Katie Lane , NCPS

Katie Lane works from a person-centred approach to help people facing relationship and personal challenges. She combines straightforward conversations with practical tools to address stress, anxiety, depression and self-esteem concerns. Katie uses respect and compassion in sessions and aims to create a space where people can speak openly about intimate or identity-related worries.

She brings five years of clinical experience alongside a background leading mental health and wellbeing in educational settings. That time has given her practical insight into common life pressures such as career strain, sleep problems and coping with change. Katie also supports people with addiction-related worries, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue drawn from caregiving or demanding roles.

Katie blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic ideas to help people understand patterns and try new behaviours. She also uses solution-focused methods for short-term goals and practical change. Sessions are shaped around each person, so conversations and tools match what the individual wants to achieve.

People looking for support around intimacy, LGBT matters, body image or gender dysphoria will find experience in those areas. Katie also has experience addressing complex topics such as domestic violence, infidelity, chronic illness and the effects of separation and divorce.

Katie holds the NCPS credential and practises in the United Kingdom. She offers therapy via video calls, telephone, live chat and text messaging, and works collaboratively to set realistic goals and next steps.

How Katie's approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and building a warm, non-judgemental relationship. In online sessions this means the counsellor follows your lead, reflects your concerns and helps you find your own answers. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, combines simple exercises and practical tasks to change thinking and behaviour patterns. It can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and stress through short, focused exercises and homework.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Katie will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods that suit each person's needs. The plan can change as progress is made, and small experiments are used to test new ways of coping.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as greater flexibility and easier fitting into a busy week. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching or days when writing is easier than speaking. These options help people keep continuity of care without lengthy travel or schedule changes.