Kat Hurst , BACP

Kat Hurst is a counsellor who focuses on anxiety, trauma and women's issues. She works with people aged 14 and over who identify as female. Kat aims to create a calm space where clients can talk about what feels hard and be heard without judgement.

She uses an integrative, phased way of working so sessions fit each person’s needs. That means starting with safety and stabilising symptoms, then moving on to discuss the hard memories when the client feels ready. Kat combines different techniques from cognitive behavioural approaches, existential ideas and humanistic ways of relating to support change and insight.

Kat draws on four years of clinical experience and has worked in mental health hospitals. That background gave practical experience supporting adolescents and adults with eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating. She still supports people affected by disordered eating while noting that medical oversight from a GP or other health professional is important because of physical risks.

Her sessions are collaborative and paced to each individual. She encourages clients to identify their own goals and to build self-awareness, self-compassion and practical coping skills along the way.

Kat is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She carries out therapy from the United Kingdom and works in English. If someone is unsure whether her style fits, she invites an initial conversation to help decide if her approach would be useful.

How Kat uses therapy approaches online

Kat describes her work as integrative and phased, drawing on cognitive behavioural ideas and humanistic and existential ways of relating. Cognitive behavioural approaches focus on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and help with symptoms like panic, worry and low mood by teaching practical skills. Humanistic and existential ideas emphasise personal meaning and choice, helping people explore values, self-worth and identity in relation to difficult life events.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and something she will explore with each person. The therapist and client work together to set goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan over time so it fits the client’s needs and preferences.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face style conversations and longer work, phone can be easier with limited bandwidth, and chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, study and family commitments, and they allow people across the UK to access help without travel.