Catherine Noy , ACA

Catherine Noy is an ACA counsellor with 17 years of experience who uses attachment and emotion-focused ideas to help people with relationships and family concerns. She centres conversations on what matters to each person and adapts her approach to fit practical goals. Catherine writes plans with clients so work in sessions connects to real life changes.

Her background includes long-term work with relationship breakdown, intimacy issues and parenting stress. She also supports people managing anxiety, depression and bipolar challenges, plus grief, trauma and addiction concerns. Catherine pays attention to how connection and past family patterns shape how people feel now.

Catherine draws on attachment-based and Emotionally-Focused Therapy methods to look at how people relate and reconnect. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tools for tackling unhelpful thoughts and patterns. The Gottman Method ideas inform practical communication and conflict skills when couples or partners want clearer ways to talk.

Sessions are guided by respect, sensitivity and compassion. Catherine aims to make conversations straightforward and focused on next steps. She offers a mix of practical strategies and reflective work so clients can try changes between sessions.

People come to Catherine for self-esteem work, career stress, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She also supports those facing caregiver strain, blended family problems, or the impacts of illness and bereavement. Her style is collaborative and goal-focused, helping people move toward more fulfilling routines and relationships.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and emotional responses; it helps people understand reactions and build safer connections. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on recognising and reshaping emotional responses between partners or within close relationships, aiding those wanting to improve intimacy and repair conflict. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers tools to change unhelpful patterns for anxiety, depression and daily stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted as you learn what helps, so the work stays relevant to your needs and pace.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different situations. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or hands-free check-ins, and chat or messaging work for short updates or ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional connection.