About Kathleen
Kathleen Rao is a BACP counsellor who helps people make sense of anxiety, stress and loss. She offers a calm, steady presence and works to build trust so people feel comfortable talking about hard things. Kathleen believes the person in the room knows themselves best.
Her role is to listen, reflect and help people notice patterns that keep them stuck. She aims to be warm and empathic, and to meet people person to person during sessions.
Background and approach
She uses an integrative approach, drawing on different therapeutic models depending on what each person brings. That means sessions can be practical one week and more exploratory the next. Kathleen has a particular interest in grief, including complex grief, and in perinatal and postnatal health concerns.
She also supports people coping with long-term health conditions, burnout, and issues linked to parenting and family life. Other areas she works with include mood difficulties, panic and phobias, and the challenges of caregiving. Kathleen trained and practised in the United Kingdom and brings three years of direct therapy experience to her practice.
She is an insured member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated BACP. Her background includes a decade of wider mental health work within the NHS, including during the Covid-19 pandemic.
How therapeutic approaches meet online care
Kathleen commonly uses a mix of evidence-based techniques tailored to each person. One approachable method focuses on tracking thoughts and behaviours to reduce anxiety and panic; it helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try small, manageable changes. Another approach centres on working through grief and loss in stages so emotions can be understood and processed at a steady pace.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options with the client, listen to their goals and try different ways of working to see what fits best. Together they decide whether to focus on practical skills, deeper reflection, or a combination of both.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, which make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face contact, phone can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and access support from wherever they are in the United Kingdom.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Depression
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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