Katie Jones

04/06/2026

Today I wanted to talk about imposter syndrome.

My week started off awful. I had play therapy sessions and felt like I’d let the children down after being off for two weeks due to surgery. I felt it in the room, I felt it in their play and I felt like a failure as a therapist.

After reflecting, I started thinking: maybe this isn’t for me. Maybe I’m not a good therapist. Maybe I should quit.

Then this week, two of my private clients had their ending sessions. It’s always bittersweet. One bought me chocolates (which were very much needed) and the other signed up for another 12 sessions. Honestly, I was in shock.

It made me realise that we all have bad days. We all find things tough sometimes, but one bad day or one bad week doesn’t define who we are.

I am made to be a therapist. I love my job, and part of this role comes with ups, downs, and a huge amount of personal growth.

Imposter syndrome shows up in so many forms - careers, parenting, relationships, everyday life. Self doubt creeps in and makes us question how we’re even doing this.

But guess what? You are. And you’re doing a great job. 🤍

16/05/2026

Hello everyone👋🏻
I’ve had an influx of followers recently (which I’m so grateful for!) so I thought I’d reintroduce myself.

I’m Katie, a trainee Integrative Creative and Play Therapist for children, young people, and adults, as well as an Advanced Drawing and Talking Practitioner.
I’m also a Little Troopers therapist, working with military children and families to help support them through the upheaval and uncertainty that can come with military life.
As a military spouse of 11 years and a mum of two young children (one with AuDHD), I have a real passion for this work alongside lived experience.

Before becoming a trainee therapist, I worked as an ELSA within primary schools and was part of the pastoral team. This is where I discovered my passion for supporting children’s emotional wellbeing and helping young people feel seen, heard, and understood - which ultimately led me to pursue my career in therapy.

I work with children aged 3+ all the way through into adulthood (there is no age limit!).
I’m based in Larkhill, where I have my cosy wellbeing hub and run most of my sessions from, alongside travelling to local schools and clients’ homes where needed.

My approach is person-led and works a lot with the unconscious mind, helping those who may struggle to express how they’re feeling or even understand why they feel the way they do. Through creative and therapeutic approaches, we gently explore emotions that may sit deeper than surface level and work through them together at their own pace.

Feel free to have a look through my pages and website to see whether my approach may suit you or a loved one’s needs.

If you’d like to know more, ask any questions, or see whether I may be the right fit for you or your child, please feel free to message me - I’m always happy to chat. Alternatively, feel free to share this with someone who you think could do with some support right now🤍

Katie 🦋

www.katiejonesewp.com

13/05/2026

I love this!
It’s about seeing and understanding the whole person - their personality, interests, strengths, needs and experiences - not just focusing on differences or disabilities 🥰
Everyone deserves to feel known, valued, and accepted for who they truly are.

Always ❤️

11/05/2026

As SATs week begins and GCSE season approaches, it’s important to remember this:

A test can measure answers on a paper, but it cannot measure kindness, creativity, resilience, empathy, humour, determination, or the way someone makes others feel.

These exams are designed around a “standard expectation” but human beings were never made to fit into one single box. Not everyone learns the same, thinks the same, processes the same or shines in the same environment. And that matters.

We put so much pressure on young people to achieve certain grades, yet rarely remind them that their worth was never meant to be measured by numbers or letters on a results sheet.

This Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s remind children and young people that they are more than exam results. Their value does not decrease because of a score, a grade or a difficult week.

Support matters.
Rest matters.
Mental health matters.

And no matter what happens in a test hall, they are already enough 💛

08/05/2026

I love being a little troopers therapist - if you feel children at your school could use some support then apply online 🥰

07/05/2026

The past couple of days, I’ve felt off - really cold and exhausted… but not unwell.

The more I’m learning about the Polyvagal Theory, the more I’m beginning to understand what my body might actually be doing.

For the past 8 weeks (and probably longer if I’m honest) - I’ve been fluctuating between sympathetic mode (fight/flight) and ventral vagal. My husband being away meant I’ve been in survival mode a lot of the time. Keeping everything going, staying grounded for everyone else, functioning on autopilot and just getting through each day.

Now that rest is finally in sight, I wonder if my body is beginning to feel safe enough to slow down.

Next week, due to medical reasons, I’m off work for just under three weeks. I’ll have support from my parents and close friends and for the first time in a while, there’s space to exhale.

Sometimes, when we’ve been “on” for so long, our nervous system doesn’t crash until it senses safety. The tiredness, heaviness, shutting down, coldness - it can be the body’s way of saying: “You don’t have to survive right now. You can rest.”

I’m learning that healing isn’t always loud. Sometimes it looks like cancelled plans, early nights, warm blankets and allowing your body to come out of survival mode one small step at a time 🤍

07/05/2026

Some fabulous courses ran here for parents and guardians. Create Hope 🦋

Does your child struggle with school refusal, tearful goodbyes, or are they often emotionally dysregulated?
As parents, it’s heart breaking to see our children overwhelmed by anxiety, often feeling helpless to fix it.
At Create Hope, we know that play is a child’s natural language and is often the key to unlocking their worries.
Our upcoming online Parent Workshop: Anxiety - My Child & Me will be running on 18th May and we only have a few spaces remaining, why not take a look? To book please click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anxiety-my-child-and-me-tickets-1982300702764?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/05/2026

Evening Spaces Available 🌿

From June, I will have some evening appointments available for children, young people and adults - who may benefit from a calm, supportive space to explore their thoughts and feelings through Drawing & Talking or Sandplay Therapy.

From June:
🗓 Monday – 5:30pm
🗓 Tuesday – 5:30pm

From July:
🗓 Thursday - 5:30pm

These sessions provide a gentle, person-led approach to help express yourself, build emotional resilience and feel heard in a safe and nurturing environment.

If you feel you or child could benefit, please get in touch to discuss availability.

30/04/2026

With SATs and GCSEs just around the corner, this time of year can feel really overwhelming for so many young people. The pressure, the stress, the worry… it can all build up quickly.

That’s where my Little Lifts Wellbeing Toolbox can help 🤍

Each box is thoughtfully put together to support children and young people through these challenging moments. Inside, they’ll find calming and creative outlets, space to draw and doodle, and fidget tools to help regulate their emotions when things feel a bit too much.

Sometimes it’s the small, gentle supports that make the biggest difference.

A Little Lift to brighten their day ✨

23/04/2026

This isn’t usually something I would share on my business page, but it feels important because it really does relate to the work I do (and I’m also just incredibly proud and want to share that proudness!).

A few days ago, my son came to me with an idea. He said he wanted to create a “battery” with different colours and have a picture of himself that he could move around to show me how he’s feeling that day.

My son really struggles with regulating his emotions and has recently been diagnosed with ADHD. Tonight we sat down together and talked it through in detail. I made him his own battery, he chose the words he wanted on each section and he has already decided what colours he wants to use.
We’re going to laminate it, put it on his door, and he’ll have a picture of himself that he can move into whichever section matches how he feels that day.

For someone who finds emotional regulation really challenging, I felt super proud as a mom that he thought of this idea all by himself. He used his own initiative and created something he wanted to try to help himself - and that is huge.

It reminded me that we all have our own help within us. Sometimes we just need the space, support and confidence to bring it out.

I hope he is as proud of himself as I am of him 💙