About Catherine
Catherine Johnston is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress. She works in a straightforward, respectful way and believes clients know their own lives best. Catherine uses practical conversations to help people build confidence and cope with difficult moments.
She draws on client-centred methods to keep sessions person-focused and grounded in each individual's priorities. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small, manageable changes.
Background and approach
Existential ideas help when people face big life questions or feel stuck and disconnected. Her background includes five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. That experience includes supporting people with depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and issues around self-esteem and motivation.
Catherine also has experience working with concerns such as ADHD, social anxiety and phobia, domestic violence, and isolation. She aims to make sessions feel calm and focused, helping people take realistic steps between appointments. When someone starts, Catherine will listen first and then agree on practical goals.
Sessions are conversational and plainspoken. She encourages small experiments and coping strategies that can fit into everyday life.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes. It usually focuses on simple experiments and new habits that can be practised between sessions, which works well in remote formats. Client-centred therapy places the person and their priorities at the centre. Sessions are led by the client's concerns and pace, so the counsellor follows and reflects to help clarify what matters most.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will collaborate with each person to find what fits best for their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan if needed, so the method evolves with progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are useful for a closer face-to-face feel, phone sessions are good when lower bandwidth is needed, and messaging can fit short check-ins or busy schedules. These options give flexibility to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel and make it easier to maintain regular contact.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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