Katherine Smalldon, BACP
Experienced counsellor for life changes
Details
| Name | Katherine Smalldon |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 9 |
About Katherine
Katherine Smalldon is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or intimacy difficulties. She also supports those coping with life changes, grief, trauma and addiction. Katherine works with a wide range of concerns including sleep and eating problems, ADHD, compassion fatigue and career stress.
She uses a gentle, person-focused style and encourages people to move at their own pace. Katherine is BACP, which means she is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
She draws on different ways of working so sessions can be shaped to what an individual needs. Katherine often begins by asking about hopes, fears and expectations for therapy. That helps both of them agree priorities and set practical steps.
Sessions are conversational and aim to make difficult topics easier to talk about. Her approach includes Narrative and Attachment-based ideas alongside client-centred and cognitive behavioural tools. She also uses existential perspectives when people are facing big life questions.
These methods are mixed to fit the issue and the person rather than following a fixed plan. Katherine has nine years of counselling experience and practises from the United Kingdom. She works with people who want someone impartial to talk to and practical ways to cope.
New clients are invited to share what they want from therapy so sessions can be tailored to their goals.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Intimacy-related issues among the things Katherine works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 counseling
- 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
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Katherine among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Katherine directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Katherine directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Katherine’s approaches work online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds affect current relationships and feelings. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in attachments and try new ways of relating in day-to-day life. Narrative therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and separates the person from the problem. It helps people re-author their story to reduce the power of negative narratives and make space for different choices.Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be a joint decision. The therapist listens to the person's goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they try methods that fit the issue and adjust them as the work continues.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or other commitments and to continue working when travel or relocation would otherwise interrupt progress.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she support?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and grief among many other concerns listed by the therapist.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is gentle and conversational, encouraging clients to set the pace and priorities for sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has nine years of counselling experience and set up a practice to support people through life challenges and crises.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is BACP registered and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as session formats.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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