About Kate
Kate Oliver-Smith is a psychotherapeutic counsellor with 13 years of practical experience. She believes people can set realistic goals and make steady progress when they want to, and she uses counselling to help make that possible. Kate combines a calm, down-to-earth manner with practical problem-solving skills.
Her career began in Human Resources, where she worked with individuals and groups on mediation, coaching and workplace issues. That work led her to train further in psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural techniques and person-centred approaches.
Background and approach
She now draws on those earlier HR skills alongside counselling methods. Sessions with Kate tend to focus on clear steps and everyday language. She listens without judgement and helps clients identify small, achievable changes.
Conversations centre on what is happening now and what can be tried next. Common topics she addresses include stress and anxiety, low mood, addictions and self‑esteem. She also supports people with relationship strain, grief, sleep problems and coping with life changes.
Additional areas she has worked with include attachment and adoption issues, chronic illness and body image concerns. Kate holds NCPS and works with adults to explore practical ways forward. Her style is warm and approachable, and she adapts sessions to the needs of each person.
People looking for straightforward, goal-focused counselling often find her easy to talk to.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person as they are. The counsellor offers empathy and acceptance so clients can reflect, build confidence and decide on next steps. This approach helps with low self-esteem, relationship worries and emotional confusion.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence moods and behaviours. It uses practical exercises and experiments to shift unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or depressive patterns. People often use CBT for stress, panic or persistent worry.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, then recommend one or a mix of methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions suit quick check-ins or low bandwidth, live chat can be used for brief exchanges and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work and family life while keeping momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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