Kate Guest

I work with clients face-to-face, online via Zoom and by phone.

Hello, I'm Kate, I help people to heal from the emotional trauma that has led to anxiety, overwhelm, fear, pain or behaviours that keep them stuck. Often, people are stuck because of feelings of guilt, shame, anger, and sadness whether they are warranted or not.

By helping them to create new patterns of behaviour, have new beliefs and be able to respond to things rather than react, they can move forward in life in a way that is both beneficial to them and to others.

Investing in your emotional well-being can be the most important thing you ever do. With what's happening globally, nationally and within your world right now, what’s critical for you to resolve? What will happen in the future if you don’t make changes now?

Many clients come to me because what has been offered such as NHS-provided CBT/Counselling hasn't worked for them - they're looking for something more dynamic, with quicker and more robust results. The past can be informative, however, we focus on the future, on what you want.

Working with Children and Young Adults.

Do you have a young person struggling to cope with anxiety, stress, overwhelm, low self-esteem, lack of confidence? Are you dealing with this yourself or in addition to this, daily chronic pain or fatigue that is limiting your life? I specialise in working with children and young adults who suffer from anxiety, low confidence and low self-esteem.

Working with Adults.

For adults who have longstanding pain and other chronic conditions, it's wonderful to see them leave with a significant reduction in pain and in most cases, the pain has completely gone. 

Stress and anxiety are normal and necessary in our lives, it's how we deal with them and how we let them affect us, whether they become overwhelming that makes the difference. During your time with me, I explain what's happening from a neurobiological perspective (just having some basic information really helps the client),  and give you tools to help you right away. We also incorporate hypnosis and other practices to give you long-lasting results.

In addition to the above, I offer Training, Coaching, Motivational Speaking, and Hypnosis supporting people in business both personally and professionally with a special focus on 'Wellbeing in the Workplace'.

Please kindly include a mobile phone number when contacting me, so that I can send a text message confirming a reply has been sent - this prevents you from losing my reply to your spam folder.

Hypnotherapy

I'm often asked what is hypnosis like. It's different for everyone. It's often likened to being in a daydream, where you are fully conscious but somewhat unaware of things and people around you and if you needed to be fully aware you would become so immediately.  Whenever you are fully focused, you are in hypnosis which happens to us naturally on a daily basis like becoming engrossed in a good film, feeling what the character feels even though consciously you know it's not real.

Hypnotherapy is when you are guided by the therapist to achieve a very focused state which in turn allows you to be receptive to positive suggestions. No one experience will be like another, it is a very individual thing and yet clients find hypnosis a very pleasant experience. Clients leave the session feeling relaxed, calm, focused, and yet excited about the changes they've made. It is important to remember that you are always in control.

The question I am most often asked is - How many hypnotherapy sessions will I need? It may be that a client needs four to six sessions to create lasting change. Some clients can achieve their goals in just one session. It is a very individual thing.

Conversational coaching

This helps clients to move forward and set personal and professional goals that give them the life they really want.

How does it work? Coaching is conversational change. My role as a coach is to assist you to find your own solutions to problems or to achieve goals through conversation. This can take place at work, at home, or simply meeting in a coffee shop. It can also help deal with issues and challenges before they become major problems as well as enhancing performance.

What Coaching can help with 

• Time management
• Career moves
• Stress reduction in your life or work
• Getting a better work-life balance
• Developing skills in life and work
• Improved relationships.
• SleepTalk®

As a SleepTalk® consultant, I can offer you help with this long-established children's programme. SleepTalk® is a process for children with (and without) difficulties. It's about developing a child's emotional resilience. It's been successful in resolving issues such as ADHD, bedwetting, poor concentration, poor sleep, sibling rivalry, and much more sometimes in as little as a few days, and has been used effectively by thousands of families around the world over the last 40 years.

As a qualified Reiki Practitioner, I also now offer HypnoReiki, a combination of this wonderful energy healing and hypnosis.
For further details please contact me.

Free, confidential initial consultation - this is available so that you can find out how we can effectively work together and help you to resolve any issues. I want you to be fully informed and comfortable so you can get the result you want. Your investment in spending time with me to support your growth and your journey forward can be discussed either by telephone, online or in person, whichever is best for you.

4 to 6-session bespoke programme - this is tailored to the needs of the individual. The initial session can be up to 2 hours and the subsequent sessions 60-90 minutes. I like to give my clients the time they need at each session, so no one is ever rushed or feels their session has ended abruptly due to time constraints.

Half-day intensive programmes - these available if this is a better fit for the client. Please contact me for further details.

All of the above also includes 24/7 email/phone/text/WhatsApp support during the time we are working together and ideas and suggestions for further reading and links to other supportive information. Concessionary rates are available for those who would otherwise not be able to access my services. Please contact me to discuss this.

Workshops - these are available on Motivational Change | Lifting Limiting Beliefs | Mental Health Awareness in the workplace | Professional Boundaries: Prices on application

Clients say they find me friendly, welcoming and flexible and the sessions inspiring and motivating. They also enjoy the bespoke audio recording I create for them that supports the work we do in between sessions. Most of my work comes from referrals from clients who have had successful outcomes. You can see what my clients have said about working with me by viewing my Google Reviews.

There is ample on-site parking for my quiet, comfortable office. There is also a good bus route only 1 minute away.