Catherine Cassells

Catherine Cassells is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. She uses a person-centred approach alongside other methods to help people make practical, realistic changes. Catherine has three years of experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Catherine describes her practice as integrative. That means she starts from the person-centred core conditions of warmth and active listening. She then brings in techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy where they fit the person's needs.

Sessions are shaped around what each person brings. Catherine helps people untangle issues such as attachment and abandonment worries, coping with life changes, parenting strain and communication problems. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, grief from separation, money worries and feelings of isolation.

Her approach is straightforward and practical. Conversations aim to identify small, achievable steps. Work can include noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, clarifying values and building everyday coping skills that fit into daily life.

Catherine works with people across a range of concerns, including mood difficulties, midlife questions and men's issues. She welcomes enquiries from English-speaking clients in the United Kingdom and internationally who want a thoughtful, person-focused way to address ongoing problems.

Using client-centred and evidence-based methods online

Catherine draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside a person-centred stance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small committed steps toward those values while learning to tolerate hard feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and actions and helps people try practical experiments to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Catherine will talk with you about your goals and preferences, and together you can try approaches that fit your situation. She aims to adapt techniques so they work in everyday life and match what you want to change.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow quieter check-ins that do not need video, or offer shorter sessions when that suits a schedule. Registered or accredited professionals often find online counselling helps maintain continuity of care and supports consistent, practical steps between sessions.