About Katie
Katie McGhee offers a practical, person-focused approach to therapy. She uses straightforward methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strains and grief. Katie has six years of professional counselling experience and brings a long background in welfare rights work to her practice.
Her first aim is to listen and make space for what matters to each person. Sessions centre on the client’s goals and daily life. Katie adapts the plan she uses so it fits what someone needs right now, rather than following a rigid script.
How Katie works
She combines Client-Centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and solution-focused ideas. That mix helps people reduce unhelpful thinking, try small changes, and build coping skills. Katie also uses trauma-focused methods when past harm affects current wellbeing.
Before independent practice she spent many years as a welfare rights officer offering counselling and advocacy. That background informs how she supports people through practical stresses alongside emotional concerns. She aims to be clear, respectful and down to earth in sessions.
Typical issues Katie addresses include depression, loss and grief, addiction-related worries, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem and workplace stress. She also helps people who are dealing with life changes, compassion fatigue or attention-related difficulties. Work is paced to what each person can manage.
Therapy is offered in English and delivered online through a range of session formats. Katie will discuss the best way to meet someone’s needs during an initial matching and scheduling process.
Katie lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Katie works with
The areas below are the ones Katie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Katie’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps people find their own solutions, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and relationship worries.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. Sessions involve practical exercises and strategies to reduce unhelpful thinking and improve everyday coping for stress, sleep problems and depression.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Katie will discuss options and try methods that match a person’s goals and preferences. The decision is collaborative and may change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can suit those with limited bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions or when a written format feels easier to use.
Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these approaches to an online format so people can continue therapy without travelling. This often makes it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare and other commitments while still focusing on clear, practical change.
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