About Catharine
Catharine "Cathy" Douglas is a counsellor who uses a relational, client-led approach to help people feel heard and respected. She aims to help clients understand themselves and the feelings that brought them to therapy. Cathy works in a calm, non-judgemental way so people can speak openly about worries such as stress and anxiety.
She draws on several approaches, including client-centred and mindfulness-based ideas, and adapts them to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on accessing inner strengths and practical skills to replace unhelpful patterns. That may involve short-term goals or longer-term exploration depending on what the person wants. People often seek her support for anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, issues around identity and LGBT concerns, or stress from work and caregiving.
She also works with trauma, grief, self-esteem and intimacy-related problems. Cathy brings 12 years of experience and uses talking and mindful exercises to help people manage strong emotions. Her style is straightforward and collaborative.
Sessions give space to reflect, build coping strategies and try small, realistic changes between meetings. The emphasis is on simple tools that fit day-to-day life rather than jargon or complex programmes. Cathy is registered with NCPS, practises in the United Kingdom and speaks English.
She offers both short and longer courses of counselling and aims to help people move from surviving to feeling more in control and able to make choices that suit them.
How Cathy’s Approaches Work Online
Cathy uses client-centred work and mindfulness in online sessions to help people manage day-to-day difficulties. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so clients can understand their feelings and find their own solutions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple breathing and attention skills to reduce reactivity and ground a person when anxiety or strong emotions arise.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cathy will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then tailor the methods together with the client. That means trying things out and adjusting the plan as progress is made or needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering different ways to engage. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, and chat or messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions, fit therapy around work or family life, and maintain continuity when travel or relocation happens.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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