About Catherine
Catherine Donnelly is a counsellor with four years of professional experience. She aims to make first steps into therapy feel manageable by using a warm, personable style. Catherine listens attentively and moves at a pace that suits each person.
She focuses on stress and anxiety and helps people facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, or depression. She also supports those dealing with guilt and shame, and people thinking about life purpose.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and grounded in practical work rather than abstract theory. Catherine begins by hearing your experience and building a calm, steady space to talk. She keeps language plain and explanations straightforward so people know what to expect each session.
The first meetings look at immediate concerns and simple steps you can try between sessions. Over the course of therapy she helps people recognise patterns that keep problems going and then tries small, manageable changes. She works collaboratively to set goals and reviews progress regularly.
This approach helps with day-to-day coping and with longer term shifts in thinking and behaviour. Catherine holds the NCPS credential, which is listed as her professional qualification. She provides sessions in English and practices from the United Kingdom, offering a range of remote formats to suit different needs.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Many of the methods Catherine uses are drawn from well established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and patterns. One common approach looks at thoughts and behaviours together to reduce anxiety and improve mood by trying small experiments and new ways of thinking. Another approach helps people process distressing experiences and build safer ways of relating to difficult memories and feelings.Choosing a method is a collaborative process. Catherine will talk through different options with each person and agree on an approach that fits their goals, current needs, and comfort level. She reviews progress and adjusts the plan if something is not helping.
Online work uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual contact helps the conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer typing or need brief, frequent contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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