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Katharine (Kate) James, NCPS
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Experience
- 17 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes
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Katharine (Kate) James is a counsellor who uses a person-centred, practical approach to help people manage anxiety, stress and relationship struggles. She brings 17 years of experience and the NCPS credential to her work. Kate aims to make sessions straightforward and supportive so people feel heard and safer trying new ways forward.
Kate blends Client-Centred Therapy with cognitive and emotionally-focused methods. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to look at patterns in close relationships.
Background and approach
She also offers hypnotherapy and mindfulness techniques as optional tools to support change. People come to Kate for a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. She also helps with intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career stress and compassion fatigue.
Additional focuses include commitment worries, communication problems and caring for people at end of life. Sessions are offered online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Kate works collaboratively to set goals and to choose practical strategies that fit everyday life.
Sessions can be short-term coaching style or longer psychotherapy depending on what the person wants. Kate practises from the United Kingdom and runs therapy through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online support
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own solutions. In online sessions this means the counsellor follows the person's lead and reflects their experience to build understanding and confidence.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. Online CBT often uses practical exercises and short home tasks to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, which suits anxiety, low mood and stress-related problems.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, pays attention to emotional patterns in close relationships. Even through video or phone, it helps people recognise interaction cycles and try different responses to improve connection and reduce conflict.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods collaboratively and adjust the plan as needed. Many people find a mix of approaches works best, and the therapist will explain options and reasonings so the person feels involved in decisions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for shorter check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments while still keeping the focus on meaningful change.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
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