Katie Manson

My availability regularly changes so please get in contact for my up to date availability

I am an integrative practitioner offering 1:1 counselling from my office in Andover town centre, online, or I have 2 fully risk assessed outdoor therapy route options. I also facilitate group sessions.

I am an inclusive relational therapeutic counsellor working with children, young people and adults. I work by meeting you where you are currently and tailoring our journey together accordingly to meet your needs; whether this be through laughter, tears, challenge, psychoeducation, empathy or, more often than not, a combination of all of these things. Alongside traditional therapy I can offer more creative approaches, for which I am trained and qualified. 

I offer a free initial telephone consultation to answer any questions you may have.

Being an integrative practitioner, I am very humanistic in listening to you and what you want to achieve in our time together. I do however pull upon Transactional analysis, psychodynamic, CBT, DBT & creative work. Meaning I have a wide range of skills to draw upon when helping you get to where you want to be.

I am qualified to work with both adults, children and young people from 3+. I have additional qualifications in working with adoption so can support clients accessing the Adoption Support Fund. I also work for NHS Surrey Heartlands, Hampshire County Council and Adopt South providing therapy for a range of clients.

Most importantly, being neuro-affirming and trauma informed are at the core of what I offer and where I have focused my additional training. 

When training as a counsellor I really struggled to find the right therapist for me, therefore I know how important it is for you to find the right therapist for you. It is really important for me to bring my authentic self and be very honest about our work together so you can make an informed, pressure free choice. Every person is unique so I find the most effective way for clients to make this decision initially is with a free telephone consultation before our first sessions. 

Our first session then will be a little more structured as we go through our therapeutic contract, exploring what you want to achieve so we are both on the same page and ready to move forward together.