Catherine Kearns

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Attachment-based work

About Catherine

Catherine Kearns works with people on stress, anxiety, addiction, relationships and a wide range of life changes using practical talking therapies. She describes her way of working as collaborative and goal-focused and has five years' experience. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Catherine draws on several approaches to help people manage problems. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice thoughts and focus on valued action. She offers Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques to identify unhelpful patterns and try different behaviours. Attachment-based ideas are used when relationships and early patterns are an important part of the difficulty.

In sessions she works directly on the issues people bring, such as low self-esteem, grief, addiction, sleep problems, or stress at work. She may set short-term goals and suggest worksheets or practical exercises between appointments. This gives a clear way to measure progress and try out different skills in daily life.

Catherine also lists support around parenting, adoption and foster care matters, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and attention-deficit hyperactivity concerns. She notes experience with trauma, intimacy-related issues and eating problems, and with people from different cultural backgrounds.

The booking process uses a cancellable subscription model for sessions, and she asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire before arranging a first appointment.

How her approaches work for online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and motivation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours, helping with anxiety, sleep issues and stress. Attachment-based work looks at relationship patterns from earlier life and how those patterns affect current relationships and intimacy concerns.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss aims and preferences and then agree which methods to try. This is a collaborative process that can change over time as different techniques are tested and reviewed.

The practical benefits of remote sessions include being able to fit appointments into a busy week and having more options for how to meet. The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm the available formats before booking. Many people find online sessions help them keep continuity of care and make it easier to use worksheets and between-session exercises as part of their work.

Topics Catherine lists

• Stress and 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 and 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
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• 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

Questions about Catherine

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among the main concerns she helps people with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-based approaches in her practice.

What experience does she have?

She has five years' professional experience working with a range of mental health and life issues.

Is she a registered counsellor in the UK?

She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in English if I live abroad?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Specific session formats were not provided in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I get started?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.