Katie Gerrard

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Online Therapy

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I’m a qualified and experienced Hypnotherapist with a Psychology MSc. I'm due to complete my BACP approved Counsellor qualification in 2025.

I have been working with ancestral patterns in a pagan context for over twenty years and during that time have led spiritual groups and taught group courses both online and in person.

I have a background in coaching and teaching adults within the employability and community development fields. I identify as queer, neurodivergent, polyamorous, and pagan.

Sexual identity:

Bi- | Pansexual
Kink - BDSM
Queer

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: Yes

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: Yes

Personal pronouns: She/ They

Qualifications - Links to websites:

General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) (link to profile)
Complimentary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) (search here under Katherine Howard)
Yoga Alliance (link to profile)
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Student membership,
British Psychological Society, (BPS), Graduate membership

Qualifications:
Dip Hyp, Practitioner Diploma in Hypnotherapy
MSc Psychology
CPCAB Counselling Skills, L2
CPCAB Counselling Studies, L3
YTT200 Registered Yoga Teacher

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award

Experience and approach:

This listing describes my ancestral patterns work (you can see my main listing for my generalist hypnotherapy approach)

In psychology and hypnotherapy, we may spend time looking at our own patterns and beliefs and understanding the roots of our behaviour. We may have inherited these things by absorbing them from the community around us or from our parents, grandparents, and so on. Working with ancestral patterns helps us to understand the roots of their behaviour and to release or transform the energy associated with these so we no longer carry it with us.

Much like when we find heirlooms that no longer fit our life and choose to repurpose them into something we can cherish, we too can take the energy passed down from our ancestors and transform it to something that suits our current life needs.

In this approach I draw on techniques from hypnotherapy, gestalt, parts therapy, psychosynthesis and transpersonal blended witchcraft. I work in a person-centred way to include my client’s spiritual beliefs, religion, and culture along with understanding the need to adapt for the neurodiversity of my client group.

Approaches: