Kathryn (Kate) Bishop

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and grief
• Parenting and caring

About Kathryn

Kathryn (Kate) Bishop works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and a wide range of life challenges using a client-centred approach. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has six years of professional experience in the UK.

Kate shapes sessions around each person's needs and preferences. She listens without judgement and helps people talk through what is troubling them. Conversations focus on immediate concerns such as sleep, mood, relationship strain and work stress, as well as longer-term problems like addiction or coping with major life changes.

Her work covers both emotional and practical issues. That includes support for grief, managing anger, and dealing with trauma and abuse. She also helps with parenting stresses, caring responsibilities, and health-related challenges such as chronic pain or long-term illness.

Kate has experience with neurodiversity and attachment-related difficulties, including autism and attachment issues. She also helps people address body image, eating and intimacy-related problems, and challenges linked to identity, including LGBT matters.

Sessions may include shorter practical coaching-style conversations when appropriate, or deeper therapeutic dialogue for complex concerns. People often work together to set goals, try different coping strategies, and review progress over time. To begin, clients use the site process to match with a counsellor and arrange an initial appointment.

How client-centred work translates to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening to the person's own experience and reflecting it back in a way that helps them understand their feelings. It is useful for issues such as anxiety, low mood, relationship strain and coping with loss.

In practice this means sessions concentrate on what the client brings each time. The counsellor offers space for people to talk, helps them clarify goals, and checks in about what approaches feel most helpful. That collaborative style suits short-term practical work as well as longer conversations about deeper problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will help decide whether to focus on practical coping strategies, gentle exploration of past experiences, or a mix of both, based on the client's needs and preferences.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work or caring responsibilities, reduce travel time, and offer quicker access to appointments at different times of day. They also allow for shorter check-ins when a brief review is useful rather than a longer appointment.

Topics Kathryn lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• 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
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• First responder 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
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy

Questions about Kathryn

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. She supports people with anxiety and related stress symptoms using a client-centred approach.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Client-Centred Therapy, focusing on the client's perspective and helping them speak about what matters most.

What experience does she have?

She has six years of professional experience working with a range of problems including trauma, grief and addictions.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

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

Can I book sessions if I live outside the UK?

Sessions are not offered to international clients; she works with people based in the United Kingdom.

What session formats does she provide?

Please confirm the current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start counselling with her?

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