- Years in practice
- 10
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Cathleen
Cathleen Brentnall is a counsellor who aims to help people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, and other life stresses. She writes plainly and listens closely so parents can talk through immediate worries and practical next steps. Her style is warm and direct, suited to someone juggling family life and other demands.
Cathleen uses a range of approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take manageable steps.
Background and approach
She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to address anxious or negative thinking and Emotionally-Focused Therapy for relationship concerns. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is offered when trauma memories get in the way of day-to-day living. With ten years of experience and BACP registration, she blends practical tools with space to reflect.
Sessions often focus on short-term goals and skills you can practise between meetings. When faith matters to a client, she can incorporate spiritual or prayerful elements if requested. Cathleen works with people coping with grief, parenting pressures, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, chronic health concerns, and career stress.
She also supports those managing eating or sleeping problems and major life transitions. Her aim is to tailor conversations to each person's learning style and energy levels. People who prefer a collaborative, goal-oriented approach tend to find her helpful.
She explains techniques clearly and helps clients decide which tools to try first. The practical emphasis makes sessions useful for busy parents seeking steady progress.
What Cathleen works with
Everything Cathleen lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Cathleen helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cathleen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what truly matters to them and take small actions aligned with those values. It is useful for coping with anxiety, low mood, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence; it works well for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating difficulties. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on patterns in close relationships and aims to build stronger emotional connection and understanding.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. Sessions often begin by trying one technique and adjusting it over time as needs become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, chat works for quick reflections, and messaging supports ongoing coaching-style contact between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or recovery from illness while keeping the focus on practical progress and emotional support.
Questions people ask about Cathleen
What concerns does she commonly help with?
Cathleen supports people dealing with relationship problems, parenting pressures, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, stress, eating and sleeping problems, anger, bipolar issues, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, combining goal-focused work with space for reflection and emotional processing.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of clinical experience and a background working with individuals and couples across a wide range of issues.
What credentials and region are associated with her practice?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be arranged by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are costs and payments handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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