Catherine Pinder , BACP

Catherine Pinder is a counsellor who focuses on helping people through anxiety, grief, depression, stress and LGBT issues. She also supports people who are managing ADHD and related challenges. She writes simply and listens carefully to what you say before planning how to move forward.

Catherine works from a humanistic and integrative perspective as a BACP counsellor. That means she blends approaches to suit each person rather than relying on one single method. Sessions aim to be practical and grounded, so people leave with clearer steps and new ways to cope.

Her career includes mentoring, youth work and frontline safeguarding in investigations. Those roles shaped her understanding of trauma, crisis and complex life situations. She has experience supporting people facing life-limiting illness, bereavement and identity struggles.

Catherine has completed specialist study in grief, trauma, suicidality and work with LGBT people. She has also trained in counselling children and young people and in therapeutic work with autistic clients. This background informs how she plans sessions and responds to difficult material.

People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space where practical tools and emotional support come together. Catherine aims to help people rebuild confidence, manage intense feelings and find clearer ways to cope with day-to-day pressures.

To begin, she encourages a gentle, paced approach so conversations can grow naturally and at a rate that feels right for each person.

How Catherine Tailors Approaches Online

Catherine uses humanistic and integrative ways of working, which focus on understanding your experience and responding to it in practical ways. Humanistic work centres on being heard and accepted, and it can help with low mood, anxiety and identity concerns by building self-awareness and self-worth. Integrative counselling blends suitable techniques from different models to match what a person needs in the moment, such as combining reflective listening with structured coping strategies.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy itself. Catherine works together with each person to test what helps most, adapting methods as goals and needs change. That collaborative process means you shape the pace and focus of sessions rather than following a set formula.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video calls recreate a face-to-face feel for deeper conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care.