KATE VARNEY
As an experienced psychotherapist and counsellor I work with people with a wide range of challenges and difficulties that they are facing.
What I can help with
Anxiety
Bereavement
Depression
Divorce
Eating disorders
Identity
Infertility
Loss of purpose
Relationships
Self esteem
Self harm
Workplace issues
Type of therapy
Psychodynamic therapy
Counselling
Supervision
Helping
Adults, couple and counselling trainees
About me
I trained in psychotherapy and counselling in London 14 years ago and have worked in various therapeutic settings since, including within NHS primary care, at a university counselling service and for a large regional counselling charity. I am also involved in the teaching and training of counsellors in several training organisations at both foundation and diploma level.
More recently, I have trained to be a supervisor and I have experience of offering both group and individual supervision to pre and post qualified therapists and counsellors.
I am currently undertaking further training in psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy at the Tavistock Institute, London.
I currently work as a clinical service manager and supervisor in a large counselling charity based in Stroud alongside my private work.
"I wanted to thank you so much for the time we spent together and the strength our therapeutic relationship has given me."
"The work we did together has given me the foundation that I needed. Thank you for everything you do."
What I offer
I am an experienced psychotherapist and counsellor and I work with people who come to see me with a wide range of challenges and difficulties that they are facing.
People often seek therapy when they are at a transitional moment in their lives; when old ways of being are no longer feeling possible or useful, be that in relationships, in a workplace or within their own sense of self.
Through our work together you will have the opportunity to speak about your experiences and feelings; both now and in your past, and we will work together to develop an understanding of you and your life with the hope that this therapeutic process of reflection and insight might be transformative for you.
Coming for psychotherapy or counselling can be a difficult and even fearful moment in our lives but I am here to offer you a safe and confidential space. I am influenced by several therapeutic approaches, but my main approach is psychodynamic which means I will pay attention to every aspect of your lived experience, including your past, as a way of understanding what drives you today and how and why you respond to the world and to others in the ways you do.
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Kate Varney
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Professional accreditation & qualification
Accredited member of BACP
Post Qualification Certificate in Supervision (distinction) - WPF, London
Post Graduate Diploma in psychotherapy and counselling – Regent’s University, London
Foundation in psychotherapy and counselling - Regent’s University, London
MA (Directing) - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
MA (English language and literature) – University of Oxford
