Kate Landete is a Central Coast-based Clinical Counsellor, registered with PACFA, an Accredited EMDR Practitioner and Full Member of EMDRAA (EMDR Association of Australia). She has completed extensive training and clinical supervision in trauma-focused therapy and is also an approved Victims of Crime Counsellor in NSW.

Kate founded Kate Landete Counselling over six years ago with a passion for providing compassionate, evidence-based support for people navigating trauma, anxiety, depression and complex life experiences.

She works with adults and young people (12+) who are seeking support through difficult or overwhelming seasons of life, creating a space where people feel safe, understood and supported.

How Kate Works

Kate’s approach is warm, grounded and trauma-informed. She draws on a range of evidence-based therapies including EMDR, Resource Therapy, ACT, DBT, mindfulness, positive psychology and parts work.

Her style is person-centred, strengths-based and neuro-affirming, allowing therapy to be tailored to each person’s unique experiences, needs and goals rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach.

A lot of Kate’s work involves supporting people who have experienced overwhelming or distressing life experiences, including childhood trauma, attachment wounds, relationship trauma, birth trauma and medical trauma.

Kate works from the understanding that trauma can affect many areas of life; including emotions, relationships, beliefs about ourselves and our sense of safety. Her approach is compassionate and individualised, recognising that effective trauma therapy involves more than processing memories; it also involves building safety, emotional resources and capacity for change.

EMDR Intensive Therapy Packages

Alongside ongoing counselling, Kate offers EMDR Intensive Therapy Packages for people who are looking for a more focused and immersive therapeutic experience.

EMDR Intensives provide dedicated blocks of therapy over a shorter period of time, allowing greater continuity, momentum and space to focus on specific memories, experiences or patterns that feel stuck.

This approach may suit people who:

• feel ready to dedicate focused time to their healing

• have limited availability for ongoing weekly sessions

• prefer a more immersive therapeutic experience

• want structured support when working through a specific experience or pattern

Each intensive is individually tailored, with preparation, focused EMDR sessions and follow-up support to ensure the process feels safe, structured and supported.

Whether through weekly counselling or EMDR Intensive Therapy Packages, Kate adapts the pace and approach to what feels most supportive for each person.

Areas of Interest

Kate supports people experiencing:

• Trauma and PTSD

• Grief and loss

• Anxiety and overwhelm

• Depression and emotional distress

• Life transitions and chronic stress

• Perinatal mental health (fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and matrescence)

She has a particular passion for supporting women through the perinatal journey, including the emotional complexity, identity shifts, grief, and adjustment that can come with motherhood.

Experience

Kate holds a Bachelor of Counselling from the Australian College of Applied Psychology and has worked across a range of settings including Lifeline crisis support, Headspace youth services, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). She also brings nearly a decade of experience managing a boutique health and fitness centre, giving her a broad understanding of wellbeing beyond therapy alone. More recently, she became an Accredited EMDR practitioner and approved Victims of Crime Counsellor, extending her capacity to support people experiencing significant trauma.

Lived Experience

Kate’s professional work is informed by her lived experience of depression, postnatal anxiety, and chronic pain.This allows her to bring both clinical skill and genuine empathy to her work, creating a space where clients feel understood, supported, and not alone in what they’re navigating.

Working together

Whether through ongoing counselling or EMDR Intensive Therapy Packages, Kate’s focus is on providing a safe, compassionate space where healing, growth and transformation can take place in a way that feels structured, supported, and manageable.