Catharine "Cathy" Douglas , NCPS

Catharine "Cathy" Douglas works in a relational, client-led way that puts the person's experience first. She is a counsellor with 12 years' experience and the NCPS credential. Cathy aims to help people feel heard, seen and respected while they talk through difficult feelings and life changes.

Her sessions focus on building self-awareness and using the client's own strengths. Conversations are meant to uncover patterns and make space for new, healthier habits. Cathy supports people as they cope with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression.

She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and career or parenting stresses. Cathy works with concerns related to LGBT issues, compassion fatigue and a wide range of attachment and personality-related difficulties. Practical coping skills and small, achievable changes are part of the work.

Cathy uses a mix of approaches that adapt to what each person needs. She leans on client-centred listening, mindfulness practices and solution-focused ways of planning change. When trauma is present, trauma-focused therapy informs the pace and methods used in sessions.

People can choose short or longer-term counselling and expect a calm, collaborative environment. Cathy invites clients to explore feelings without judgement and to find clearer direction. Her practice is based in the United Kingdom and sessions are offered in English.

For those beginning therapy, Cathy describes the first steps as gentle and exploratory. Together the client and counsellor work out goals, shift unhelpful patterns and build on existing resources to manage life’s challenges.

How Cathy brings client-centred and solution-focused work online

Cathy commonly uses client-centred counselling and solution-focused methods in her online practice. Client-centred counselling involves listening closely and following the person's lead so they feel understood and can uncover what matters to them. Solution-focused work concentrates on practical, short-term steps and building on what already works in daily life to reduce stress and improve relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Cathy will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adjust methods as needed. Together they decide whether to focus on skills, insight, trauma processing or a mix of approaches based on the presenting concerns.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to make counselling fit into busy lives. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins and text messaging works well for ongoing, flexible contact. These options give practical flexibility for people balancing work, family and travel.