Catherine Garbutt, NCPS
Catherine Garbutt is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and difficult life changes.
About Catherine
Catherine Garbutt is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and difficult life changes. She also helps those dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, parenting stress, anger and low self-esteem. Catherine works with people on career pressures, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges and bipolar-related concerns.
She practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Catherine sees therapy as a joint effort.
Background and approach
She encourages people to name their difficulties and to draw on their own strengths. Sessions focus on learning practical coping strategies to manage thoughts, feelings and behaviours. She aims to make progress steady rather than sudden, recognising therapy can feel like a roller coaster at times.
Her background includes four years of professional experience and registration as NCPS. That mix of professional and personal insight informs a pragmatic, down-to-earth approach in sessions. Catherine explains things plainly and helps people set realistic, achievable goals.
In practice she uses a variety of approaches to match individual needs. Catherine often draws on Trauma-Focused techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based work alongside cognitive behavioural tools and client-centred listening. The emphasis is on what helps the person now and builds skills for the future.
Appointments can be arranged at a range of times and she is open to scheduling outside usual hours by mutual agreement. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then choose times that fit their schedule.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS22-01574 | May 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Catherine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Catherine names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Catherine commonly uses Trauma-Focused methods to help people process distressing events and reduce the ways past harm affects daily life. These approaches aim to make difficult memories easier to manage and to lessen their hold on current thinking and behaviour.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people accept difficult feelings while committing to actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress and when someone wants clearer direction in life. Attachment-Based Therapy features in her work too, focusing on how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helping people form more supported, helpful ways of relating.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Catherine will discuss options with each person, tailor methods to individual goals and adjust the plan as work progresses. The emphasis is on collaboration so therapy fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when video is difficult, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or health needs and to keep continuity when life is busy.
Frequently asked
What kinds of issues does Catherine support?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and life changes, plus relationship, intimacy and addiction concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward; she listens, offers practical coping strategies and helps people set realistic goals.
How much experience does she have?
Catherine has four years of professional experience and brings that alongside personal insight to her work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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