Kathryn Hobbs

Clients who choose to work with me are often experiencing debilitating anxiety and are seeking to reduce the impact it has on their lives. Once you have strategies to reduce your anxiety, we can then explore the cause of that anxiety, the aim being to reduce the anxiety you experience.

You may wish to work on your difficult childhood experiences, to make sense of it and understand how your beliefs and understanding of your childhood is impacting on your life choices today. Those experiences will inform your relationships with your family, your work colleagues and work choices, your friendship circle and your intimate relationships. My aim is to help you explore what has been helpful up to now and what now getting in the way of you living the life you want to lead.

If you are a student studying or a student counsellor, you may wish to explore the stress and difficulties, the demands of being a student brings.

If you have ADHD then our work together is about exploring your experience of ADHD and it’s impact on your day to day life, understanding yourself and your needs more clearly.

I work a lot with men who are struggling to identify and understand their feelings, where those feelings have had a negative impact on their lives and relationships.

Working in a relational way, you will gain an understanding of your thoughts and feelings, helping to reduce anxiety and other emotions, I will help you learn new ways of managing them so you start to feel that you have control back over your minds and bodies.

I draw on a vast range of experience from the NHS, university students, student counsellors and EAP providers.

I offer a free introductory 15 minute call via Zoom/TEAMS only, before you commit to booking sessions.

I am trained Trauma Informed Practitioner.

If you choose to work with me, I will send your my counselling contract before our first session, so that you understand how I work with confidentiality, your personal data, what you need to do, should you need to cancel a session and how to pay me.

In our first session, it is an opportunity for you to tell me your experience and how they are impacting on you. You may wish to set some goals for our work together, so that you feel like it is working for you, we can review these goals regularly throughout your sessions.

It is important to discuss your expectation of therapy and me as your counsellor and for us to consider how sessions can be emotional and how you manage that between your counselling sessions.

My hours are flexible across the week for both in person and online sessions.

I work with adults over the age of 18 yrs. I work in person on a Monday, in Cardiff, last session time available 6pm and on a Wednesday in person in Barry, online appointments available across the week. 

Clients who choose to work with me are often experiencing debilitating anxiety and are seeking to reduce the impact it has on their lives. Once you have strategies to reduce your anxiety, we can then explore the cause of that anxiety, the aim being to reduce the anxiety you experience.

You may wish to work on your difficult childhood experiences, to make sense of it and understand how your beliefs and understanding of your childhood is impacting on your life choices today. Those experiences will inform your relationships with your family, your work colleagues and work choices, your friendship circle and your intimate relationships. My aim is to help you explore what has been helpful up to now and what now getting in the way of you living the life you want to lead.

If you are a student studying or a student counsellor, you may wish to explore the stress and difficulties, the demands of being a student brings.

If you have ADHD then our work together is about exploring your experience of ADHD and it’s impact on your day to day life, understanding yourself and your needs more clearly.

I work a lot with men who are struggling to identify and understand their feelings, where those feelings have had a negative impact on their lives and relationships.

Working in a relational way, you will gain an understanding of your thoughts and feelings, helping to reduce anxiety and other emotions, I will help you learn new ways of managing them so you start to feel that you have control back over your minds and bodies.

I draw on a vast range of experience from the NHS, university students, student counsellors and EAP providers.

I offer a free introductory 15 minute call via Zoom/TEAMS only, before you commit to booking sessions.

I am trained Trauma Informed Practitioner.

If you choose to work with me, I will send your my counselling contract before our first session, so that you understand how I work with confidentiality, your personal data, what you need to do, should you need to cancel a session and how to pay me.

In our first session, it is an opportunity for you to tell me your experience and how they are impacting on you.  You may wish to set some goals for our work together, so that you feel like it is working for you, we can review these goals regularly throughout your sessions.

It is important to discuss your expectation of therapy and me as your counsellor and for us to consider how sessions can be emotional and how you manage that between your counselling sessions.

Your first sessions are an opportunity for me to understand your experiences and how they impact on you.

I have availability for both in person and online supervision in Barry and Cardiff, I charge £75 for an hour and a half supervision and £60 per hour

Supervision should be a supportive, safe and nurturing environment, where you can explore your practice as a counsellor and grow in your knowledge, skills and abilities. Having recently completed my Post Grad Diploma, initially qualifying with a Counselling Diploma in 2012, I understand the demands, stress and difficulties placed on trainee counsellors and those new to private practice.

Being qualified in an integrative, relational model, enables me to assist you in your preferred modality of working. Having trained in the seven-eye relational model of supervision, it is important to me that as my supervisee you feel safe to explore what is happening in your work with your clients, how you can expand your knowledge and skills and your practice to ensure a financially thriving practice.

Fundamental to my practice is the belief that supervision should be supportive, educative and normative and I work with this in mind.

I have a considerable amount of experience of working with experienced counsellors, counsellors in private practice, and student counsellors. I currently work for a charity in Cardiff as a Clinical Lead.

Qualified with a Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision including Online and Telephone work.

I am also a trauma informed counsellor, having completed an intensive course. I have experience of working as a counsellor with clients in private practice, in EAP settings, through MIND and with NHS patients.   

I have a specific qualification in supervision providing training in both in person and online supervision, which is a Level 6 qualification.

I offer a 20 minute introductory call so that you can make sure I am the right supervisor to meet your needs. 

t is really important that you feel safe and supported in your work and I have a vast amount of experience of working with EAP provision, working in the charity sector providing counselling, working with MIND and NHS patients. 

I have also set up and run private practice.

I have recently completed my Post Grad Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy so have increased my academic knowledge and understanding, to complement my skill base.  

I currently work as a Clinical Lead for a local charity and have worked with student counsellors for over 2 years.

I offer an introductory meeting via Zoom/TEAMS, if you feel we are a good fit, I will forward you my supervision contract, which outlines how I work and answer any questions you may have.