Katherine Smalldon

• Attachment-based work
• Cognitive behavioural techniques
• Narrative and existential methods

About Katherine

Katherine Smalldon works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, depression, addictions and life changes, using a pace that suits each person. She is BACP registered and has nine years' experience as a counsellor.

Katherine welcomes clients who are unsure what is wrong but know they want things to be different. She listens for the practical problems and the patterns that keep occurring, and she will invite discussion about hopes and expectations in the first session. This helps set clear aims and the pace for future work.

Her approach is integrative and draws on several therapies to match the needs of the person in front of her. That can mean looking at how early relationships shape current reactions, naming recurring stories about oneself, or working on thoughts and behaviours that keep someone stuck. Sessions are collaborative and feedback is encouraged.

Katherine often helps people who are coping with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, chronic illness or changes at work. She also supports those dealing with eating and sleeping difficulties, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and issues around abandonment or adoption and foster care.

Early sessions typically involve exploring what the client hopes to get from counselling and agreeing on small, manageable steps. Over time conversations may focus on understanding patterns, trying different ways of responding, and making practical changes to daily life.

How her approaches inform online counselling

Katherine uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships affect current ways of relating; this can help with intimacy, trust and attachment issues. Client-centred practice focuses on listening and responding to what the person brings, helping them to clarify needs and make choices. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at thoughts and behaviours that maintain problems and offer practical steps to change them.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Katherine will discuss options in early sessions and agree a plan based on the client's goals and preferences. She aims to be collaborative and adjusts methods as the work progresses.

Confirm the practical session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around daily life, for example by avoiding travel, fitting a session into a lunch break, or using a shorter check-in when time is limited. It also allows therapists to combine conversational and behavioural tasks between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly use these benefits to support ongoing therapy, and Katherine will talk through what will work best for each person.

Topics Katherine lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Intimacy-related issues
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Addictions
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Cancer
• 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
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Intellectual disability
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Postpartum depression
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Existential Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Katherine

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among the concerns she supports, including related sleep and coping issues.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She offers an integrative approach drawing on attachment-based therapy, client-centred practice, cognitive behavioural therapy, existential and narrative methods.

How much experience does she have?

She has nine years' experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Can I have sessions in a language other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

Yes. She accepts international clients.

What are the session formats available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.

How do fees and payment work?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.