Catherine Kearns, BACP
Catherine Kearns offers a practical, person-focused approach to therapy.
About Catherine
Catherine Kearns offers a practical, person-focused approach to therapy. She combines compassionate listening with clear steps to help people move forward. Catherine presents herself in a calm, direct way so visitors can quickly understand how she works.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and choose valued action. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thinking and replace it with workable strategies.
Background and approach
Attachment-based and client-centred ideas shape how she builds trust and explores relationship patterns. Catherine has five years of professional experience working across issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, addictions and ADHD. She also supports people facing parenting strains, career uncertainty, grief, body image concerns and compassion fatigue.
Her practice includes help with intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and coping with life changes. Sessions blend attentive listening with practical tasks. Catherine may set small, achievable goals or suggest worksheets to raise awareness of patterns.
She encourages live conversations early on so she can form a clear picture and agree useful next steps. People from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds are welcome. Catherine works in English and accepts international clients.
She asks new clients to use the Start Therapy button and a short questionnaire to begin the matching and scheduling process.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 398484 | January 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Catherine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Catherine names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Catherine’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unpleasant thoughts and feelings and then choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking and behaviour and teaches simple skills to shift those patterns, which can help with stress, insomnia and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns and helps people understand how early connections shape current relationships and emotional responses.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will discuss your needs and goals and suggest which methods might suit you best. She treats this as a collaboration and adjusts her style based on what feels most useful in early sessions.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins or if you prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family and other commitments, while allowing the therapist to use exercises, worksheets and goal-setting in the same way as a face-to-face service.
Frequently asked
What kinds of difficulties does Catherine help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and addictions, and supports people with relationship, parenting and career concerns. Other areas include ADHD, trauma, body image and sleeping or eating problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Catherine blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with client-centred and attachment ideas. Expect a mix of listening, reflective conversation and practical tasks or worksheets.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and practical issues.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes. Sessions are available to international clients and are conducted in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person best.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to start working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
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