About me
Hi, I’m Catherine. I am an integrative person‑centred and cognitive behavioural therapist, and EMDR therapist.
Life can feel overwhelming at times, and therapy offers a calm, confidential space to explore life. I walk alongside you with compassion and care, helping you find a way forward that feels right for you. My work is shaped around your individual needs, drawing on person‑centred therapy, CBT techniques and strategies, helping you understand the patterns in your life and how they affect your thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. These techniques will extend the counselling hour, giving you tools you can use beyond the session.
EMDR is a form of therapy that can help move bodily sensations and emotions that can feel stuck. It supports the brain’s natural ability to heal. When a traumatic or highly stressful event occurs, the memory can be stored in a way that keeps the emotional charge alive — as if the experience is still happening. EMDR helps the brain reprocess that memory so it can be stored more adaptively, reducing distress and strengthening more helpful beliefs.
Together, we move at your pace — building understanding, easing distress, and strengthening your sense of self. You will be met with genuineness, trust, and a non‑judgemental space to talk freely.
I also provide clinical supervision in an empathic and supportive way, bringing together trust, encouragement, and challenge to help you grow confidently in your own therapeutic style.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. If what I offer feels right for you, please feel welcome to get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in the Theory and Practice of Counselling
- College Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- EMDR Therapy
- Child and Adolescent EMDR Therapy
- Diploma in Family Counselling
- Diploma in Addiction Counselling
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Certificate in Counselling Concepts
- Certificate in Supervision Level 5
- Specialist Advanced Diploma In Supervision Level 6
- Online Counselling Training
- Play Therapy
Continued Personal Development in:
- Domestic abuse training
- Working therapeutically with children and young people
- Working with children and young people who self-harm
- Self harm: The solution not the problem
- Working with bereaved clients
- Love, Change and Loss, An insight into grief and bereavement
- Obsessive compulsive disorder: how can therapy help?
- Children and young people conference 2016, 2018
- Working with identity and self-esteem in young people with eating disorders
- Identity
- Working with Addiction
- Eating Disorders
- Young People in the LGBT Community
- Suicide Exploration
- Introduction to Integral Eye Movement Therapy
- Supervision Skills in Practice
- Supervision Training
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual £55-£80 an hour
Schools and Companies £65-£95
Supervision £55 an hour £80 an hour and a half
Schools and Companies £65 or £90 an hour and a half
EMDR therapy £80 an hour £110 an hour and a half
EMDR Schools and Companies £95 an hour £135 an hour and a half
Concessions available for students, volunteers and OAP's :-
Counselling £50 an hour
Supervision £45 an hour or £65 an hour and a half
When I work
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Further information
One of the hardest things to do is to contact a counsellor in times of need and counselling can help you to move on in life.
