Caroline Kitcatt

The Norwich Centre

Dr Caroline Kitcatt MBACP (Snr Accred) is Centre Director of the Norwich Centre and Managing Director of Norwich Centre Projects Ltd. She has a Diploma in Counselling from the University of East Anglia (UEA), and taught on that course for several years (2004-2011) with particular responsibility for the module on spirituality and counselling. Since qualifying in 1996 she has practised as a counsellor, supervisor and trainer in a number of different settings, as well as managing the Norwich Centre since 1999. She has studied for qualifications in counselling supervision (UEA Advanced Certificate in Counselling Supervision); teaching (PGCE) and management (PGCM) and completed her Doctorate in Education at UEA in June 2010. She has a passionate interest in counselling, spirituality, and spiritual accompaniment, and in what the person-centred approach can offer in this area, and this was the subject of her doctoral research. Her thesis, 'Dancing Barefoot: An exploration of women's experience of the spiritual accompaniment/direction relationship' can be downloaded from the UEA website She has delivered lectures and workshops for various organisations around the country including the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her hobbies include singing, dance, yoga, creative textiles, writing poetry and gardening. Caroline has recently attended Awakening the Creative Spirit, in the United States, which is training for spiritual directors in the expressive arts. She will be incorporating this into her work as a trainer and spiritual companion.

Publications:

KITCATT, C. A. (2010) Dancing Barefoot: An exploration of women’s experience of the spiritual accompaniment/direction relationship. School of Education and Lifelong Learning. Norwich, University of East Anglia.

‘Eucharist’ (2009) in ROSE, M., TE PAA, J., PERSON, J. & NELSON, A. (Eds.) Lifting Women's Voices: Prayers to change the world. London, Canterbury Press Norwich

‘Working with issues of spirituality, faith or religion’ (2009) in Thresholds Spring 2009. Lutterworth: BACP Publications

‘Women Looking on from a Distance’ (2008) in Thresholds Autumn 2008. Lutterworth: BACP Publications

Case Study in Dryden, W. (2007) Dryden’s Handbook of Individual Therapy. London: Sage

‘Person-Centred Therapy and the Yearning of the Spirit’ (2005) Norwich: Norwich Centre Occasional Publications

‘Walking the Tightrope’ in Harding Davies, V, Alred G, Hunt, K, Davies, G (2004) Experiences of Counsellor Training Basingstoke: Palgrave