About Catherine
Catherine Foster is a counsellor with five years' experience supporting people through hard moments. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure about their next step. Her approach is warm and non-judgemental and she aims to help people feel heard and understood.
She offers person-centred counselling that focuses on the client as the expert in their own life. Sessions are guided by what each person needs, whether that means talking things through, using creative ways to reflect, or sitting with silence.
Background and approach
Catherine listens for strengths and practical skills clients already have, and helps them notice new ways forward. Her background includes work with stress, anxiety, bereavement, relationship difficulties, workplace bullying, low self-esteem and trauma. She also supports people with LGBT concerns, sexuality, women’s issues, parenting pressures and career-related strain.
These areas are part of the range of concerns she has worked with over the years. Catherine uses a straightforward, compassionate style. She offers resources and coping strategies when they are helpful, and stays alongside people as they test new approaches.
Sessions move at the client’s pace and focus on what matters most right now. People who are nervous about counselling often find the initial meetings are quieter and gentler than they expect. Catherine encourages simple steps to get started and helps make the process easier to follow.
What Catherine works with
Everything Catherine lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Catherine is listed here; the rest shows what else Catherine works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Catherine lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How client-centred work adapts to online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy places the person seeking help at the centre of the work. The counsellor listens without judging and follows the client’s lead. This approach helps with issues like anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship worries and recovery after loss by focusing on what the person says they need.The therapist will work collaboratively to find the best way forward. Part of this work is exploring which style and techniques suit the client, their goals and how they prefer to work. Decisions about approach are shared and reviewed as therapy progresses so the plan fits the client’s needs.
Many people find online therapy easier to fit into their week. It can allow shorter check-ins, fewer travel commitments and flexibility around work or family commitments. Session formats were not specified in the biography, so please confirm current session options with the service before booking. Registered and accredited professionals offer remote help that aims to match the same therapeutic principles as in-person work, with an emphasis on making sessions practical and usable in everyday life.
Questions people ask about Catherine
What kinds of issues can be brought to sessions?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family difficulties, workplace issues, self-esteem and trauma.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is person centred, which means the client leads the conversation and the counsellor follows. She aims to provide a warm, non-judgemental space and to help people notice their own strengths.
What experience does she bring?
Catherine has five years of practice supporting people through life changes, bereavement, workplace bullying and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged and what about cancellations?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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