’t reliant on the wellbeing of others.

If you’d like to book a session or a short introductory call, get in touch and I can we can find a good time to speak.

Client Groups: 

• Adults 18+
• Older adults 65+
• Couples/Relationships

• Online counselling via Zoom
• In-person counselling - Godalming, Surrey. 
• Email counselling (Proton)

Frequency:

I provide weekly counselling sessions, this means I reserve a regular time every week that is just yours for as long as you need. 

I offer fortnightly sessions once we've had time to develop our relationship and we agree it is therapeutically safe to do so. Deciding the right time to reduce sessions to fortnightly will be a collaborate conversation about what feels right and safe for you. 

Duration:

•  Individual sessions lasts 50 minutes
•  The first couples session is usually 90 minutes
• Ongoing Couples Sessions are usually 60 minutes but if preferred you can continue to have 90 minute sessions or a mix.

If you have questions and would like to speak me before you book, we can arrange a short free call with no strings attached.
When you're ready and feel like we'd be a good fit, we can arrange your first full session.

Our first session is a chance to get to know each other better and explore how we'll use our time together. We’ll cover things like how long you’re thinking of being in counselling, what your expectations of counselling are and how you’re hoping I can help.

We might begin to gently look at what you’re coming to work on and where you’d like to get to. Perhaps exploring some of your history to start making sense of what is keeping you stuck.

At the end of the session, you can take some time to decide if you’d like to keep working together and if I feel like the right person for you right now. If you’d like to continue we’ll meet again at the same time the following week.

Online Counselling

Before our session, I'll send a Zoom for Online sessions. We might start by making sure we can see and hear each other and checking the camera distance feels comfortable for you. It feels a lot like working in person. 

In-person Counselling in Godalming, Surrey

I use a lovely bright, comfortable room in Godalming. There's a waiting area as you enter the main door, come in and take a seat.

The room is at the top of a single flight of stairs, when its time for your appointment I'll come down to the waiting room and show you up to the room.

Email Counselling

Email counselling is a way of accessing therapy through written communication. You'll have a time and day each week to send your email by and I'll have a set time (usually within 48 hours of yours) to respond. We’ll both have a word limit, requiring time to reflect and clarify what feels most important to you to share with me.

One of the benefits of email counselling is that you can process and consider how you'd like to express yourself. There is also a sense of anonymity in it, a I won’t know what you sound or look like and this can give you greater freedom to share openly. 

* Accepting new clients - limited availability *

I currently offer therapy on weekday daytimes and Sunday mornings. Sessions are available both online via Zoom or in-person from Godalming, Surrey.

*I offer concessionary rates to counselling students - please get in touch to discuss*

Couples and Relationship Counselling

For individuals and couples struggling with boundaries, connection and communication.

Online counselling sessions and in-person counselling in Godalming, Surrey.

Does this sound like you?

You struggle to make decisions, feel like you’re always getting it wrong, and keep finding yourself in unfulfilling, distant or high-conflict relationships.

You might identify as a people pleaser, be neurodivergent (e.g. Autistic or ADHD), or experience anxiety in relationships. Perhaps relationships feel fragile and take constant effort to maintain, or you walk away when things get intense because you expect them to fall apart anyway.

Maybe you’ve experienced relational/emotional abuse or trauma. Repeatedly told your memory is wrong, being blamed for things going wrong or feeling responsible for other people’s happiness, behaviour or choices. This might have come from your parents, partners or friends.

These experiences can create doubt, uncertainty and confusion, and often teach us to stop listening to our own needs and feelings. Instead, we focus on keeping the peace, which can leave you feeling abandoned, rejected or resentful, stuck in cycles of burnout, or unsure of who you are anymore.

How I Can Help

As a couples and relationship counsellor, I work with both individuals and couples to:

• Practice compassion for yourself and others
• Set clear, respectful boundaries
• Build authentic relationships with reciprocal care
• Develop trust and safety that allow emotional and physical intimacy to grow

Your relationship with yourself affects your relationships with others. As you learn to nurture and care for yourself, it can become easier to reduce burnout, build confidence and create a sense of safety that isn’t reliant on the wellbeing of others.

If you’d like to book a session or a short introductory call, get in touch and I can we can find a good time to speak.

Client Groups:

• Adults 18+
• Older adults 65+
• Couples/Relationships

Location:

• Online counselling via Zoom
• In-person counselling - Godalming, Surrey.
• Email counselling (Proton)

Frequency:

I provide weekly counselling sessions, this means I reserve a regular time every week that is just yours for as long as you need.

I offer fortnightly sessions once we've had time to develop our relationship and we agree it is therapeutically safe to do so. Deciding the right time to reduce sessions to fortnightly will be a collaborate conversation about what feels right and safe for you.

Duration:

• Individual sessions lasts 50 minutes
• The first couples session is usually 90 minutes
• Ongoing Couples Sessions are usually 60 minutes but if preferred you can continue to have 90 minute sessions or a mix.

If you have questions and would like to speak me before you book, we can arrange a short free call with no strings attached.

When you're ready and feel like we'd be a good fit, we can arrange your first full session.

Our first session is a chance to get to know each other better and explore how we'll use our time together. We’ll cover things like how long you’re thinking of being in counselling, what your expectations of counselling are and how you’re hoping I can help.

We might begin to gently look at what you’re coming to work on and where you’d like to get to. Perhaps exploring some of your history to start making sense of what is keeping you stuck.

At the end of the session, you can take some time to decide if you’d like to keep working together and if I feel like the right person for you right now. If you’d like to continue we’ll meet again at the same time the following week.

Online Counselling

Before our session, I'll send a Zoom for Online sessions. We might start by making sure we can see and hear each other and checking the camera distance feels comfortable for you. It feels a lot like working in person.

In-person Counselling in Godalming, Surrey

I use a lovely bright, comfortable room in Godalming. There's a waiting area as you enter the main door, come in and take a seat.

The room is at the top of a single flight of stairs, when its time for your appointment I'll come down to the waiting room and show you up to the room.

Email Counselling

Email counselling is a way of accessing therapy through written communication. You'll have a time and day each week to send your email by and I'll have a set time (usually within 48 hours of yours) to respond. We’ll both have a word limit, requiring time to reflect and clarify what feels most important to you to share with me.

One of the benefits of email counselling is that you can process and consider how you'd like to express yourself. There is also a sense of anonymity in it, a I won’t know what you sound or look like and this can give you greater freedom to share openly. 

* Accepting new clients - limited availability *

I currently offer therapy on weekday daytimes and Sunday mornings. Sessions are available both online via Zoom or in-person from Godalming, Surrey.

*I offer concessionary rates to counselling students - please get in touch to discuss*

Couples and Relationship Counselling

For individuals and couples struggling with boundaries, connection and communication.

Online counselling sessions and in-person counselling in Godalming, Surrey.

Does this sound like you?

You struggle to make decisions, feel like you’re always getting it wrong, and keep finding yourself in unfulfilling, distant or high-conflict relationships.

You might identify as a people pleaser, be neurodivergent (e.g. Autistic or ADHD), or experience anxiety in relationships. Perhaps relationships feel fragile and take constant effort to maintain, or you walk away when things get intense because you expect them to fall apart anyway.

Maybe you’ve experienced relational/emotional abuse or trauma. Repeatedly told your memory is wrong, being blamed for things going wrong or feeling responsible for other people’s happiness, behaviour or choices. This might have come from your parents, partners or friends.

These experiences can create doubt, uncertainty and confusion, and often teach us to stop listening to our own needs and feelings. Instead, we focus on keeping the peace, which can leave you feeling abandoned, rejected or resentful, stuck in cycles of burnout, or unsure of who you are anymore.

How I Can Help

As a couples and relationship counsellor, I work with both individuals and couples to:

• Practice compassion for yourself and others
• Set clear, respectful boundaries
• Build authentic relationships with reciprocal care
• Develop trust and safety that allow emotional and physical intimacy to grow

Your relationship with yourself affects your relationships with others. As you learn to nurture and care for yourself, it can become easier to reduce burnout, build confidence and create a sense of safety that isn’t reliant on the wellbeing of others.

If you’d like to book a session or a short introductory call, get in touch and I can we can find a good time to speak.

Client Groups:

• Adults 18+
• Older adults 65+
• Couples/Relationships

Location:

• Online counselling via Zoom
• In-person counselling - Godalming, Surrey.
• Email counselling (Proton)

Frequency:

I provide weekly counselling sessions, this means I reserve a regular time every week that is just yours for as long as you need.

I offer fortnightly sessions once we've had time to develop our relationship and we agree it is therapeutically safe to do so. Deciding the right time to reduce sessions to fortnightly will be a collaborate conversation about what feels right and safe for you.

Duration:

• Individual Counselling sessions lasts 50 minutes
• The First Couples session is usually 90 minutes
• Ongoing Couples Sessions are usually 60 minutes but if preferred you can continue to have 90 minute sessions or a mix.

If you have questions and would like to speak me before you book, we can arrange a short free call with no strings attached.

When you're ready and feel like we'd be a good fit, we can arrange your first full session.

Our first session is a chance to get to know each other better and explore how we'll use our time together. We’ll cover things like how long you’re thinking of being in counselling, what your expectations of counselling are and how you’re hoping I can help.

We might begin to gently look at what you’re coming to work on and where you’d like to get to. Perhaps exploring some of your history to start making sense of what is keeping you stuck.

At the end of the session, you can take some time to decide if you’d like to keep working together and if I feel like the right person for you right now. If you’d like to continue we’ll meet again at the same time the following week.

Online Counselling

Before our session, I'll send a Zoom for Online sessions. We might start by making sure we can see and hear each other and checking the camera distance feels comfortable for you. It feels a lot like working in person.

In-person Counselling in Godalming, Surrey

I use a lovely bright, comfortable room in Godalming. There's a waiting area as you enter the main door, come in and take a seat.

The room is at the top of a single flight of stairs, when its time for your appointment I'll come down to the waiting room and show you up to the room.

Email Counselling

Email counselling is a way of accessing therapy through written communication. You'll have a time and day each week to send your email by and I'll have a set time (usually within 48 hours of yours) to respond. We’ll both have a word limit, requiring time to reflect and clarify what feels most important to you to share with me.

One of the benefits of email counselling is that you can process and consider how you'd like to express yourself. There is also a sense of anonymity in it, a I won’t know what you sound or look like and this can give you greater freedom to share openly.