welcome to katie b
A safe space to explore, heal and grow
There will be lots of different reasons you are thinking about seeing a counsellor. Maybe you are experiencing anxiety, depression, a relationship conflict or grief. You might be struggling with difficult emotions, a lack of confidence or struggling to make changes in your life.
What I Do
Helping you find calmness and clarity
Counselling will enable you to unravel your feelings, identify your own needs or help you with any difficult decisions you are currently facing.
Face to Face Counselling
Online Counselling
Telephone Counselling
About Me
introduction katie b counselling
Looking for a counsellor is hard and I know how important it is to find the right person who you will feel comfortable with.
I am an experienced counsellor who has worked with charities such as MIND and also in my own private practice. I see clients every day who are having struggles in their lives. I also had my own struggles with anxiety which counselling helped me with. All of my experiences enable me to understand how counselling can and will help people when they are struggling.
My main priority when working with you is keeping you safe. Therefore, being qualified and working ethically is incredibly important to me. I also ensure I continue to train in different areas to keep my knowledge fully up to date and relevant to my client work.
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Why Counselling?
Why would counselling help?
Research shows that talking therapy can help when we are struggling with our mental health. Being heard and understood is so important to us all.
Anxiety & Panic Attacks
Counselling can help us live without anxiety being so present in our lives
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Depression
Counselling helps us to understand why we might be struggling with depression and understand our emotions more
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Bereavement & Grief
Counselling can help to process the loss and allow all those difficult feelings to surface
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Male Mental Health
Counselling provides a space without any expectations for men to talk about things they are finding difficult to deal with
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Relationship Conflicts
Counselling can help to get to the root of the conflict and understand what our needs are
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Uncomfortable feelings
Counselling can help us to understand our emotions and why they feel so difficult right now.
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FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
Just a selection of answers to the questions you might have.
Basically, you talk, I listen and talk as well. This is a fully collaborative process. That probably doesn’t answer your question fully and I know this lack of knowing can be worrying. However, when we have our initial chat, I will be able to expand further about this.
Absolutely yes. I work in all formats and see the same results. Being able to offer others way of having counselling gives you the opportunity to choose the best way for you.
Our relationship is key and if it isn’t working for you, I totally get it. The important thing is to ensure you get the support you need right now. So, I may be able to help you by referring you to other counsellors who may be a better fit for you.
No. The work we do is confidential. I do have some legal requirements which I will explain if you choose to work with me.
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Menopause means the loss of periods.. but I didn’t know I’d stop recognising myself Does that sound dramatic? Honestly though, it’s exactly how I felt.
We’re midway through January now, and I know many of you will have started the year with a whole host of resolutions, goals, or intentions you wanted to achieve.
This week is Anti-Bullying week (10 – 14 November 2025). The theme this year is ‘Power for Good”. This is a reminder of the power we hold to speak up and raise awareness when we see bullying.
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There is such a fine line that exists between looking after ourselves and potentially struggling a bit with our mental health.
Is it protecting our peace or withdrawing?
Is it saying no because we want to or because our anxiety says so?
Is it being kind to others or putting other peoples needs above our own?
It is such a fine line it can get a bit blurry sometimes. That’s why self awareness can really help with this. It can help us to understand what’s going on underneath and whether we are looking after ourselves.
Let me know which fine lines you might struggle with below.
#selfcare #boundaries #protectyourpeace #anxiety #kindness
Nov 5
Sometimes it doesn’t feel like 5 mins have passed since I set up in private practice and others it feels like I have always done it.
I started my working career in complaints, ran a lifestyle management business and then an engineering company before being in the place that was right for me. At the age of 44 I decided it was time to do the thing I had always wanted to do and I have never looked back.
I feel so privileged that people chose to talk to me about their lives. So thank you to all of them.
Here’s to the next 5 years.
#5years #businessbirthday #perfectjob #thankyou #counselling
Nov 4
It’s not the best sale line is it?
You come to counselling because life if not great and I tell you I am going to possibly piss you off!
But hopefully as you scrolled through you could see all those things are not me being really horrible.
You will of course get total empathy, validation and I will always be your biggest cheerleader. But that doesn’t mean I am going to agree with everything you say. Sometimes I will challenge you, sometimes I will make you cry and sometimes I will keep on noticed all the unkind stuff you say and how many times you deflect.
If you want to tell me to piss off or tell me I am wrong - please do it! I would love that. It’s your space not mine.
#annoyyou #heretohelp #kindness #selfcare #mentalhealth
Nov 2
It’s a month of totally different experiences - leading to another month which brings up totally different experiences.
This month we will see the nights drawing even darker, the leaves turning orange and shedding, temperatures dropping and the threat of Christmas getting closer with all the stuff that comes with it.
Some of us will love it and some of us will hate it. It will all come down to your experiences and perspective. There is no right or wrong way to experience the coming couple of months.
Plus on top of that this month we see the start of awareness days for male mental with a bit of grief awareness dropped in. So that means I will of course be continuing to post as much as I can.
During all this don’t forget to look after you - because that is all that matters.
#november #perspective #experience #personal #mentalhealth
Nov 1
When I was a kid my mum and dad wouldn’t let me know go trick or treating - they had some ideas about it! I used to feel very hard done by because all my friends used to go.
I don’t know what I would have done as a trick because the anxiety would have been horrendous for me back then.
Anyway back to this year.
We all know the drill for the stuff in this post - boundaries, talking, asking for help, being vulnerable and of course self kindness. They sounds horrific internally but they are probably the best treat you could give yourself.
Happy Halloween for tomorrow from me!
#halloween #trickortreat #alwaysatreat #notscary #whatwouldyourtrickbe
Oct 30
Little reminder on a Wednesday morning.
It’s such common reaction from people - I don’t share my stuff because I don’t want to be a burden to others. Maybe people around you are dealing with their own stuff that feels bigger than yours or maybe your self worth makes you feel like you are not allowed to be a bother to anyone. What ever the reason it means you get left not being able to share your stuff and having to deal with it on your own.
If this is you the counselling/therapy room can be a place you can share. You don’t have to to do it on your own.
You are never, and I mean it, never a burden with your counsellor/therapy. We want to hear and know your stuff.
#burden #toomuch #allwelcome #selfcare #mentalhealth
Oct 28
Maybe if you pop along to the counselling room you might find out that it’s not going to be what you thought it was…
Often the thought people have before they come into therapy is not what ends up happening. Turns out maybe it’s about getting to know yourself again. Finding out what you need the most right now is often the thing that helps the most.
When I went to counselling I thought I needed fixing, I definitely wanted someone to tell me what to do and I wanted to be better. I got it all wrong. Found out I started to get to know myself and accept myself and (dare I say) like myself just a little bit more.
Maybe your trip to counselling could turn out different as well!
#notwhatyouthink #nofixing #youknowwhattodo #goodenough #nonewyouneeded
Oct 26
The power of being seen is so valuable.
Someone just noticing us. Whether it’s seeing something good or noticing when someone is not being their normal self. It really does make such a difference.
When we don’t feel seen it can really screw with our mental health - we might feel unimportant, lonely or struggle with our sense of worth.
Who can you see today? Tag them below to give them a bit of a lift.
#seen #iseeyou #counselling #mentalhealth #lonely
Oct 24
Adulting can be a little bit boring sometimes. Responsibilities, decisions & generally being grown up… it can be a lot.
Sometimes I think for the sake of our mental health we need to shrug off those responsibilities sometimes and connect with our inner child.
The weekend is coming what could you do to because you want not to because you have to?
Let me know below.
#innerchild #responsibility #adulting #grownup #playtime
Oct 23
Too needy or maybe your needs are not being met at the moment by yourself or by others.
Our needs are important and if someone else things that your needs are too much it’s worth a little reflection.
What are your needs right now? Are they being met the way you ‘need’ them to be?
Got to be worth a thought.
Also can we also be a bit careful when describing other people like this. Let’s not leave people with the impression that they are too much!
#tooneedy #needs #emotions #toomuch #selfreflection
Oct 21
At the age of 3 I chose my own middle name because my parents couldn’t be arsed 😂.
All joking aside my B feels like it is my middle name. I was called Katie B by all the people that counted. My mum and dad and my brother and sister. No one else really calls me it. Not even my husband. But it feels like the proper me.
So when I was looking for a name of my little business I decided it was exactly the right name. It’s the real me and it embraces my inner child totally. She feels quite chuffed to see my name out there for all to see. It represents exactly who I am.
So there you go.
Who else out there doesn’t have a middle name? Let me know below.
#ktbcounselling #katieb #middlename #lazyparents #counselling
Oct 19
It is a very small hill this one. But if I have been out for a long walk the day before, or on my way back after a long walk or just tired from other stuff in life - even this gentle incline can really feel like hard work.
And that’s what life is like really. It can chuck stuff at us - some big and some small. Sometimes even the smallest thing can feel massive. We might wonder why it feels so bloody hard but of course there will be so many reasons.
How we experience things will really depend on our own perspective.
Remind yourself, even if the thing is small it’s likely there will be some really important reasons why it feels massive.
And don’t forget to look back when you reach the top to remind yourself of how far you have come.
#mountains #hillstoclimb #challenges #mentalhealth #lifeishard
Oct 16
