Kate Neligan , BACP

Kate Neligan is a counsellor with 16 years of practice experience. She holds a BACP credential and works from the United Kingdom. Kate offers calm, straightforward support for people facing difficult life moments and emotional strain.

Kate began in NHS settings and later ran private practice work. That experience informs how she tailors sessions, whether for short-term goals or longer exploration. She sees people with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction and stress-related concerns among others.

Her style is warm and collaborative. Kate listens first, then helps people find what feels manageable. She combines humanistic, psychodynamic and practical techniques to match each person's needs rather than using a single method.

Areas Kate addresses include relationship and intimacy questions, parenting and family stress, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger and self-esteem problems, and career concerns. She also supports people dealing with bereavement, compassion fatigue, neurodiversity-related challenges and ADHD-related issues.

Sessions can focus on immediate coping skills or deeper patterns that affect daily life. Kate helps people set clear goals and checks progress along the way. She encourages honest conversation and practical steps to make life feel steadier.

To begin, people choose an initial booking route and complete a short questionnaire to match with her. Scheduling is arranged based on availability and location, with options for several online formats and phone work.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape current relationships and emotional patterns. Online work using this approach can help people understand trust, closeness and fear of abandonment in everyday life.

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the centre of sessions. The therapist offers acceptance and reflective listening, helping people find their own solutions to stress, low mood or confidence issues.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores recurring feelings and patterns that affect behaviour. In online sessions this can reveal repeated responses to loss, attachment or control that make daily life harder.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus on short-term problem solving or deeper exploration and adjust the plan as needed.

Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals and include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions are often easier with lower bandwidth, chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family or travel.