Counsellor profile
Katherine Smalldon, BACP
Counsellor specialising in anxiety and relationships
See online counselling options- Attachment-based practice
- Client-centred work
- CBT techniques
About Katherine
Counsellor Katherine Smalldon is BACP registered and has nine years of counselling experience. She works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also helps with grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, ADHD and a wide range of life changes.
Katherine offers straightforward, paced work. She listens to what people bring and helps them name what feels wrong. Early sessions focus on hopes, fears and what someone wants from counselling. She invites questions and feedback as the work continues.
Her approach blends client-centred work with attachment-based thinking. That means she keeps the focus on the person in front of her while noticing how past relationships shape current feelings and patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and actions.
Katherine uses narrative and existential ideas too. Narrative approaches look at the stories people tell about themselves and open up other possibilities. Existential thinking helps people consider values, choice and meaning when life feels uncertain.
Sessions aim to be practical as well as reflective. Katherine will help with day-to-day coping, communication and decision-making, as well as longer-standing patterns like attachment or recurring relationship difficulties. Work can cover health-related concerns such as chronic illness and cancer, and specific issues like sleep, eating and anger.
She works in the United Kingdom and offers help in English. International clients can be accepted; anyone wanting to proceed is asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and book an initial session to see if they are a good fit.
Therapeutic approaches used in online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current feelings and behaviour. It can help when someone notices repeating patterns in closeness, trust or conflict and wants to understand why they react in certain ways.Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the centre of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement, reflects what is said and supports the person to make choices about change. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them out with practical steps to change mood and behaviour.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katherine will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and agree which ideas to use. That makes the process collaborative and can change over time as needs shift.
Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as they are not specified here. Online counselling can help fit sessions around work, family and day-to-day life. It can make it easier to have a shorter check-in, avoid travel time or choose quieter surroundings, while keeping the same therapeutic approaches that would be used in person.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma, addictions and many life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is paced and client-centred. She listens, asks about hopes and fears, and works collaboratively.
How much counselling experience does she have?
She has nine years of counselling experience working with a broad range of issues.
Which professional body is she registered with?
She is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English and she can work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified here.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.