Katherine Smalldon, BACP
Katherine Smalldon is a counsellor with nine years of practice who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of other life challenges.
About Katherine
Katherine Smalldon is a counsellor with nine years of practice who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of other life challenges. She holds BACP registration, and she aims to make therapy straightforward and accessible for people unsure where to begin.
Katherine works at the client’s pace and helps people name what feels wrong. Sessions often start by clarifying hopes, fears and expectations so therapy can be tailored to individual needs.
Background and approach
She emphasises practical conversation and steady reflection rather than rushing toward quick fixes. Her approach blends attachment-based and client-centred ideas with cognitive behavioural and narrative techniques. That mix means she pays attention to relationships that shape how someone feels, listens closely to each person’s story, and offers simple tools to change unhelpful patterns.
She is used to helping with grief, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, coping with life changes, parenting strain, work stress and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, chronic illness and pain, dissociation and communication difficulties. Katherine welcomes working with people who find therapy daunting and those who need support through a crisis or long-standing difficulty.
Early sessions focus on practical aims and what will make therapy useful. Over time she supports people to spot recurring patterns, try different ways of responding, and build clearer choices for everyday life.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 283710 | December 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.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Katherine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, 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 / 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 addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- 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 Katherine names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current feelings and reactions, and it helps people understand patterns in close relationships to reduce anxiety and improve connection. Client-Centred Therapy centres on the person’s own perspective, giving room for people to lead the conversation while the counsellor reflects and supports self-directed change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms like anxiety and low mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Katherine will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and try methods that suit them. She takes a collaborative stance, adjusting techniques as progress and priorities become clearer so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use spoken conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier between commitments, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options boost flexibility and accessibility for people in different locations and situations.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and many practical life struggles.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is calm and conversational. She listens closely, works at a steady pace, and helps people set practical goals and try new ways of coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of counselling experience working with a broad range of concerns and life situations.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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