Kathryn Partt , BACP

Kathryn Partt is a counsellor who draws on several therapeutic methods to support people through grief, trauma and life changes. She holds BACP registration and has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Kathryn focuses on stress, anxiety, bereavement and trauma-related concerns while aiming to make sessions approachable and practical.

Her practice pays attention to what a person needs in the moment. Kathryn uses client-centred techniques to listen and reflect what matters to each person. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current feelings and patterns.

In sessions she uses straightforward cognitive behavioural tools to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Emotionally-focused work supports exploring strong feelings and improving emotional connection with oneself. Kathryn balances these approaches to suit the person sitting in front of her rather than applying a single method to everyone.

People come to her for a wide range of issues including depression, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, body image, chronic illness, and work-related stress or compassion fatigue. She also supports people with ADHD, codependency, dissociation and problems that follow domestic violence and separation.

Kathryn invites practical conversations about coping strategies, routines, sleep, and boundaries alongside deeper exploration of loss, abandonment and identity. Her aim is to help people build clearer ways of managing symptoms and moving forward at their own pace.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and feeling. Online sessions can use this approach to identify recurring patterns, repair difficult feelings and practise new ways of connecting with self and others in everyday life.

Client-centred therapy focuses on being heard and understood. The therapist reflects back what is said, helping people find their own answers and make sense of painful experiences. This is useful for grief, life transitions and building self-esteem.

Cognitive behavioural therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test them with small, practical experiments. It often includes straightforward exercises people can do between sessions to improve sleep, reduce anxiety or change routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathryn will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That choice is reviewed as progress is made, and techniques can be adjusted over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility and fits different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat gives quick written check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to work around busy lives and to use short or longer sessions as needed.