About Catherine
Catherine Mantack is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on building confidence and motivation so people can feel more able to face daily life. Catherine aims to create a respectful, compassionate space for conversations about what matters most.
She works with common concerns such as family tension, parenting strain, low self-esteem, and social anxiety. Catherine also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, loneliness, and communication difficulties.
Background and approach
ADHD-related challenges are included among the issues she addresses. Catherine uses an approach shaped by each person's needs rather than one fixed method. Sessions are practical and conversational, aimed at finding steps that fit the person’s life.
She encourages self-awareness and small, manageable changes to build longer-term wellbeing. With four years of experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, she draws on her clinical experience to guide conversations and plan next steps. Catherine believes taking the first step requires courage and seeks to make that step feel possible.
The working relationship is collaborative: she prioritises what a person wants to change and adapts pace accordingly. Practical tools, reflective questions and clear goal-setting are used when helpful. The emphasis is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Approaches that help with anxiety and family stress
Many people benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on thoughts and behaviour. Cognitive-style approaches look at unhelpful thinking patterns and teach ways to notice and reframe them. This can reduce worry and make anxious responses easier to manage.Behavioural techniques concentrate on action - trying small changes, building new routines and using gradual exposure to reduce avoidance. These steps help with social anxiety, phobias and low motivation by increasing confidence through practice.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk through your goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process means approaches can change as progress is made or as needs shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more depth is needed. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth or visual focus is an issue. Live chat and messaging provide brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel and to keep continuity over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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