About Catherine
Catherine Norris is a counsellor who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She offers a calm space to talk through difficult moments and to work out practical steps forward. Her style is warm and steady, aimed at making therapy feel manageable for someone juggling daily pressures.
She has 16 years of experience working with many different concerns, including depression, grief, addictions and relationship problems. She has worked in the NHS, with two well known charities, and in independent practice from her home in Berkshire in the United Kingdom.
Background and approach
Catherine uses a pluralistic way of working. That means she draws on different therapies and shapes sessions around what helps each person most. Sessions commonly focus on identifying values, learning coping skills and making changes that fit the client's life.
She often looks at how past experiences affect current thoughts, feelings and actions. Attachment issues, communication problems and family of origin concerns are areas she explores when relevant. The aim is to help people make sense of their situation and find clearer ways to respond.
Working together involves setting goals and practising new ways of coping between sessions. Catherine supports people to regain clarity, manage strong emotions and make decisions that reflect their priorities. She accepts clients from the UK and internationally and runs sessions online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them decide actions. It encourages identifying personal values and taking small steps that reflect those values, which can help when anxiety or low mood gets in the way. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical techniques to change behaviours and reactions, often useful for anxiety and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and helps people understand patterns that affect relationships and self-belief.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options with the client and choose a way of working based on their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. This is a collaborative process and can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet without travelling. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction; phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or when being on camera is not wanted. Live chat and text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments and allow continuity for international clients and those living further from the therapist.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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