About the Practitioner
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Kate Firkins is a qualified integrative counsellor based in Worcestershire, offering online sessions across the UK. She works with adults experiencing a range of emotional and psychological challenges, including anxiety, grief, trauma, low self-esteem, and relationship difficulties.
Her approach is client-led, with a strong foundation in empathy, honesty, and non-judgement. While creating a safe and supportive space, Kate also offers gentle challenge where helpful, supporting clients to explore deeper emotions and life patterns. She incorporates somatic awareness to help clients tune into the body’s signals and uses parts work when clients are experiencing dissociation.
Kate’s therapeutic style is grounded in:
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Building a secure therapeutic relationship
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Gently exploring difficult emotions at a safe pace
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Using body-based awareness techniques (somatic focus)
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Reflecting on past experiences to understand present challenges
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Working ethically and transparently under the NCPS Code of Practice
Kate has been practising for 1-3 years now, and is fully insured with active professional indemnity cover
Qualifications
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Trauma-Informed Practice – Introduction to Childhood Adversity & Trauma (West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership)
- Polyvagal Theory in Practice with Deb Dana – Essential strategies for creating safety with trauma clients
Area of Expertise
- Unhealthy or abusive relationships, and the ripple effect these have on family, friends, and professional life
- Anxiety management, drawing on Compassion-Focused Therapy and Polyvagal Theory to help regulate the nervous system
- Emotional support following a cancer diagnosis, helping clients process fear, anger, uncertainty, and identity shifts
- Grief and loss, including bereavement and anticipatory grief
- Low self-confidence and self-worth, often rooted in past relational trauma
She is trauma-informed, ADHD-aware, and experienced in supporting clients who are exploring their identity and emotional resilience.
Availability
WED 10.00am - 2.30pm
THU 10.00am - 6.30pm
FRI 10.00am - 6.30pm
