Kate Roberts

I am available by mutual agreement in person in York or online.

I am 麻豆原创 registered, currently undertaking a UKCP-accredited postgraduate level diploma in Body Psychotherapy at the Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre (CBPC). My approach recognises that our current way of being is held not only in thoughts and feelings but also in the body. Alongside talking therapy, I bring an embodied awareness to the work, helping you notice how physical sensations, posture, and tension can reveal and support emotional processing.

I can help with:

鈥� anxiety and stress that feel 鈥渟tuck鈥� in the body

鈥� difficulties in relationships, co-dependency and attachment

鈥� feeling disconnected or cut off from emotions or bodily experience

鈥� low energy and depression.

鈥� low self-worth, shame, or self-criticism

鈥� times of transition, loss, or change

Sessions do not involve touch-based bodywork, but rather an attunement to the ways our mind and body interact. Sessions are predominantly talking based but might involve some body focused exercises for you to try if that feels appropriate. Many people find this integrative approach opens up new ways of understanding themselves and moving through difficulties.

Research tells us that the two way relationship between therapist and client is central to client outcomes.  I do my best to offer a warm and secure environment to enable you to bring all of your thoughts, feelings and sensations into sessions if you choose to do so.

I have built successful therapeutic relationships with people living with autism and ADHD.

We will work with what you bring, perhaps linking it to how the past is affecting you now to help make sense of it or identify patterns. I work to attune to you and your needs.

Sessions are collaborative and paced according to what feels manageable and safe. I pay close attention not only to what is said, but also to how difficulties are experienced physically in the present moment. This approach is especially supportive for clients who feel they have 鈥榯alked about things before鈥� but still struggle to shift long-held patterns.

We鈥檝e adopted strategies for getting along on in life. What are yours? Do they still work? Perhaps you have been over accommodating because that鈥檚 the only way you felt accepted by others when you were young and your opinions were not valued. Or you are attracted to people who are emotionally unavailable because you had a parent who was preoccupied with work or alcohol or caring for someone else. I believe that many things that society describes as mental health issues are often understandable responses to our history, current situation and environment.

Therapy can help connect the dots between events and understand how your personality and your responses affect your well-being. Be curious about why you are the way you are. When you focus within, you鈥檒l find a lot of resources. This can help you make any changes you want to make and be much more empowered to make them. 

A deeper understanding of how you operate (and why) in different circumstances will serve you as you apply what you鈥檝e learned in therapy. This can take the form of specific things you want or need to take on, change or accept. Or it might take the form of more general intentions about how you want to behave going forward.

I worked for many years in environmental protection and social policy and I find mindfulness and connection to the natural world supports balance, self regulation and wellbeing. I am happy to share this with you. 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. 

I am happy to provide a free initial 30 minute informal consultation. We can discuss what you are looking for. You can get a feel for whether I am someone you would like to see for further sessions. If I don鈥檛 feel I am the best person to meet your needs (for example it seems that another form of therapy may be more appropriate) we can discuss that.

This initial consultation and the sessions can be online or in person. If the sessions are online I will send you a zoom link prior to the session time. If it is online you need to be somewhere you feel comfortable and will not be overheard or interrupted so you can concentrate on the session and getting the most from it.

If you are being funded by your workplace or similar I can also carry out standard CORE assessments to determine your baseline levels of self experience, living and functioning if that would be helpful and repeat these at regular intervals

I usually offer an initial block of between six and twelve sessions to be reviewed as necessary. I also offer longer term work and often work with clients longer term. A session is approximately 60 minutes whether face to face or online. 

Sessions are confidential and I abide by the 麻豆原创 code of ethics.

I do offer concession slots for young people or those on lower incomes to try and make therapy accessible so please do ask if this would be something  that applies to your situation.

I am available by mutual agreement in person or online.

I am not currently taking on new clients.

I am 麻豆原创 registered, currently undertaking a UKCP-accredited postgraduate level diploma in Body Psychotherapy at the Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre (CBPC). My approach recognises that our current way of being is held not only in thoughts and feelings but also in the body. Alongside talking therapy, I bring an embodied awareness to the work, helping you notice how physical sensations, posture, and tension can reveal and support emotional processing.

I can help with:

鈥� anxiety and stress that feel 鈥渟tuck鈥� in the body

鈥� difficulties in relationships, co-dependency and attachment

鈥� feeling disconnected or cut off from emotions or bodily experience

鈥� low energy and depression.

鈥� low self-worth, shame, or self-criticism

鈥� times of transition, loss, or change

Sessions do not involve touch-based bodywork, but rather an attunement to the ways our mind and body interact. Sessions are predominantly talking based but might involve some body focused exercises for you to try if that feels appropriate. Many people find this integrative approach opens up new ways of understanding themselves and moving through difficulties.

Research tells us that the two way relationship between therapist and client is central to client outcomes. I do my best to offer a warm and secure environment to enable you to bring all of your thoughts, feelings and sensations into sessions if you choose to do so.

I have built successful therapeutic relationships with people living with autism and ADHD.

We will work with what you bring, perhaps linking it to how the past is affecting you now to help make sense of it or identify patterns. I work to attune to you and your needs.

Sessions are collaborative and paced according to what feels manageable and safe. I pay close attention not only to what is said, but also to how difficulties are experienced physically in the present moment. This approach is especially supportive for clients who feel they have 鈥榯alked about things before鈥� but still struggle to shift long-held patterns.

We鈥檝e adopted strategies for getting along on in life. What are yours? Do they still work? Perhaps you have been over accommodating because that鈥檚 the only way you felt accepted by others when you were young and your opinions were not valued. Or you are attracted to people who are emotionally unavailable because you had a parent who was preoccupied with work or alcohol or caring for someone else. I believe that many things that society describes as mental health issues are often understandable responses to our history, current situation and environment.

Therapy can help connect the dots between events and understand how your personality and your responses affect your well-being. Be curious about why you are the way you are. When you focus within, you鈥檒l find a lot of resources. This can help you make any changes you want to make and be much more empowered to make them.

A deeper understanding of how you operate (and why) in different circumstances will serve you as you apply what you鈥檝e learned in therapy. This can take the form of specific things you want or need to take on, change or accept. Or it might take the form of more general intentions about how you want to behave going forward.

I worked for many years in environmental protection and social policy and I find mindfulness and connection to the natural world supports balance, self regulation and wellbeing. I am happy to share this with you. 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. 

I offer a free initial 30 minute informal consultation. We can discuss what you are looking for. You can get a feel for whether I am someone you would like to see for further sessions. If I don鈥檛 feel I am the best person to meet your needs (for example it seems that another form of therapy may be more appropriate) we can discuss that.

This initial consultation and the sessions can be online or in person. If the sessions are online I will send you a zoom link prior to the session time. If it is online you need to be somewhere you feel comfortable and will not be overheard or interrupted so you can concentrate on the session and getting the most from it.

If you are being funded by your workplace or similar I can also carry out standard CORE assessments to determine your baseline levels of self experience, living and functioning if that would be helpful and repeat these at regular intervals

I usually offer an initial block of between six and twelve sessions to be reviewed as necessary. I also offer longer term work and often work with clients longer term. A session is approximately 60 minutes whether face to face or online.

Sessions are confidential and I abide by the 麻豆原创 code of ethics.

I do offer concession slots for young people or those on lower incomes to try and make therapy accessible so please do ask if this would be something that applies to your situation.