Attachment Styles in Counselling – What is your attachment style?
Ever wondered why you think, feel and behave the way you do in relationships? Our early experiences with caregivers shape our ‘attachment style’ which shapes how we love, trust, and connect. In this post, I explain the four main attachment styles, how they show up in adult relationships and how counselling can help you build healthier, happier connections.
Trauma in Relationships: How Unresolved Trauma Affects Connection, Safety, and Communication
Learn how unresolved trauma can impact safety, communication, and intimacy in relationships and ways to begin creating safety together.
Boundaries – a way of creating distance or something else?
Struggling to set boundaries in your relationships? Healthy boundaries are key to emotional safety, respect, and stronger connections. In this post, learn what boundaries really are, how to set and maintain them, and how counselling can help you feel confident and supported.
How Does Counselling Work?
Explore what happens in counselling sessions, the difference between story and process, and how therapy supports individuals and couples.
What Does Neurodivergent Mean?
Discover what it means to be neurodivergent, the strengths and challenges of different brain types, and how understanding your neurotype can help you thrive. Learn why neurodivergent brains aren’t broken and how counselling can support self-compassion, boundaries, and wellbeing.
Am I in a Co-Dependent Relationship?
Learn what co-dependence means, identify signs of co-dependence in your relationship. Understand how individual counselling or couples counselling can support healthier, balanced relationships.
Understand how co-dependence happens, find answers to questions like "is co-dependence a form of abuse?" and get actionable ideas about how you can heal from co-dependence.
Understanding Attachment Theory in Couples and Individual Counselling
Discover how attachment theory influences your relationships and self-connection. Learn how couples and individual counselling can help heal old patterns and foster secure, trusting bonds.
How to Work with Anger in Relationships: Calming the Storm Without Losing Connection
Why do we get angry? What do we do with it and how can we stop it from damaging our relationships?
In this post we look at this and I offer some simple things you can do today to make space for change.
Starting Couples Therapy: What Happens in the First Session?
Starting couples therapy can be daunting, here is a breakdown of to expect and ways to prepare for your first couples therapy session with Kate McKenna. How does your online couples counselling session work and what happens an in-person counselling session?
Also included are a few reflective questions to help you make the most of your first session.
Relationship Skills: 7 Rules For A Heartfelt Apology
Apologising can be hard, even scary and never getting to hear the apology you deserve can leave you feeling abandoned or resentful.
Here we look at what a full apology could look like and why they're so important for healing betrayals big and small.
Anxiety Help: How to Reclaim Your Life and Find Calm
Anxiety can feel overwhelming, sometimes it can feel like anxiety is in the steering wheel and you're being reluctantly dragged along for the ride. But, why do we feel anxious and how can we retake the wheel?
In this post I demystify this big uncomfortable feeling and give you real tools to put into practice.
Finding a Counsellor: How to Make The Most of a Free Consultation Call
Making the most of a free call with a counsellor can be a great way to choose the right person for you, but how should you use it?
In this post I give you some practical tips and questions to ask, so you can feel confident in your decision.
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