Feel True Therapy – Kate Roberts MBACP
Psychotherapy | Embodied & Relational Therapy | Kate Roberts MBACP
Welcome
I can help with:
* Difficulties in relationships, co-dependency and attachment;
* Feeling disconnected from emotions or bodily experience;
* Low self-worth, shame or self-criticism;
* Doubt, transition, loss or significant change.
Maybe you function pretty well in life but somehow you don’t feel satisfied or on track. Perhaps you feel anxious, depressed or unseen in your work or relationships. Or there have been changes or loss and you are struggling to adjust. And here you are - wondering what to do or how to feel better.
Therapy can help you find the resources within to move forward.
Your goal might be around specific things you want to understand, be able to do, change or accept or it might be a more general commitment to growth.
My approach recognises that our current way of being is shaped not only by our history, thoughts and feelings, but also by how experience is held in the body. Alongside talking therapy, I bring embodied awareness into the work, supporting you to notice how physical sensations, posture and patterns of tension can deepen self-understanding and support change.
Sessions are predominantly talking-based. Where appropriate I may suggest body-focused awareness exercises. Many clients find this integrative approach allows them to access experiences that have remained out of reach in purely verbal therapy.
Research consistently shows that the therapeutic relationship is central to meaningful change. I aim to offer a warm, boundaried and secure environment where you can bring your thoughts, feelings and bodily experience at a pace that feels manageable.
I have built strong therapeutic relationships with people living with autism and ADHD.
We will work with what you bring, exploring how past experience may be influencing present patterns. My focus is on careful attunement to you and your individual needs.
About
I am a BACP-registered counsellor (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) offering in-person psychotherapy in York (YO19) and online across the UK and in Jersey.
I am committed to ongoing professional development and am currently undertaking a six-year UKCP-accredited (UK Council for Psychotherapy) training in Body (Somatic) Psychotherapy at the Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre.
Registration with a professional body means I meet certain standards of training and practice. I followed an ethical code and have regular 'supervision' - a meeting to dicuss my work - with another senior practitioner to ensure the therapy you receive is of a high quality.
I combine intuition, deep listening, relational attunement, developmental knowledge, life experience, psycho-education, skillful communication - and also lightness and a sense of fun - to provide a bespoke approach.
I believe that many things that society describes as mental health issues are often understandable, perhaps even intelligent mind and body adaptations, to our history, current situation and environment.
My previous career was in environmental protection and then social and environmental policy. I find getting outside and connection to the natural world supports my balance, self regulation and wellbeing.
I have a deep understanding of a number of 12 Step recovery programmers including AA, OA, Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families and Al Anon.
1 hr
70 UK pounds
Common reasons people seek therapy with me
You:
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Want to understand yourself and your relationships better
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Manage well on the outside but struggle privately
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Experience chronic stress or physical tension
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Find it difficult to switch off
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Self-criticise
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Struggle to get your needs met in relationships
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Are questioning whether you are on the right path
You may notice recurring relational patterns:
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Attracting emotionally unavailable or emotionally abusive partners
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Over-accommodating or bending yourself out of shape to maintain relationships
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Fear of conflict or abandonment
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Intense emotional reactions that feel disproportionate
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Losing touch with yourself
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Unable to maintain boundaries
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Avoiding relationships because they are too hard
You want therapy to enhance and support your recovery and growth by exploring:
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Triggers
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Shame
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Attachment wounds
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Boundaries
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Emotional regulation
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Identity
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Purpose
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What brings you joy
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Spirituality
When we focus within, we find a lot of resources. These can help us feel more at home in ourselves and be empowered to make or adapt to any changes.
How I Work
Sessions are collaborative and paced according to what feels manageable and safe.
Therapy is tailored to your needs and can range from an open exploration to a targeted approach
We can have a time limited number of sessions or a relationship spanning several years.
We notice not only to what is said, but also to how your difficulties and strengths are experienced physically in the present moment. This can be particularly helpful for clients who feel they have “talked about things before” but still struggle to shift long-held patterns.
Sessions are predominantly talking-based. Where appropriate and we agree to work in this way, I may suggest body-focused exercises.
We also work with what is already working for you - and how that can be developed, enhanced and maintained.
Sessions are 1 hour.
The fee is £70 per session. I have some concessionary slots so please ask if this applies to you.
In person sessions are in YO19 or I can also make home visits by arrangement.
For online sessions I will send a Zoom link prior to the session. You will need to be somewhere comfortable and undisturbed to benefit from the session.
If you would like to explore whether therapy might be helpful, I offer a free 30-minute initial consultation.
Contact Me
Address
YO19 and JE2
Contact
07376179446
Opening Hours
Tue - Thur
1:00 pm – 8:00 pm
