- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Catherine
Catherine Kearns uses practical, person-focused therapy to help people facing stress, anxiety and parenting challenges. She presents herself in a down-to-earth way and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone worried or overwhelmed. Catherine holds a BACP accreditation and has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
She draws on several therapy styles to match what a person needs. That might include acceptance and commitment ideas to build values-based change, cognitive behavioural techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts, or attachment-informed work to look at patterns in relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and geared towards clear goals rather than jargon. Catherine often uses worksheets and practical exercises between sessions. These tools help people notice patterns, practise new responses, and measure small improvements.
She encourages short-term goals that add up to meaningful change over time. She welcomes people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and treats individual differences as part of the work. Catherine describes her approach as respectful and non-judgemental, aiming to create a comfortable space for honest conversation.
For someone curious about online sessions, she recommends an initial live meeting to get a feel for fit and priorities. After that, sessions can focus on concrete steps for coping, parenting concerns, addiction recovery, career stress, and other everyday struggles. Her style balances practical techniques with an interest in personal values and relationships.
What Catherine works with
Everything Catherine lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Catherine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapy approaches explained and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small actions towards those values. It helps with persistent anxiety, low mood and the stress of life changes by encouraging practical steps rather than perfect feelings.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It uses straightforward exercises and short worksheets to test unhelpful beliefs, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleeping and eating difficulties.
Attachment-informed work explores how past relationship patterns shape current reactions. This approach can be useful for intimacy-related issues, communication problems and parenting concerns by helping people spot recurring patterns and try different responses.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the early process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and the problems that matter most and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative decision is revisited as work progresses to ensure the approach fits the person’s needs.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face when a fuller conversation helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and suit times when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are good for shorter check-ins or regular support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, caring duties and busy lives while keeping the work focused and practical.
Questions people ask about Catherine
What issues does Catherine commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, parenting concerns and many related difficulties such as self-esteem, trauma, eating and sleeping problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and practical, blending acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioural tools and attachment-informed work to set clear, attainable goals.
How much experience does she have?
Catherine has five years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom.
What professional credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients so people outside the United Kingdom can arrange sessions.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule according to availability.
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