Catherine Vincent , PACFA

Catherine Vincent is a PACFA counsellor with twelve years of clinical experience. She welcomes straightforward conversations about stress, anxiety, addiction, relationships, trauma and depression. Catherine begins by listening to what matters most to each person and builds from their strengths.

Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. She uses clear language and simple tools so sessions feel practical and manageable. Catherine aims to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes that fit their life.

Catherine draws on a mix of approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment work and skills-based strategies from cognitive and dialectical therapies. This allows her to support emotional regulation, relationship concerns and difficult memories in ways that suit the person sitting in front of her.

People come to Catherine for a wide range of issues beyond the core areas listed. Her experience includes helping with abandonment and attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, body image, caregiving stress, chronic illness, neurodiversity-related concerns and sexual diversity topics. She adapts what she offers to the problem at hand rather than using one fixed method.

Sessions are offered in English from Australia. Catherine encourages a gentle pace at the start so people can feel more in control of the process. She supports people who want clear strategies as well as those who prefer to work through things more gradually.

Working with ACT, attachment ideas and practical skills online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them control behaviour. It focuses on values and small actions that make life feel more meaningful, which can be useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and aims to create new ways of relating and feeling safe in connections. It can help with abandonment, attachment issues and relationship difficulties. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps to change thinking and behaviour, useful for anxiety, depression and coping with addictive patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will discuss different methods and help decide what fits best with a person's needs, goals and daily life. This is a collaborative process and can shift over time as goals change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distance. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written communication or want flexibility between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments and still use evidence-informed approaches with an appropriately qualified counsellor.