Katy Shoot :: Psychotherapy

25/09/2026

The road to recovery from childhood sexual abuse can be long, scary, curious, frustrating, exhausting amd so many other things.

I use many techniques to help individuals develop their own path to walk on, their own recipe.for self-care.

Mirror work is one of those things - it's incredibly powerful and needs to be worked on with care, sensitivity and awareness.

From A Client:

'I looked into the mirror today and what I saw was adult me. For the first time I felt familiar to myself. I gazed into my eyes, not for long but for a long moment and realised my child self had become an adult. I was looking at a friend. The friend was looking back at me.'

01/09/2026

Coming In October 2026:

Body Voice Connection Workshop

We'll be exploring how your voice and the sounds your voice muscles make can regulate your sensory system. Inviting your whole body and mind to create a calming balance. With the hope of decreasing stress and tension in your body and mind.

Sound and noise jiggles the water in every cell in your body. Yes, every, cell. The vibrations of sound/noise encourages your whole system to calm by engaging your parasympathetic nervous system if they are pleasing to your ears and body OR to get over-stimulated increasing agitation and systemic stress because the sounds are irritating.

In my workshop the aim is always calmness.

Get in touch to express your interest.

01/07/2026

Another branch of my Psychotherapy offering is Performance Psychotherapy sessions.

'What kind of life do you want for yourself, your spirit, your cognition and relationships? Let's design it starting with a life audit, from there we can create a quarterly plan.'

29/06/2026

Monday Minute: Lovely cooling autumn moments.

Stop. Notice. Breathe.

24/06/2026

Carl Yung,

'I am not what happened to me, I am what I become.'

For me I extend that to mean, 'I am what I become at any stage or moment in my lifetime.'

Is there a belief about yourself that you live by, that sings to your inner self and supports your endurance to do life?

If not, take some time to find out what it would be?

23/06/2026

Monday Minute on Tuesday.

I thought we might need a systemic cooling.

Enjoy. Stop. Notice. Breathe in the coolness of the water.

09/06/2026

It's AMAZING what can be achieved.

I have just finished a call with a client whom has a complex presentation of child sexual abuse.

They were working solidly with me for two years and now make an appointment when they need a reset or to understand something.

The calls are fifteen minute bitesize slots. They tell me the issue we collaborate to find the meaning and off they go.

Amazing. It's like taking a mouth full of a cup of tea you have been looking forward to. Ahhh.

11/05/2026

Sometimes starting a self-development process can be challenging. Finding colour in life is not always an obvious path.

11/05/2026

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This week I want to name something I've been seeing in nearly every woman I work with — and that I've felt in my own body more times than I can count.

24/02/2026

Especially at the beginning we can assume that going to see a therapist is overwhelming.

There's so much stuff to work through, we assume we will have to confront all our feelings, behaviours and memories in one go OR that we have to talk through everything to get to the meaning and understanding.in order to transform our lives.

It can feel like standing in a woodland looking for the one bit of light that will help us finally see how to 'do it'.

What if I said?, 'Let's start in the light and look out from there.'