Kate Heavey BA (Hons) FdSc BACP (Accredited) - Individual, Couples and Online Counsellor and Psychotherapist. Currently offering online counselling and psychotherapy via Zoom, WhatsApp, Skype and the telephone only.
**Update 10 May 2021**
Current availability:-
Tuesday 12.30pm
Tuesday 3.30pm
The above appointments will start online via Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp or the telephone and will move to face to face in my Ripley Office, government roadmap permitting, from Tuesday 22nd June 2021.
Online only appointments:-
Thursday 9.15am
Please contact me if of of these appointment time works for you on an ongoing weekly basis.
13 April Roadmap Review
The Government continue to state "people should continue to work from home where then can".
In line with this I continue to offer Zoom, Skype and telephone counselling which I have done since March 2021 except when the government advised in September that we could return to work, which I did. This was to last just 3 weeks as the government made an about-turn and said to return back to homeworking so, in hindsight, I went ‘too early’.
I have delayed any thoughts of returning to face to face until restrictions had started to lift and, having given careful consideration to returning to face to face in the office, I have made a decision to return to face to face work on the 22nd June 2021. By then, there is hope that more people will have had the vaccine and, all being well, the infection rate will be low so I can better ensure the safety of my clients, and myself (this will be subject to any PPE restrictions which continue to be in place).
I want to acknowledge that these are unprecedented times and I am aware that many have had their mental health impacted as well as dealing with loss. If you do need support then please know support is available for you if you reach out. Available channels are private counselling like myself, charity funded counselling, and services such as the Samaritans (24/7), 111, or, in the case of emergency, your local A & E service.
Welcome to my website which I hope will give you an idea of how I work as a BACP accredited counsellor and psychotherapist. I am an individual and couple counsellor and I am very passionate about my work believing change is available to all.
What is interesting in life is that we are only born with two fears.....fear of falling and fear of loud noises; everything else (thoughts, feelings and behaviour) is learnt; what we learn can be unlearnt if we want to.
Whatever your reasons for seeking counselling / psychotherapy our sessions are confidential and separate from your everyday life.
I work with men and women on an individual and couples basis.
I have extensive experience in a wide spectrum of issues including:-
(Being diagnosed with a label and finding a condition that accurately matches your experience, whether internally or externally, can help something shift inside you and bring understanding and awareness yet I truly believe that each person is so much more than a label being unique, special and different).
**Please note that face to face counselling is currently suspended due to Government Guidelines**
I offer individual and couples counselling in Ripley (Surrey) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
My Ripley office is located on the first floor of business premises (sadly no lift available).
My counselling office is accessable to the surrounding villages in Surrey of Burnt Common, Send, Old Woking, Ockham, Pyrford, Knaphill, East Horsley, West Horsley, Cobham, Sheerwater, Wisley, Sutton Green, Jacobs Well, Shere, Shalford, Effingham and Clandon being on the Portsmouth Road (B2215) in Ripley.
If you are coming from further afield you are likely to use the A3 to access individual and couples counselling in Ripley (Surrey) and within a 30 minute journey of Ripley is Guildford, Godalming, Worplesdon, Ash, Aldershot, Merrow, Burpham, Farnham, Frimley, Farnborough, Dorking, Milford, Chiddingfold, Esher, West Byfleet and Byfleet.
If you do not have use of a car and require counselling near Woking then my Ripley Office is on bus routes 462 and 463 and will get you to within 50 metres of my Ripley Office. Likewise, if you require individual, couples counselling or psychotherapy in Ripley from Guildford or Kingston, bus 715 will get you to my office.
On a Monday I am an online counsellor via Zoom, WhatsApp, Skype or the telephone.
Currently Tuesday and Wednesday 'office' appointments are also starting online due to current government restrictions due to face to face inside time without PPE.
Contact from website
Please click here to contact me directly from this website.
Email Contact
Email [email protected]
I will email you back the same day if a working day. Please be rest assured emails are confidential and only seen by me.
Telephone Contact
Call 07941 305511
If I am unable to answer please leave a brief message informing me of your enquiry along with your name, telephone number and when it is a good time for me to call you back.
Please note:- If your number is not familiar to me, and you do not leave a message, I will not call you back as I am aware this could be dangerous without knowing your individual situation.
My answering machine is confidential and your message will only be listened to by me.
Text / WhatsApp Contact
Text 07941 305511 to make an appointment.
If I am in an appointment I may not be able to answer you straight away yet I will get back to you as soon as I am able to.
When emailing, calling, or texting, please note I work in Private Practice on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday mornings so this will delay a response if you contact me on non-working days.
Not ready yet?
If you feel you are not quite ready to commit to an appointment please feel free to message me. I have been where you are now and am happy to help with your transition.
Counselling is a journey and in the words of Carl Jung "I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." What will you choose to become?
Counselling students: My training is Clarkson - 5 Relationship Model
