About Me

Kathryn Smith-Verrall
MBACP

MNCS (Accred)

Counsellor

Clinical Supervisor
Life Coaching

See the Services page for a comprehensive list of the counselling services that I offer

Qualifications & Experience

I am a registered member of the BACP (378489)

And NCS (NCS22-01203)

Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Certificate in Counselling Skills
Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision including online and telephone.
IAPC&M Certificate in CrISIS Schema
BTEC Trauma Risk Management
Diploma in Equalities
Safeguarding Adults
ASIST (Applied suicide intervention skills training)
Working with Couples and Relationships (skills, knowledge and practice)
How to do counselling online - coronavirus primer - BACP/OU

Courses I have attended:

TRiM Practitioner (TRiM by March on Stress) - Trauma Risk Management
Coercive control and safeguarding
Single session Therapy
Grief recovery method
Trauma Defined (the body keeps the score) - Bessel van der Kolk
Introduction to Somatic Trauma Therapy
Working with Relationships
Working with Relationships, Sex and Intimacy
Couples counselling

After serving nearly 40 years in a uniform in the Fire Service, I have many years experience of critical incident debriefing, defusing and trauma risk management, dealing with anxiety, flashbacks, PTSD.

I was a member of the Samaritans for over 20 years

I am still a volunteer with the TRiM (Trauma Risk Management) team for Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.

I have also been a trade union representative, operating at local, regional and national levels and have had to deal with many workplace issues especially grievances, redundancy, bullying and harassment, capability, competency, discipline hearings and work place stress to name but a few, so I have an understanding of the emotions these events can have on you.

I have worked in the NHS in a GP surgery within the mental health team, where my work was short term solution focused counselling in the IAPT service

I am an affiliate counsellor for Employee Assistance Programme providers.

I volunteer at 2 local charities, Fylde Counselling Service and Counselling in the Community, which provide donation based and/or private counselling sessions across the Fylde coast.