Katie Vanstone
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Psychotherapist, Counsellor
PG Dip, BA(Hons), Registered MBACP, AC
From £90.00 (50 minute session)
Express, explore, evolve.
Katie offers a calm, reflective space in which adults and young people can express difficult or confusing emotions, explore the patterns beneath them, and evolve through insight into meaningful change.
Katie is a degree-trained integrative-relational therapist who works with clients on both a short-term and open-ended basis. She works with adults and young people across a broad range of emotional and psychological concerns – including anxiety, low mood, trauma, relationship difficulties, and the pressures of work or study.
She has particular experience supporting students and young adults. Her experience as a wellbeing practitioner at a London university, both during and after her training, gave her valuable insight into the emotional demands faced by young people in education. She has also worked in a busy NHS GP practice, supporting clients from diverse cultural and clinical backgrounds. Her practice focuses on supporting adults and young people in adolescence and early adulthood.
Katie places the quality of the therapeutic relationship at the centre of her work. She believes therapy begins with feeling understood – not judged or analysed, but met with warmth, honesty and care. Her approach is collaborative, adaptable, and always guided by what the client brings.
Sessions might include making sense of difficult feelings, noticing patterns that no longer serve, finding language for something previously unsaid, or working towards a change that feels long overdue. Katie draws from a range of therapeutic models, always with the individual in mind. She is also trained in life and relationship coaching, which she may incorporate when a more structured or goal-focused style is helpful – for example, around confidence, clarity, or decision-making.
Before training as a therapist, Katie worked in the City as a corporate employment lawyer. This background informs her work with clients in high-pressure roles who are navigating burnout, self-doubt, or conflict between personal values and professional demands.
Katie offers in-person sessions at The Practice in East Molesey and at her home practice in Surbiton, as well as online and by phone.
Fees start from £90 per 50-minute daytime session. Reduced-fee and pro bono sessions may be available. Please contact Katie via the online form below or on 07803 726556 for full details of availability, fees and insurance affiliations.
Therapy with Katie offers the chance not just to talk – but to express, explore and evolve at a pace that feels right for you.
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“Thank you [Katie V] for offering me a safe and comfortable space to open up about the things I’ve held in for so long. You’ve really helped me look at things from a different perspective and I’m noticing the change and growth that this brings, as are those around me who know me.” Sarah N, Putney
“[Katie V] always offers a calm and professional approach in therapy, even when I’m feeling all over the place! With Katie‘s help, I’ve been able to clarify the actions I need to take to move things forward, whilst never feeling rushed or judged. I would like to thank Katie for consistently being there for me.” Keira, London
I found Katie V‘s details on The Practice website back in 2018 and began therapy with Katie to work through my post-traumatic stress. Katie immediately put me at ease and over the time we’ve worked together she has helped me reach a place where I can look forward without the fear and anxiety that had plagued me for so long. I’m so grateful for Katie’s warm and compassionate approach – I couldn’t have done this without her!” George, Shepperton
“Heading off to university was a really tough time for me. I knew I was anxious but I didn’t really have a sense of which direction to go in to overcome this. Katie V was really great in helping me identify what was going on inside for me and she showed me some amazing tools to help me overcome my shyness and social anxiety. I felt really comfortable with Katie and we were able to work through the issues which held fear for me. With Katie’s support, I’ve been able to really turn things around with friends and I can now fully engage in uni life.” Yennah, 19, York
“…Sometimes challenging, in the sense that Katie V encourages me to feel ‘comfortably uncomfortable’, I’ve really learned how to speak up for myself and identify what’s important to me and how to ask for this. Katie is curious and empathic and I have felt really seen and heard in our sessions. This has been invaluable in helping me increase my self-confidence and I would not hesitate to recommend Katie V and The Practice.” Anita, 34, London
I came across Katie V‘s profile at The Practice. There were so many practitioners to choose from but I chose Katie because of her background as a lawyer which I thought would be a good fit given my professional background. We worked together for 16 sessions, ostensibly to resolve issues at work but encompassing so much more when we explored underlying relationship dynamics. Katie‘s approach helped me express and explore the bigger picture and resolve so much more than I had originally anticipated. It’s still a work in progress for me but I’m deeply grateful to Katie for her holistic and compassionate approach.” SH, London
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