Katherine Purdy, BACP

Katherine Purdy is a therapeutic counsellor based in the United Kingdom who holds BACP membership, indicating affiliation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She welcomes visitors with empathy and an understanding that reaching out for support often comes at a difficult moment in life.

She works with people who are anxious, grieving, frightened, lonely, struggling with sadness, or experiencing emotional distress. Katherine aims to create a warm, genuine presence, offering an open heart and mind along with the time and space needed to be alongside someone for as long as it takes.

Before retraining as a counsellor, she spent more than ten years working as a paramedic and has continued to work for the NHS. That background informs her belief in human resilience and the value of timely emotional support. In sessions she listens attentively and seeks to understand each person’s particular situation.

Katherine holds that while past events cannot be changed, it is possible to change how they are held and experienced. She believes people have the capacity to change and to move toward a calmer, more hopeful way of being. She offers an opportunity to share thoughts, anxieties, and fears and provides a kind and personal space to help cope with distress and pain. Katherine regards engaging in counselling as an act of courage and a potential path to healing and growth.