Katie Rennison

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Solution-focused work

About Katie

Katie Rennison works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, addiction recovery and trauma. She uses an integrative humanistic approach and says the therapeutic relationship is central. Katie is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years' counselling experience.

Katie describes herself as working from a person-centred perspective. She listens for each person's experience and aims to understand their world from their point of view. That helps her to work alongside people and explore what might help them move forward at a pace that feels right.

She has experience in supporting a wide range of issues, including low self-esteem, attachment and abandonment concerns, intimacy and communication problems, and the effects of trauma. Her background includes work supporting recovery from addiction and helping people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, and bereavement.

Katie also draws on several therapeutic approaches to suit each person. These include solution-focused ideas, existential themes about meaning and choice, and mindfulness-based practices to help manage distress. Trauma-focused ways of working are used when past events continue to affect everyday life.

She has previously worked in an in-house role supporting doctors, where she saw a broad mix of presenting concerns. Katie emphasises listening with unconditional positive regard and aims to build trust through steady, respectful conversation. She invites people to come as they are and to work together to find practical, manageable steps forward.

How Katie uses different approaches in online counselling

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and building a dependable therapeutic relationship. It helps people feel understood and makes it easier to explore thoughts and feelings about relationships, self-esteem and life changes.

Mindfulness therapy uses simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve coping with stress, sleep and low mood. Trauma-focused therapy pays attention to how past events continue to affect daily life and uses structured ways of working to reduce their impact.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and how you respond in early sessions, and will suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can change as needs change.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, avoid travel time and have shorter check-ins when needed. They can also allow people to use mindfulness exercises between sessions and to bring practical concerns into therapy more readily.

Topics Katie lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Self-esteem
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Mood disorders
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Existential Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Katie

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among her main areas of work.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practises an integrative humanistic approach with a person-centred base and draws on solution-focused, existential, mindfulness and trauma-focused methods.

How long has she been counselling?

She has three years of counselling experience, including two years working in an in-house role supporting doctors.

Is she a member of a professional body and where is she based?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats does she use?

The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.