Kate Etheridge

I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from the University of Greenwich. I am committed to continual further learning and development of myself and my practice, particularly with supporting LGBTQIA+ clients in mind. 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 currently completing the diploma in Diversity, Cultural Competence, Race & Anti-Discrimination Practice with The Anti-Discrimination Focus.  I am trauma informed, sensitive to dynamics of power and privilege and committed to inclusive, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice.

I have practiced in several mental health charities over the past eight years – including with an LGBTQ mental health service in Brighton - and in university wellbeing and low-cost private services in London.   I decided to retrain as a counsellor in 2013, following many positive experiences of therapy in helping me through my own life challenges and then feeling in a position to ‘give back’. I honour being able to be deeply present alongside people in their vulnerability.  I have previously also worked in supporting roles in the media, visual arts and hospitality industries.