Katie Madden , BACP

Katie Madden uses a client-centred approach to help people feel heard and understood. She combines that with practical Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques to address worry, low mood and confidence. Katie works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression and common life changes. She also supports people with relationship concerns, parenting strain and issues linked to intimacy. Katie is BACP registered, and she practises in the United Kingdom.

Katie keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to each person. She listens first and shapes the conversation around what you want to change. Then she uses simple CBT tools to spot unhelpful thinking and try small experiments that can shift mood and behaviour.

Her work also covers trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, and panic. Additional areas of interest include attachment concerns, blended family issues and feelings of isolation or dissociation. Katie tailors the pace and techniques to what feels manageable for each client.

Sessions aim to build clearer thinking, steadier mood and more reliable day-to-day coping. Katie offers practical strategies alongside time to reflect and make sense of difficult experiences. She expects therapy to be a collaborative process where goals are agreed and reviewed.

People who prefer talking through things in a calm, non-judgemental way may find her style helpful. Katie emphasises warmth, respect and sensitivity throughout the work.

How Katie's approaches work in online therapy

Katie blends client-centred counselling with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to make online sessions practical and personal. Client-centred work means the counsellor listens closely, follows your lead and focuses on what you want to address. This style is useful when someone needs space to make sense of feelings or explore decisions.

CBT offers straightforward exercises to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behaviour changes between sessions. It often helps with anxiety, panic, low mood, sleep problems and social worries by breaking issues into manageable steps and testing new ways of coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie approaches this collaboratively, discussing your goals and trying methods that suit your needs and preferences. She will review progress and adjust the plan as you go.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging gives practical flexibility. Video is good for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging lets you reflect in writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or a busy life.