About
Hello and welcome
My name is Kate Hoyland, and I have worked for many years with people who have experienced trauma, bereavement and transitions of all kinds, or who simply feel not right in themselves.
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My aim is to offer you full acceptance of where you are now, and a safe and genuine relationship in which you can flourish. I offer walking sessions in which movement and contact with the natural world accompanies our work, or face to face and online sessions.
I work with adults of all ages, and I welcome clients of all backgrounds, sexualities, relationship styles and gender identifications. My pronouns are she/her.
The heart of my work is within the person-centred approach, which offers a relationship characterised by acceptance, empathy and genuineness.
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​I am also trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how patterns of belief and behaviour can have an impact on our wellbeing, Focussing, which listens to the unique quiet voice of the bodily felt sense, and EMDR, a type of trauma therapy. I can bring all these perspectives to my work.
Experience
My Background
I have always had a fascination for people and their stories, and in a previous life I worked as a BBC news journalist. I wanted to work with people in a more personal way so I re-trained as a psychologist.
As well as my private practice work, I have worked as a bereavement therapist for a charity in South London, in the NHS with all manner of mental health presentations, and in a variety of other settings.
I hold the British Psychological Society‘s Qualification in Counselling Psychology, a doctoral-level training which confers chartered psychologist status. My BPS membership number is 378421. I abide by the BPS Code of Ethical Practice. I am also a NIP registered psychologist, a member of the Dutch Person-Centred Association and a EuroPsy registered psychologist.
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I am also an associate with FD Consultants, a trauma specialist organisation for first responders and the humanitarian sector.
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I gained my Master’s Degree in Person Centred Psychotherapy and Applications at the Metanoia Institute, London.
Qualifications
2025
EMDR Parts 1, 2 & 3
2022
Level 5 Certificate in Focussing
2021
BPS Qualification in Counselling Psychology (QCop)
2019
MSc, Contemporary Person Centred Psychotherapy and Applications (Metanoia Institute, University of Middlesex)
2018
PG Cert in Evidence-based Psychological Treatments (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) (Charlie Waller Institute, University of Reading)
2013
PG Dip Psychology (Open University). Distinction