About Kate Howells

Let me help you identify and begin to let go of the unhelpful patterns of behaviour that are preventing you from living your life more fully, so that you have:
- A deeper understanding of who you are
- A better relationship with yourself and others
- The ability to come to terms with past trauma
Book a free fifteen-minute zoom consultation to discuss how I can help you.
Are you struggling with a toxic relationship? I find that many of the people accessing counselling are doing so because they are experiencing the effects of narcissistic abuse. This might be in intimate relationships, the work-place, from family members, in-laws, friends and so the list goes on. If you are having difficulty in any relationship which has led to you: losing confidence in yourself; feeling you don’t who you are anymore; feeling you are never right; distancing yourself from others … then the most likely reason is that you are dealing with a narcissist.
Let me help you make sense of this by helping you to identify the text book behaviours that you are being exposed to. This will help you see that it is pointless to keep trying to please a narcissist and that however much you care and give, it will be one way. With this new understanding, you will be better able to decide what to do ie stay and reduce your expectations dramatically, or leave. This will be the start of your recovery from the toxic relationship.
We will identify toxic relationship red flags to equip you moving forward as well as looking at any patterns of behaviour which may have led you into an unhealthy relationship.
If you are autistic and/or have ADHD, you are more likely to have had unhealthy relationships. Masking will have led you to try and become what you feel others wanted you to be and this will have made you more prone to manipulation. As you become more accepting of yourself, you will feel more able to drop some of the masks, making you not only less vulnerable to abuse, but also feeling better generally.

My training, work experience and any achievement

- I am a fully qualified Counsellor and Supervisor based in Lifton Community Centre, Devon.
- BSc Psychology (1st Class Honours)
- Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Counselling (Dartmoor Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre)
- Diploma in Supervision (Dartmoor Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre)
- I provide both online and face-to-face therapy sessions.

Further Information

My fees:
- Counselling: £65/session
- Couples Counselling: £75/session
- Supervision: £65/session