About Catharine
Catharine "Cathy" Douglas uses a client-centred, relational approach to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She aims to create a calm space where people feel heard, seen and respected as they talk through stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. Cathy draws on an integrative mix of approaches to suit each person.
That means sessions focus on the person rather than a single technique. Conversations look at strengths, patterns and practical steps to manage symptoms and improve day-to-day coping.
How Catharine works
She has 12 years of experience working with issues such as grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, intimacy concerns and parenting stress. Cathy also supports people facing career strain, compassion fatigue and complex emotional responses like abandonment or attachment difficulties. Sessions use straightforward language and aim to build self-awareness.
People can expect to explore what triggers their reactions and practise small changes that make a difference. The emphasis is on realistic tools and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Cathy holds NCPS as a professional credential.
She offers both short and longer-term counselling and accepts people from the United Kingdom and internationally. Therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. If someone chooses to begin, they complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions to suit their needs.
Catharine lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Catharine works with
The areas below are the ones Catharine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Client-centred and practical approaches for online therapy
Client-centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work. The therapist follows your lead, listens closely and helps you access your own strengths. This approach is helpful for relationship concerns, self-esteem issues and coping with life changes.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and clear thinking. It can help with anxiety, stress and recurring difficult emotions by encouraging steadier responses rather than impulsive reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cathy will collaborate with each person to choose or blend methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they will review what is helping and adjust the focus as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or people who prefer written reflection. These options make it easier to arrange therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping practical continuity of care.
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