I contacted Katie when I was receiving treatment for cancer; the diagnosis and subsequent treatment put a huge strain on family life. We worked with Katie to find strategies that helped us parent in the way we wanted to, whilst dealing with the uncertainties and fears that consumed us.
Katie approached us with kindness and sensitivity, sharing strategies and helping us  build confidence in a non-judgemental way.  Katie met with us face to face and via telephone. She has always been professional and her support has helped us (and continues to help us) through a difficult time. I would highly recommend Katie to anyone who needs a helping hand with parenting.

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We worked with Katie to help my four year old son who was withholding his poo and refusing to use the toilet. Katie listened to our concerns and asked lots of questions in a kind and considered manner.

We were then able to discuss the possible causes of the problem and based on Katie’s extensive professional knowledge and my knowledge of my son, we together established a likely cause. Katie then suggested a number of ways we could try to help resolve the problem, prioritising them for us so we knew what to try first.

We took Katie’s advice which within days resulted in positive results and the problem resolving itself very swiftly – my son now has completely normal toilet habits. We are absolutely delighted and are very grateful for Katie’s professional advice. We would recommend her without hesitation.

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I approached Katie Trusty as she was recommended by a friend. I was experiencing behavioural problems with my seven year old son and I felt I couldn’t cope without some sound advice.

Katie really helped me with the guidance she provided and really helped turn his behaviour around. By asking me many questions about the relationship we have as a family and talking about his personality, she helped draw out things that I hadn’t even considered.

The result was incredible as my son is back to being a confident, happy little boy.

The one thing that I really liked was Katie’s warmth and her true understanding of children’s individual needs.

I found the experience very positive as I rang her feeling very low and she gave me the strength to work through it with my son in a really effective way.

I would highly recommend Katie’s professional help.

– Claire (parent)

Katie’s work as a dramatherapist at Nightingale School in Wandsworth was exceptional. She was tenacious and sensitive in engaging some extremely hard to engage young people and managed to form transformative therapeutic relationships with some of the most challenging and disturbed pupils in the school and their parents and carers. She combines a strong ethical rigour in her work with a warmth and compassion that comes across clearly and is much appreciated by her clients and those that work with her. Her clinical work is of an excellent standard and leads to clear positive outcomes in her clients.

– Steve Cobbett (Senior Therapist)

Katie is what every therapist should be like and this has been reflected in the incredible engagement of the children and their fantastic progress in managing their anxieties, emotional difficulties, with a direct impact on their behaviour and engagement with learning. It would be hard to find anyone more thoughtful, insightful, compassionate and caring.

– Alina Page (Head Teacher)

I approached Katie with concerns about my 4 year old daughter’s anxieties, which had developed over a very short time period following her starting school. Talking to Katie about the immediate problem, as well as discussing other potential influences on her behaviour (which I had not factored in), massively put my mind at rest that everything my daughter was experiencing was very ‘normal’. I came away from our time together feeling much less panicked, and armed with a number of different strategies to try in order to alleviate the situation. It was amazing to have such an understanding and powerful sounding board……..someone who is both a mother and a professional in this field puts Katie in a unique position of being able to truly understand my concerns. I cannot recommend Katie highly enough.

– Natalie (parent)