Katie McArthur

Katie McArthur is a humanistic counsellor, supervisor, researcher and writer working with young people and adults in Glasgow. She has been an advocate of school-based humanistic counselling for several years, and works to promote research and evaluation among counsellors, including working with BACP to set up their Children and Young People Practice Research Network. Her PhD on school-based humanistic counselling has contributed to a growing evidence base which is beginning to impact on UK policy.
Katie trained in person-centred counselling at Strathclyde University and has now been practising for about 9 years. She has also contributed to counselling training and presented research findings at national and international conferences. She is currently coordinating the Glasgow Intergenerational Mentoring Network, a school and community-based research and development project aimed at understanding and highlighting social disadvantage in education.