Supporting you

I’m Katie Johnston, owner of Busy Minds Counselling and fully qualified neurodiverse counsellor. Working with me will help you to think outside the box and work through the challenges you face, whatever those challenges are. Together we’ll achieve a shared understanding of your situation and equip you with a range of tools that will help you to move forward. You’ll be supported to take the action you need to, at a pace you’re comfortable with. 

With an MSC in Pluralistic Counselling I have experience working with a range of issues. I have a keen interest in working with ADHD as a practitioner who is Neurodivergent, Autism, those experiencing complex trauma, PTSD, bereavement, anxiety, depression, disabilities, anger issues, as well as cancer, and chronic pain or health related issues. Whatever it is that brings you to counselling, you can be sure of an opportunity to be heard. 

My work is about building safe spaces, creating healthy boundaries, and working together ethically to help you. Whether you’re looking for support overcoming a specific challenge, to better manage difficult emotions, to get through a difficult time, or something else entirely, we can work together to help you get through it. Counselling sessions are offered weekly, fortnightly or monthly dependent on your needs. We offer different session times these will all be discussed at the consultation 

You are the expert in you, but sometimes you need a helping hand from someone else to access that expertise. Working with me will help you improve your self-awareness and build your own toolkit of techniques that help you through the challenges you face. By the time you leave counselling you’ll understand your own self-worth and have access to a range of tools that will help you continue to grow, long after your final session.

Based in Perth, Scotland, I currently offer counselling online, by telephone, or locally via a walk and talk session so you can choose the format that you're most comfortable with. I firmly believe that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to effective counselling; just as we’re all different, what we need from counselling differs too. That’s why it’s so important for us to meet so that I can understand what you need and whether I can help.