My holistic approach enables clients to feel safe, allowing you to understand the impact that stress has had on your life. I give you the tools and techniques to process and resolve past and current stress, and create sustained change to live a more fulfilling life
Stress has a way of sneaking up on us so that we think we are coping fine, then all of a sudden we’re not. Chronic stress is not a normal state to function in, and can create many – seemingly unconnected – symptoms. It distresses our body’s immune response, hormone balance in our kidneys, gut, brain, reproductive and other organs.
Stress is our body’s response to perceived threat or fear. Short bursts of stress are our friend – it helps us push through difficult situations, helps us meet deadlines and pushes us to perform and achieve. In an evolutionary sense stress helped us run from danger and be alert to threat to life. However, our basic reptilian brain that registers stress in our environment has not evolved to distinguish what is real danger and what is perceived danger in our modern fast-paced way of life.
Symptoms of stress include:
Stress is treatable, and it is manageable. At Chrysalis Health and Wellbeing I work with you in a naturally holistic way to offer strategies for coping with and overcoming stress, according to your needs. This may include evaluating your diet and nutrition, quality of relationships, your resilience levels, level of conflict you may be experiencing, sleep, physical, emotional and mental symptoms, along with your lifestyle.
My practice is a combination of deep empathy, psychoeducation and practical tools and skills to help you on the road to healing your past, and helping you to create a future of empowered and meaningful possibility.
A holistic approach is the most effective way I know of helping you to restore calm and balance into your life.
My clients often experience:
Chrysalis Health was an incredible experience that I am so grateful to have been a part of. Kate has an amazing ability to adapt her technique to her clients' needs which makes her an incredibly versatile person to work with. Beyond that, she has a real sense of calmness and warmth that enhanced the effect of working with her ten-fold for me, as a result I feel that I have come away with a real sense of clarity and peace. I would recommend Kate to anyone looking to get to know themselves better as you couldn't find a better coach to guide you through it.
I have had just two sessions with Kate and I have achieved more in those two session than I have in 20 years plus of different therapies. I felt safe and supported so much so that there no effort on my part to move massive energy blocks that have been crippling me all my adult life. I am filled with gratitude for the gifts of this amazing woman and highly recommend her to anyone that has a heart desire to change their reality for the better.
Kate Kernick was an absolute amazing counsellor - her experience is invaluable and has made me learn so much about myself!
I’ve had many sessions over the years to assist with an odd and horrific anxiety that befalls me up on waking usually I’m symptom free for a short while and then the anxiety hits me hard again when another traumatic event occurred for me. After a (remote) session with Kate a month ago, this feeling has not returned. I’ve not gone a month without this anxiety in the last 12 years until now. Believe me, I’ve been tested over the past few days, and I’ve woken up every morning without that soul shattering anxiety. Thank you beautiful Kate, I am more grateful than I can say.
My process is all about making sure you feel comfortable and safe, and see a path to wellness for yourself.
1. Complimentary 20 minute discovery call
We’ll explore your needs and find out if we’d be a great fit to work together. The most important aspect of therapy is finding a therapist you feel comfortable and safe with, and can give you an expectation of actually being able to help
2. Your First Session
The initial session is like a fact-finding mission and an extension of the discovery call. At the end of the initial session clients report feeling:
3. Treatment Plan
Formulate a unique treatment plan to help you feeling better fast
Holistic counselling that empowers you to break old belief systems, effectively process trauma, and live a happier life
Kate really just understands what's going on, she has the insight you would want from a therapist to understand your needs and wants, my partner has been seeing Kate for a few months and already through the many tools she gave him to heal and recover she has helped him come such a long way through his trauma recovery, he is starting to smile a bit each day which I could not have even imagined a few months ago, it is only early days and I can already see the benefits of the beautiful work she does, it is truly a gift to see Kates work come to fruition, I am so greatful we were led to her as a therapist, if you want true healing in your life, Kate is a wonderful, warm, insightful, committed therapist you won't go wrong with, I would just encourage anybody to just stick out the therapy even when it gets hard, as she will be there for you and guide you along the way, if you want results and an effect, see Kate, couldn't recommend highly enough.