Catriona Glen
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About me
Much of my work centres on anxiety, attachment and relationship difficulties. Together, we explore why certain situations affect us so strongly, why we repeat patterns we want to change and how those patterns came to make sense in the first place. I work with adults and young people aged 10 and over, helping to understand what is happening beneath the surface and develop more choice in how to respond.
When we feel vulnerable, invalidated, scared, lonely or betrayed, we do what we can to feel safe. That might mean overthinking, putting other people’s needs before our own, self-soothing in ways we know aren’t helpful or withdrawing from people before they can reject us. Anxiety may make our life smaller or distress may emerge as anger. These responses often developed for a reason even if they’re now making life or relationships more difficult. Therapy gives us space to understand them without judgement. You don’t need to know exactly how to describe what you’re going through before getting in touch.
Our resilience, emotional regulation and ability to trust can all be affected by gaps in feeling connected, valued and safe. In everyday life we rarely get the space to really look at what is going on. My approach is integrative and trauma-informed, drawing on person-centred and psychodynamic training. We can explore how earlier experiences may influence what happens now, how your body responds to stress and what you notice in the moments when familiar patterns take over.
Alongside this reflective work, I offer practical support to help you recognise your internal signals, regulate difficult emotions and respond in ways that feel more in keeping with what you need. I aim to offer a steady, collaborative space where we can look beneath the immediate difficulty and make sense of what is sustaining it, supporting self-compassion and psychological flexibility.
My work also includes trauma, childhood emotional neglect, emotional and domestic abuse, the impact of sexual abuse, burnout, perfectionism, eating difficulties, addiction, neurodiversity and grief.
I have extensive experience working with children and teenagers, including within primary and secondary schools across Fife and in an agency setting.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- Diploma in Children and Young Person's Counselling
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Member organisations
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
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Fees
£60.00 per session
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Further information
My core training is both Person-Centred and psychodynamic. The Person-Centred attention to developing relational depth enables the work to happen and exploring attachment styles and defense mechanisms can help make sense of unconscious behaviours. When/why were defenses needed and are they still helpful or causing pain? This gives a great opportunity for understanding my client's inner world.
