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Catharine "Cathy" Douglas, NCPS

Credentials: NCPS
Experience: 12 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteem Depression Coping with life changes

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Catharine "Cathy" Douglas offers a client-centred style of counselling that places the person at the heart of the process. She aims to help people feel heard, seen and respected while they talk through difficult feelings. Cathy draws on her years of practice to help clients access inner strengths and build healthier patterns of coping.

Her work is relational and client-led. Sessions focus on understanding the thoughts and emotions that brought someone to therapy.

Background and approach

Cathy helps people untangle anxiety, low mood, grief and relationship stress through clear, practical conversation rather than jargon. She uses an integrative approach, mixing person-centred ideas with mindfulness, solution-focused techniques and trauma-informed thinking as needed. That flexibility means sessions can be short-term goal-focused or extend longer to deal with deeper wounds.

Cathy has 12 years of experience and holds the NCPS credential. She has supported people facing a wide range of concerns including stress, depression, self-esteem, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, intimacy issues, and trauma and abuse. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, cancer-related distress, caregiver stress and dissociation.

Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Cathy provides therapy by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so conversations can fit into busy lives. If someone is ready to begin, they follow a short matching questionnaire and schedule their first session.

How Cathy uses client-centred and solution-focused work online

Client-centred therapy places the person's experience first and focuses on listening, empathy and supporting self-discovery. In practice this means sessions are shaped around what the client wants to talk about and the therapist helps them find their own answers. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple techniques to notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, which can help with anxiety, stress and low mood. Solution-focused therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and goals to create change quickly, often useful for relationship or career concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cathy will discuss options and help decide which methods match a person's goals, needs and preferences. She adapts her mix of listening, mindfulness exercises and solution-focused tasks in collaboration with each client so the plan feels manageable.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people juggling work, family or health demands. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and text-based messaging makes it easy to reflect between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy week and keep continuity of care for people who cannot attend in person.

What kinds of problems does Cathy help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression and self-esteem problems. Other focuses include relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma and parenting-related strain.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centred and relational, with a practical bent. She blends mindfulness and solution-focused ideas and can include trauma-informed work when it is helpful.

What is her professional background?

Cathy has 12 years of counselling experience. Her practice combines short-term and longer-term work, adapting to what each person needs.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practises from the United Kingdom and holds the NCPS credential as listed.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English, and she is available to work with international clients.

What session formats does she offer?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging so people can pick what suits their routine.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Self esteem

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Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 12 years
Registered with: NCPS
Languages: English

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Catharine "Cathy" Douglas, NCPS

Background and approach

How Cathy uses client-centred and solution-focused work online

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety