Katie Norsworthy, NCPS

Katie Norsworthy trained as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and is a trainee counselling psychologist. She has been working in mental health for over three years across the NHS, charities and private settings. Katie aims to offer a warm, non-judgemental space where people can say what they need to say and be heard.

Katie uses an integrative approach, which means she draws on different techniques to suit each person. In practice this looks like listening first, then helping someone untangle what is happening and make small, practical changes. Sessions are straightforward and focused on the issues the person brings.

She has particular experience with trauma, including responses such as chronic anxiety, panic, shame and difficulty regulating emotions. Katie also supports people dealing with low self-esteem, relationship worries, body image and concerns about narcissistic relationships. She talks things through at a pace that feels manageable for the person in front of her.

Katie has worked with a range of mental health needs in clinical and community settings. That experience helps her adapt how she works depending on someone’s history and current situation. Her aim is to help people learn about themselves and gain tools they can use outside sessions.

Sessions are offered to people across the United Kingdom in English. Katie uses a collaborative style and keeps language plain so people can follow the work week to week.

Approaches for trauma, anxiety and everyday stress

Katie often blends evidence-based therapeutic techniques to meet a person’s needs. One common approach she uses focuses on understanding and processing trauma responses; this helps people reduce symptoms such as panic, flashbacks or emotional overwhelm by working through upsetting experiences in a step-by-step way. Another approach targets anxiety and panic with practical strategies to reduce intense physical symptoms and unhelpful thinking patterns, giving people tools they can use when anxiety rises.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie will talk with someone about their goals, history and what feels manageable, then agree a plan together. This collaborative process means methods can be adjusted as progress is made or needs change.

Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different routines. Video calls are useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break, and messaging or live chat lets people check in between sessions or send short updates. Many people find these options make it easier to keep therapy going around work and family commitments.