- Years in practice
- 11
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Cathy
Cathy Hadley is a counsellor with 11 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP, and follows their ethical standards. Cathy focuses on practical support for people experiencing stress, anxiety, low mood and parenting pressures.
She works in a straightforward, respectful way. Sessions aim to be a calm place to talk through what feels hard right now.
Background and approach
Cathy listens first, then helps identify small, doable steps to make daily life easier. Cathy blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at close relationships and how patterns began.
Cognitive behavioural techniques help spot unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of coping. She also draws on emotion-focused and dialectical behaviour methods when feelings are intense or difficult to regulate. These approaches support people who struggle with overwhelming emotions, relationship strain, or repeated patterns that cause distress.
Cathy works with a wide range of concerns including grief, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and career stress. She also helps with issues tied to adoption or foster care, attachment, blended family dynamics and communication difficulties. Sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Cathy encourages a collaborative approach so you set the pace and goals for therapy.
What Cathy works with
Everything Cathy lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Cathy helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cathy lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Attachment-based work looks at how earlier relationships affect today’s close connections. It helps identify repeating patterns in how people relate and offers ways to build safer, more reliable interactions. Client-centred therapy centres the conversation on your experience and pace; the counsellor listens without judgement and helps you find your own answers. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cathy will work collaboratively to explore which combination of methods fits your needs and goals. Together you review what helps and adjust the focus as you go, so therapy stays relevant to your life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when you want more direct interaction. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins and people who like to reflect in writing. These formats make it simpler to fit sessions around work, parenting and daily life.
Questions people ask about Cathy
What kinds of problems can be addressed?
Cathy supports people with stress, anxiety, low mood and parenting-related pressures. Other areas include trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD and relationship difficulties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She takes a calm, practical approach that begins with listening. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to you and testing small, useful changes between sessions.
What experience does she bring?
She has 11 years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom with a variety of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English for people in the UK and internationally.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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