Kathy Allatt, BACP

Kathy Allatt is a qualified therapeutic counsellor who combines clinical experience with a compassionate, person-centred approach to support people through difficult moments in their lives. She recognises how daunting it can be to ask for help and approaches each person with kindness and understanding, offering a nonjudgemental space to explore feelings, worries and goals.

Kathy draws on substantial clinical experience from her time as a neonatal intensive care nurse, where she supported families caring for and bonding with sick or preterm babies. She is familiar with the intense emotions that accompany the neonatal journey, the challenge of transitioning from hospital to home and the profound impact of loss. In counselling she helps parents make sense of those experiences, work through grief and trauma, and find ways to live alongside their losses.

Her background working within the NHS has informed her understanding of how physical illness and workplace pressures can affect mental well-being. Having worked clinically throughout the pandemic, she is attuned to the strains faced by healthcare workers and offers support for those struggling with work-related stress and burnout.

Kathy practises primarily from a person-centred framework and also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - and solution-focused techniques where helpful. She aims to build a trusting therapeutic relationship that enables deeper self-understanding and practical steps toward personal aims. Kathy holds BACP accreditation, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK, and she strives to provide a welcoming and professional environment in which people can explore their concerns.