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About Katie

For the past decade, I have worked in the charitable sector in Manchester with vulnerable and disadvantaged adults within settings such as prisons, addiction agencies, women's centres and further education. I am also a qualified teacher and absolutely love working with groups. In 2017, I was awarded a scholarship to train as a trauma-informed writing guide for Write Your Self, a global writing movement aimed at supporting women and non-binary people to reclaim their stories after experiencing trauma. I was the first guide based in the UK to be trained in the methodology.

I have a long-standing interest in trauma, inspired by the people I have supported over the years as well as my own lived experiences. I am also a published writer, and in 2017, I was runner-up in Mslexia's prestigious women's poetry competition. Receiving the scholarship fused these two areas of interest and passion together for me perfectly, and I have been running therapeutic writing groups in-person and online ever since. I regularly tutor for London Lit Lab and Arvon.

I currently have a private psychotherapy practice based in Liverpool and online, and I use Transactional Analysis (TA) as my main way of working. I have volunteered as a therapist for the award-winning LGBT Foundation in Manchester and served on the board of trustees for Greater Manchester Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Support Centre for 7 years.

Training & Professional Memberships

(as of 2024)

  • Advanced Diploma Award in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Transactional Analysis) Level 7
  • Certificate Award in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Transactional Analysis) Level 5
  • Externalising the Legacy of Childhood Trauma (Advanced practitioner training for working with clients with complex trauma and dissociation)
  • Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) Foundation Programme
  • Certified and licensed trauma-writing guide for Write Your Self
  • The reality of working with trauma (training for therapists)
  • Mental Health First Aider
  • Certified facilitator for the Freedom Programme (domestic abuse)
  • Certified facilitator for the ACEs Recovery Toolkit programme
  • Emotional Freedom Technique - Levels 1 & 2
  • Registered Member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)

Contact Me

I aim to respond to all queries within 3-5 days. Use the form below to contact me or email me directly at: katiewatsonpsychotherapy@gmail.com

Partnership work

I have had the pleasure and privilege to collaborate with some fantastic partnership organisations to deliver my work. With special thanks to:

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