Kate Hough, NCPS

Kate Hough is a UK-based counsellor and the founder of Dot's Counselling & Wellbeing who brings a calm, compassionate presence to each session. With eight years of clinical experience, she supports people through relationship and family challenges, career and coaching concerns, ADHD, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and self-esteem struggles, depression, and coping with life changes. Her additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and a range of interpersonal and control challenges.

Kate aims to build trusting, empowering therapeutic relationships where clients feel heard and understood. She works collaboratively to explore current worries as well as deeper or long-buried experiences, helping clients move toward growth and change at a pace that suits them. Her style is grounded in empathy and clarity, intended to help people feel more calm, supported, and able to make the changes they want in their lives.

Kate holds a degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), working within their ethical framework. She also holds NCPS as a professional counselling credential, maintains an enhanced DBS disclosure, and carries full insurance to practice. Committed to ongoing professional development, she tailors sessions to each client’s needs and goals. Please note the timings currently shown in her diary are inaccurate - prospective clients should message to arrange an initial appointment.