Kate Etheridge

I currently practice during the day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays - earliest sessions are at 7am and latest sessions at 6pm.

I'm an experienced integrative counsellor and very much hope to support you. I have particular experience and interest in working with trauma, attachment histories and relationships, addictions, existential concerns, anxiety and depression, chronic shame, loss and bereavement, ageing, life transitions and menopause, somatic presentations, and gender, sexuality and relationship diversity.

Establishing trust and a sense of safety in the therapy relationship is the foundation for the way I work – by providing a compassionate, calming presence and experience of being attentively and warmly heard, seen and valued, I hope to provide a space where you can bring what you need to, to help explore and find a way through your current difficulties and challenges.

I identify within the LGBTQIA+ umbrella and practice affirmatively. I am trauma informed, sensitive to dynamics of power and privilege and committed to inclusive, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice.

I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from Greenwich University. I am committed to continual further learning and development of myself and my practice. I have most recently completed trainings in Body Listening (with the Brighton School of Embodied Therapy), Compassion Focussed Therapy (with the Compassionate Mind Foundation) and I am currently completing the diploma in Diversity, Cultural Competence, Race & Anti-Discrimination Practice with TADF.

I decided to retrain as a counsellor following many positive experiences of therapy in helping me through my own life challenges. I honour being able to be deeply present alongside people in their vulnerability.

I have practiced in several mental health charities in both London and Brighton, and in university wellbeing and low-cost private services in London, over the past eight years.  I have previously worked in support roles in national media, and in visual arts and hospitality industries.

I offer in person therapy for adults in dedicated practice rooms in central Brighton.

As an integrative counsellor, I use the working relationship that we develop as the foundation for the therapy and as a guide to the range of approaches and theories we can draw on that might be of particular help to you.

I take an holistic approach to wellbeing – working with mindbody interconnectedness and endeavouring to understand you in all your wider life contexts.

Therapy can be either for a fixed term or open ended, always with regular ongoing reviews. We will contract for our work together so you will be clear of the terms of our working relationship. You are always in control of bringing about the ending of your therapy with me.

If you would like to get a better sense of how we might work together before taking any further steps, I offer a free initial 30 minute exploratory discussion by telephone/Zoom, or in person in the room too – please get in touch.