About me
Welcome,
I'm Kathleen
aking the first step on a healing journey takes courage. It means stepping out of your comfort zone to do something different, which is not always easy.
As a Solution-Focused Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist based in Essex, I specialise in supporting women who are feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed. Whether you’re in the throes of parenting, struggling with peri-menopause symptoms or grieving changes in your life and relationships please know that this isn’t a permanent feeling. I can help guide you through with gentle, effective hypnotherapy.
My purpose is to create a safe and supportive space for you and to offer practical tools that will empower you to overcome limiting beliefs, habits, and fears. Using techniques grounded in the latest advances in neuroscience, we can create new neural pathways by rewiring your brain to a strong, confident, calm and in-control state of mind. This work empowers you to make lasting changes and create the life that you truly deserve.
A bit about me!
I’m so pleased and thankful that you’ve landed on my page and want to get to know a little bit more about me and what I do! As you may have already read on my Home page, I am a Solution-Focused Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist. I’m also a qualified primary teacher of 20 years, a solo parent of two, an adult Third Culture Kid (TCK), and a recovering people-pleaser and “busy bee.”
I trained with CPHT at the forefront of hypnotherapy training in the UK and hold the Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy (DHP) and the Hypnotherapy Practitioner’s Diploma (HPD), both recognised by professional bodies and considered the gold standard in hypnotherapy training.
Since completing my training, I’ve attended additional courses, lectures, and read countless books to expand my “tool kit” and stay current with modern research. These include Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy, Mindful Menopause,and The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy with further training planned in ADHD, neurodivergence and Natural Mindfulness. I’m also a member of the Association for Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH) and the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH). I’m fully insured with Holistic Insurance and hold an Enhanced DBS certificate.
I guess I have always been classed as an anxious/sensitive child. I wrote countless diaries filled with angst, I rescued any animal I was allowed to rescue and cried easily! I was also born and raised abroad to British parents and as idyllic as it sounds I always had a sense that I was a foreigner in both places. I didn’t quite belong anywhere and wanted desperately to fit in. I realised years later that I was what they now call a Third Culture Kid-a child raised in a culture that is different to that of their nationality. This sense of being a little “rootless” and with friendships forever changing, despite all the positives of having such a multi cultural upbringing, created challenges in developing an identity as well as a lot of anxiety.
As mums, partners, carers, professionals and everything in-between it can be tricky to find time to focus on ourselves. We live in a fast paced, increasingly stressful and busy post pandemic world right now and our resilience is at an all time low. I would love to help you find your way again and transform the chaos and overwhelm you are feeling right now into clarity, peace and self acceptance.
Now for the fun facts!
- I am bilingual in Italian
- I love being out in nature and have become a bit of a bird watcher since lockdown! The sea is my happy place.
- My favourite book is "Circe" by Madeline Miller. A celebration of female strength in a man's world. I love it so much I have a tattoo representing her on my lower leg!
- I once worked at a world famous butterfly farm in Dorset when I was a student. The silk moths there made the silk for Princess Diana's wedding dress! A fascinating place.
- My most recent Netflix binge was "Ripley" based on the books by Patricia Highsmith. Loved the black and white cinematography and Italian setting. Thrilling story!
