Catherine Pinder, BACP

Catherine Pinder is a BACP counsellor who aims to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD or issues linked to identity and life changes. She offers a calm, listening presence so people can feel heard and begin to make small, practical shifts. Catherine welcomes international clients and works in English. Catherine uses a humanistic and integrative style that focuses on each person’s needs. She draws on experience working with people affected by life-limiting illness, trauma, and identity-related concerns to shape how she responds in sessions. Conversations are meant to be straightforward and down-to-earth rather than clinical. Her career includes many years mentoring and teaching adults and young people, which she says helped her learn how to build confidence and practical coping skills. She has also worked as a senior investigator on safeguarding cases, and as a youth engagement worker with a Level 3 Youth Work Award and Youth Mental Health First Aid qualification. These roles informed her understanding of trauma and crisis. In sessions she aims to combine sensitivity with clear, useful steps you can try between meetings. That might include pacing conversations, exploring how past events affect daily life, and finding ways to manage stress and difficult feelings. Therapy is presented as a collaborative process without pressure or judgement. To begin, visitors are invited to use the site start process and complete a short matching questionnaire to arrange sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Humanistic counselling focuses on listening, acceptance and helping people feel understood. In practice this means the therapist encourages you to tell your story at your own pace and helps you identify what matters to you most. It can be useful for low mood, life changes and identity concerns. An integrative way of working combines different techniques to suit a person’s needs. That could mean using practical coping exercises, pacing conversations about trauma, or working on problem-solving for everyday stress. This flexibility helps when people are juggling multiple issues like chronic illness alongside anxiety. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will collaborate with clients to decide what feels most useful, adjusting methods as goals and needs change. The emphasis is on what helps you make steady, manageable progress. Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy day and reducing travel time so therapy can slot around work or caregiving. If you need shorter check-ins or prefer not to be on camera, those preferences can be discussed when arranging sessions. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, please confirm which formats are offered before booking to make sure they suit your needs.