Catherine Kearns

Catherine Kearns is a counsellor who uses practical, person-focused approaches to help people make changes in their lives. She draws on five years of clinical experience and a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) credential to guide conversations about stress, anxiety, addiction and other concerns. Catherine aims for straightforward, respectful work so people can start moving forward.

She describes therapy as a collaborative process. Early sessions are used to understand what matters most and to set small, achievable goals. Catherine often uses worksheets and tasks between sessions to build awareness and practice new skills.

Her practice covers many concerns including mood issues such as depression and bipolar, relationship and intimacy matters, parenting stresses, and problems with sleep and eating. She also supports people coping with trauma, grief, chronic illness, career strain and compassion fatigue. Catherine welcomes people of all ethnic backgrounds and cultures.

Her approach blends several therapeutic traditions. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to work on thought and behaviour patterns, and Attachment-Based and Client-Centred ideas to understand relationships and build trust. She also draws on existential perspectives to look at meaning and choice.

Catherine opened her own clinical practice after ongoing professional development and prior work experience. She asks new enquirers to expect an initial live session to get to know one another and to plan achievable steps. If she does not reply straight away she may be with another client and will respond when she is available.

How Catherine’s approaches translate to online work