I'm Kate, a psychotherapist in training at The Philadelphia Association (and previously The Tavistock), registered with UKCP. My approach is guided by philosophy and psychoanalysis, helping people make sense of their past in order to move forward with greater clarity and freedom.

 

Before beginning my journey as a therapist in 2019, I worked in safeguarding, supporting vulnerable children and families. That experience shaped my understanding of human relationships and the ways we carry our early experiences into adulthood.

 

“We are not imprisoned by our circumstances, our history, or the things that have happened to us. We are freed by our capacity to respond to them.” Jean-Paul Sartre

 

Through therapy, we make sense of what has been, so you can step more freely into what’s to come.

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My work is grounded in reflective practice, offering thoughtful, contained spaces for people to slow down and think more clearly. 

Therapy offers a structured, confidential space to pause, reflect, and develop language for inner experience. Alongside this, journaling provides a private and practical way to think on paper, notice patterns over time, and give form to thoughts and feelings that can be hard to articulate aloud.

My work now sits at the meeting point of psychotherapy and reflective practice. I draw on therapeutic thinking, philosophy, and psychoanalytic ideas, alongside the steady, practical discipline of journaling. I’m interested in what happens when we slow our thinking down, when we write rather than scroll, when we give ourselves time to sit with what’s uncomfortable instead of rushing to fix it.

In my therapy work, I offer a calm, thoughtful space to explore what’s going on beneath the surface, whether that’s anxiety, burnout, relationship difficulties, or a sense of being lost despite outward success. Journaling often supports this process, helping clients continue their reflections between sessions and develop a more trusting relationship with their inner world.

Alongside one-to-one therapy, I run Journal Club, an online space for women who want structure and support to journal regularly. It’s not about positive thinking or productivity. It’s about making time to think, feel, and notice what matters, with prompts and guidance that are grounded, realistic, and human.

At the heart of everything I do is a belief that wellbeing isn’t something we dip into when things fall apart. It’s something we practise, slowly and imperfectly, over time. Therapy and journaling are two ways of doing that, offering different kinds of support, but both rooted in the same intention: to live with more awareness, choice, and self-respect.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply curious about yourself, you’re very welcome here.