Katie Gerrard (on BACP under my legal name Katherine Howard)
About the Therapist
I work online and from my therapy spaces in Herne Bay and Ramsgate and specialise in a few areas. Every single person who enters my therapy space (in person or online) is unique and although having training and understanding is essential, I work beyond the diagnoses (without dismissing or invalidating diagnoses whether official or intuited) and look at what works for that individual. Within my therapy space you are free to be who you are and discover who you are.
Neurodivergence (including ADHD, Autism, AuDHD, and Dyspraxia)
Anxiety & OCD (including disordered eating)
Alternative Relationship Structures (including Ethical Non-Monogamy ENM, Consensual Non-Monogamy CNM, Kink, Polyamory, and Swinging)
Trauma (including phobias, developmental trauma, attachment trauma, transgenerational trauma, suicide, and dissociation)
Spirituality (my own spirituality is alternative, but I work with all spiritualities and religion especially those who want to freely talk about their religious experiences or to work with their religion in creative therapy)
- Bi- | Pansexual
- Kink - BDSM
- Other
- Queer
Memberships:
British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) (MBACP) (link to profile)
General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) (link to profile)
Yoga Alliance (link to profile)
British Psychological Society, (BPS), Graduate membership
Qualifications:
MSc Psychology
CPCAB Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling L4
Practitioner Diploma in Hypnotherapy (Dip Hyp)
YTT200 Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT200)
I also have an extensive list of short courses, CPD, and work based training which are too many to list but include trauma, eating disorders, safeguarding, dissociation and dissociative disorders, GSRD, mental health, transgender, ADHD, Autism, spirituality, IFS, polyvagal theory, narcissism and narcicistic relationships, attachment, relationships, transgenerational trauma (how lucky I am that my special interest is psychology and therapy theories!)
| Award | Awarding body | Year of award |
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I’m an Integrative Therapist which means I work with more than one type of therapy but also means I integrate different techniques and styles depending on what’s needed.
My main counselling approach is person centred, but my training also includes Gestalt, Psychosynthesis, Polyvagal, and working with trauma.
I’m also a Hypnotherapist which is a separate service from the Counselling and Integrative Therapy but for a lot of issues can be a fast and therefore more economical alternative. Hypnotherapy is also very useful for preparing you for talking therapies as it includes automatic anxiety relief (nervous system regulation), is not verbal, and can be used to gently release trauma without having to relive it.
I also work creatively and can incorporate lots of different techniques on request such as Sand tray, ancestral exploration, somatic sensing, personality parts, cards, stones, crystals, nesting dolls, doll house, creative writing, and art.
- Attachment theory (Psychodynamic)
- Eclectic
- Existential
- Gestalt
- Humanistic
- Hypnotherapy
- Integrative
- Neurodivergent
- Other
- Person-Centred
- Psychosynthesis
- Transpersonal
- Ace | Asexual
- BDSM | Kink
- Bi- | Pansexual
- Consensual non-monogamy
- Gay
- Lesbian
- Neurodivergent
- Non-binary | Genderqueer
- Queer
- Trans
- One to one
- No adaptation
- Adults
- Seniors (60+)
- Young adults (16-24)
- Online
- In Person
These are the standard hour fees. I also offer longer and shorter session lengths and multi session booking.
Although most of my counselling clients will book weekly sessions at 50 minutes I am super enthusiastic about providing fortnightly, monthly, ad hoq and one off sessions. You won't be messing with my diary or finances if you book these I promise - it leaves lots of room for hypnotherapy clients who usually only have 2 sessions so I don't just "allow" I enthusiastically consent to non traditional therapy scheduling!
Counselling & Integrative Therapy £60 per 50 minute session
Hypnotherapy - £75 per 50 minute session (or £130 for 2 sessions booked together which is my most booked service)
Ancestor patterns work - £120 per 70 minute session
