Kat Hurst

Kat Hurst is a counsellor who focuses on anxiety and trauma. She works from a gendered perspective with women and girls and people who identify as female aged 14 and above. Kat aims to make talking about painful experiences easier by offering steady, respectful listening and clear, practical support.

She uses an integrative, phased way of working that is shaped around each person she sees. Sessions are collaborative - she and the client explore thoughts and feelings together at a pace that feels safe. Kat draws on a mix of approaches to meet different needs rather than relying on a single method.

Kat has experience from working in mental health hospitals and supporting adolescents and adults with eating disorders. That background informs how she notices eating-related risks and when to encourage medical oversight alongside therapy. She emphasises working with medical professionals when physical health may be affected.

Her practice covers a range of common concerns including stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and mood difficulties. She also supports people dealing with panic and panic attacks, attachment and abandonment issues, body image and shame, among other areas.

Kat describes herself as an Integrative Relational therapist and draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas, existential thinking and humanistic methods. Her priority is to help people gain insight, feel more empowered and make steady changes that fit their life and goals.

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