07379 413378
info@clinicspace.co.uk
Therapist Bios - Kathleen Whelan
Location and Contact
Clinic Space UK is located at Alington
House Community Association, 4 N
Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET
07379 413378
info@clinicspace.co.uk
© Clinic Space UK 2025
Therapist Bio
KATHLEEN WHELAN
1.
Full name. Kathleen Whelan
2.
Services & Specialism you provide at Inukshuk Therapy & Publishing, I work to support young people, couples and
individual delivery of intervention.
I offer an array of knowledge and clinical experience working with themes around trauma (PTSD), bereavement, anxiety,
stress, relationships, work-related stress, depression and more, I can offer telephonic, face-to-face, short-focused brief, and
midterm or long-term intervention in counselling or psychotherapy. I work with children aged 6+ upwards, adolescents,
individuals, and couples.
Therapies offered:
•
Psychodynamic
•
Mindfulness
•
Person-centred humanistic therapy
•
Psycho-educational - PFA
•
Reiki Level 2 specialist
•
Compassion Focused Therapy
3.
Qualifications & Training (date, qualification/course title & Location/Facilitator)
4.
Experience/background in your field.
My roots stem from a background in teaching art spanning 20 years, eventually leading to me qualifying for a career in
counselling in 2016. My initial forays into the world of mental health materialized in my quest and inquiry for counselling
training in 2010 and were supported when being employed as a Bereavement Service Lead Manager for a local children's
bereavement charity while remaining to teach. This role found me working closely with bereaved children and their families
who were ill-equipped to envisage a future without their loved ones, and it was within my role to help them make sense of
their present and their future.
Since reaching ten years post qualification, I have enjoyed amassing a wealth of experience from working with young people,
and adults in private practice since 2017. As of 2019, I began my studies in couples training working full-time as a telephonic
counsellor for occupational health companies, I have not looked back since. In addition, in January 2021 - 2022, I completed
an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I’m enthused by the research element of this process as it focuses on the
phenomenological interpretation of the components of psychotherapy
5.
Are you registered with any professional bodies?
I am a qualified psychotherapist and a registered member of the BACP and senior accredited member with NCPS and a
supervisor. Continuing my quest for professional development In January 2023, I embarked on supervisory clinical training. I
opt for supervision bi-weekly in support of my clinical roles.
6.
What led you to choose this career path?
Offering up my free time to volunteer for the local community as a respite foster carer for three years whilst teaching, paved
the foundation towards a career of supporting young people, focusing on re-empowering them, offering a safe space to
explore their own beliefs and navigate their worlds.
7.
Is there anything else interesting about yourself you might like to mention?
I am a lifelong learner with a curious mind, having travelled the globe in my 20s whilst working for a reputable airline for six
years as a cabin crew member. I would like to say I am culturally sensitive and have worked with a variety of different cultures
and nationalities during my career. I continue to enjoy the variety of cultures, and cuisines and explore ‘difference’
I have written and self-published a grief guide for teens, namely the ‘Grief Episode Guide for Teens’ (aged 12-25), the artwork
is my own, and the clinical knowledge combined offers a self-help guide towards processing loss and learning to educate the
reader, having space to self-reflect and manage this difficult experience; results in becoming a lived memoir. My website,
www.inukshuk-publishing.com.
07379 413378
info@clinicspace.co.uk
Therapist Bios - Kathleen Whelan
Therapist Bio
KATHLEEN WHELAN
1.
Full name. Kathleen Whelan
2.
Services & Specialism you provide at Inukshuk Therapy & Publishing, I work to support young people, couples and
individual delivery of intervention.
I offer an array of knowledge and clinical experience working with themes around trauma (PTSD), bereavement, anxiety,
stress, relationships, work-related stress, depression and more, I can offer telephonic, face-to-face, short-focused brief, and
midterm or long-term intervention in counselling or psychotherapy. I work with children aged 6+ upwards, adolescents,
individuals, and couples.
Therapies offered:
•
Psychodynamic
•
Mindfulness
•
Person-centred humanistic therapy
•
Psycho-educational - PFA
•
Reiki Level 2 specialist
•
Compassion Focused Therapy
3.
Qualifications & Training (date, qualification/course title & Location/Facilitator)
4.
Experience/background in your field.
My roots stem from a background in teaching art spanning 20 years, eventually leading to me qualifying for a career in
counselling in 2016. My initial forays into the world of mental health materialized in my quest and inquiry for counselling
training in 2010 and were supported when being employed as a Bereavement Service Lead Manager for a local children's
bereavement charity while remaining to teach. This role found me working closely with bereaved children and their families
who were ill-equipped to envisage a future without their loved ones, and it was within my role to help them make sense of
their present and their future.
Since reaching ten years post qualification, I have enjoyed amassing a wealth of experience from working with young people,
and adults in private practice since 2017. As of 2019, I began my studies in couples training working full-time as a telephonic
counsellor for occupational health companies, I have not looked back since. In addition, in January 2021 - 2022, I completed
an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I’m enthused by the research element of this process as it focuses on the
phenomenological interpretation of the components of psychotherapy
5.
Are you registered with any professional bodies?
I am a qualified psychotherapist and a registered member of the BACP and senior accredited member with NCPS and a
supervisor. Continuing my quest for professional development In January 2023, I embarked on supervisory clinical training. I
opt for supervision bi-weekly in support of my clinical roles.
6.
What led you to choose this career path?
Offering up my free time to volunteer for the local community as a respite foster carer for three years whilst teaching, paved
the foundation towards a career of supporting young people, focusing on re-empowering them, offering a safe space to
explore their own beliefs and navigate their worlds.
7.
Is there anything else interesting about yourself you might like to mention?
I am a lifelong learner with a curious mind, having travelled the globe in my 20s whilst working for a reputable airline for six
years as a cabin crew member. I would like to say I am culturally sensitive and have worked with a variety of different cultures
and nationalities during my career. I continue to enjoy the variety of cultures, and cuisines and explore ‘difference’
I have written and self-published a grief guide for teens, namely the ‘Grief Episode Guide for Teens’ (aged 12-25), the artwork
is my own, and the clinical knowledge combined offers a self-help guide towards processing loss and learning to educate the
reader, having space to self-reflect and manage this difficult experience; results in becoming a lived memoir. My website,
www.inukshuk-publishing.com.
Location and Contact
Clinic Space UK is located at Alington
House Community Association, 4 N
Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET
07379 413378
info@clinicspace.co.uk
© Clinic Space UK 2025
07379 413378
info@clinicspace.co.uk
Therapist Bios - Kathleen Whelan
Location and Contact
Clinic Space UK is located at Alington
House Community Association, 4 N
Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET
07379 413378
info@clinicspace.co.uk
© Clinic Space UK 2025
Therapist Bio
KATHLEEN WHELAN
1.
Full name. Kathleen Whelan
2.
Services & Specialism you provide at Inukshuk Therapy & Publishing, I work to
support young people, couples and individual delivery of intervention.
I offer an array of knowledge and clinical experience working with themes around
trauma (PTSD), bereavement, anxiety, stress, relationships, work-related stress,
depression and more, I can offer telephonic, face-to-face, short-focused brief, and
midterm or long-term intervention in counselling or psychotherapy. I work with
children aged 6+ upwards, adolescents, individuals, and couples.
Therapies offered:
•
Psychodynamic
•
Mindfulness
•
Person-centred humanistic therapy
•
Psycho-educational - PFA
•
Reiki Level 2 specialist
•
Compassion Focused Therapy
3.
Qualifications & Training (date, qualification/course title & Location/Facilitator)
4.
Experience/background in your field.
My roots stem from a background in teaching art spanning 20 years, eventually
leading to me qualifying for a career in counselling in 2016. My initial forays into
the world of mental health materialized in my quest and inquiry for counselling
training in 2010 and were supported when being employed as a Bereavement
Service Lead Manager for a local children's bereavement charity while remaining to
teach. This role found me working closely with bereaved children and their families
who were ill-equipped to envisage a future without their loved ones, and it was
within my role to help them make sense of their present and their future.
Since reaching ten years post qualification, I have enjoyed amassing a wealth of
experience from working with young people, and adults in private practice since
2017. As of 2019, I began my studies in couples training working full-time as a
telephonic counsellor for occupational health companies, I have not looked back
since. In addition, in January 2021 - 2022, I completed an MA in Counselling and
Psychotherapy. I’m enthused by the research element of this process as it focuses
on the phenomenological interpretation of the components of psychotherapy
5.
Are you registered with any professional bodies?
I am a qualified psychotherapist and a registered member of the BACP and senior
accredited member with NCPS and a supervisor. Continuing my quest for
professional development In January 2023, I embarked on supervisory clinical
training. I opt for supervision bi-weekly in support of my clinical roles.
6.
What led you to choose this career path?
Offering up my free time to volunteer for the local community as a respite foster
carer for three years whilst teaching, paved the foundation towards a career of
supporting young people, focusing on re-empowering them, offering a safe space
to explore their own beliefs and navigate their worlds.
7.
Is there anything else interesting about yourself you might like to mention?
I am a lifelong learner with a curious mind, having travelled the globe in my 20s
whilst working for a reputable airline for six years as a cabin crew member. I would
like to say I am culturally sensitive and have worked with a variety of different
cultures and nationalities during my career. I continue to enjoy the variety of
cultures, and cuisines and explore ‘difference’
I have written and self-published a grief guide for teens, namely the ‘Grief Episode
Guide for Teens’ (aged 12-25), the artwork is my own, and the clinical knowledge
combined offers a self-help guide towards processing loss and learning to educate
the reader, having space to self-reflect and manage this difficult experience; results
in becoming a lived memoir. My website, www.inukshuk-publishing.com.
Therapist Bios -
Kathleen Whelan
07379 413378
info@clinicspace.co.uk
Therapist Bio
KATHLEEN WHELAN
Location and
Contact
Clinic Space UK is located at Alington
House Community Association, 4 N
Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET
07379 413378
info@clinicspace.co.uk
© Clinic Space UK 2025
1.
Full name. Kathleen Whelan
2.
Services & Specialism you provide at
Inukshuk Therapy & Publishing, I work to
support young people, couples and
individual delivery of intervention.
I offer an array of knowledge and clinical
experience working with themes around
trauma (PTSD), bereavement, anxiety,
stress, relationships, work-related stress,
depression and more, I can offer
telephonic, face-to-face, short-focused
brief, and midterm or long-term
intervention in counselling or
psychotherapy. I work with children aged
6+ upwards, adolescents, individuals, and
couples.
Therapies offered:
•
Psychodynamic
•
Mindfulness
•
Person-centred humanistic therapy
•
Psycho-educational - PFA
•
Reiki Level 2 specialist
•
Compassion Focused Therapy
3.
Qualifications & Training (date,
qualification/course title &
Location/Facilitator)
#
4.
Experience/background in your field.
My roots stem from a background in
teaching art spanning 20 years, eventually
leading to me qualifying for a career in
counselling in 2016. My initial forays into
the world of mental health materialized in
my quest and inquiry for counselling
training in 2010 and were supported when
being employed as a Bereavement Service
Lead Manager for a local children's
bereavement charity while remaining to
teach. This role found me working closely
with bereaved children and their families
who were ill-equipped to envisage a future
without their loved ones, and it was within
my role to help them make sense of their
present and their future.
Since reaching ten years post qualification,
I have enjoyed amassing a wealth of
experience from working with young
people, and adults in private practice since
2017. As of 2019, I began my studies in
couples training working full-time as a
telephonic counsellor for occupational
health companies, I have not looked back
since. In addition, in January 2021 - 2022, I
completed an MA in Counselling and
Psychotherapy. I’m enthused by the
research element of this process as it
focuses on the phenomenological
interpretation of the components of
psychotherapy
5.
Are you registered with any
professional bodies?
I am a qualified psychotherapist and a
registered member of the BACP and senior
accredited member with NCPS and a
supervisor. Continuing my quest for
professional development In January 2023,
I embarked on supervisory clinical training.
I opt for supervision bi-weekly in support
of my clinical roles.
6.
What led you to choose this career
path?
Offering up my free time to volunteer for
the local community as a respite foster
carer for three years whilst teaching,
paved the foundation towards a career of
supporting young people, focusing on re-
empowering them, offering a safe space to
explore their own beliefs and navigate
their worlds.
7.
Is there anything else interesting
about yourself you might like to mention?
I am a lifelong learner with a curious mind,
having travelled the globe in my 20s whilst
working for a reputable airline for six years
as a cabin crew member. I would like to
say I am culturally sensitive and have
worked with a variety of different cultures
and nationalities during my career. I
continue to enjoy the variety of cultures,
and cuisines and explore ‘difference’
I have written and self-published a grief
guide for teens, namely the ‘Grief Episode
Guide for Teens’ (aged 12-25), the artwork
is my own, and the clinical knowledge
combined offers a self-help guide towards
processing loss and learning to educate
the reader, having space to self-reflect and
manage this difficult experience; results in
becoming a lived memoir. My website,
www.inukshuk-publishing.com.
