trauma-informed Psychotherapy & Counselling - in central london and online
Open to your Self. Expand your capacity. Live life with aliveness.
Welcome to Settled Self Therapy
Therapy that helps you to meet yourself, one conversation at a time.
Settled Self offers therapy, short-term counselling, and nervous system regulation coaching that is grounded in curiosity, care, and the belief that every part of us tells a story worth understanding.
To make therapy as accessible as possible, sessions start from £70 online and £90 in person. Intro calls are always free.
Hi, I’m Kate, a qualified, BACP-registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist.
My work is grounded in curiosity, care, and the belief that every person has a story worth understanding. Whether we're exploring what's happened in your life, noticing familiar patterns, or gently building the capacity to meet difficult experiences, the relationship we create together is a central part of the work.
I believe it takes courage to explore oneself meaningfully in therapy. We all have parts we’d rather keep hidden from others, and bringing our pain out of the shadows into the light is something I respect you for considering - and now journeying towards.
There isn't one right way to begin.
Whether you want to understand what's happening in your life - or develop enough steadiness to even think about meet it - we begin where you are.
Sometimes there's an immediate need that we focus on - such as a redundancy, an unexpected diagnosis, or the death of a loved one. Here, counselling offers a supportive way to share feelings that you may struggle to put words to.
At other times, what brings you here is less easy to name. A low mood that won't lift. Anxiety that hums in the background. A sense of being disconnected from yourself, from others, or from the life you thought you were building. Psychotherapy makes room for all of it - the relationships, the losses, the patterns that no longer seem to fit - and works gently with what's underneath.
And sometimes the most pressing thing is coping day to day. When that’s the case, Settle Into Your Self offers practical nervous system regulation coaching to help you steady yourself - often as a foundation for deeper therapy later.
You don't need to know which one you want. Most people don't, and that's fine. We'll figure it out together on your intro call..
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Therapy isn't about rushing towards change. We'll work at a pace that aligns with your capacity, allowing space for understanding to unfold naturally.
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We begin with what is here for you now, and in the room, with what is present.
Sometimes that leads naturally towards the past. Sometimes it doesn't.
We only go where it feels meaningful, always returning to how your experiences are living with you now. -
We pay attention to what's happening in your body - because stress, anxiety, and pain lives in the tension we carry, the breath we hold, the numbness we barely notice, and the panic that seems to come from nowhere.
Our bodies hold the story of everything we've experienced, and so we tune into them. -
Whatever has brought you here, you'll be met with care, respect and without judgement.
Together we'll create enough safety and steadiness for the work to unfold at a pace that feels manageable for you. Your sense of agency is always part of the process.
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Creating a compassionate and non-judgemental space allows you to relax - showing up just as you are - however that is.
