About Katy
Katy Yeates is a UK counsellor who helps people facing anxiety, stress and big life changes. She also supports people dealing with grief, low mood, relationship strain and confidence struggles. Her style is calm and compassionate and she aims to make starting therapy feel manageable.
Sessions are shaped to suit each person. Katy offers time to talk things through and also practical tools when they are wanted. She can help clients plan clear steps to feel steadier and more able to cope.
Background and approach
She uses a mix of approaches depending on the issue and the individual. That means sessions might focus on changing unhelpful thinking patterns, building emotional skills, or exploring attachment and relationship patterns. The goal is always sensible, achievable progress rather than quick fixes.
Over seven years in practice Katy has worked with adults on a wide range of challenges. She brings a steady presence and aims to balance listening with practical suggestions. People who come to her often want both understanding and workable strategies.
Beginning therapy can feel uncertain, so Katy tries to keep the first steps simple and clear. She helps clients set realistic goals and reviews progress as therapy continues. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online working
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts while focusing on what matters to them. It supports values-based action and can be useful for anxiety, low mood and managing change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical strategies to reduce distress and improve coping for problems like anxiety and depression.Katy aims to work collaboratively to find the right fit. She will discuss which approaches might suit a person’s needs and goals, and tailor sessions as therapy progresses. That way the plan changes if something feels unhelpful or a different focus is needed.
Online work includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what suits their day. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls need less bandwidth, and short live chat or messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or when fitting therapy around a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep therapy going despite work, caring duties or travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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