Katherine Smalldon
Guide through life transitions
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About Katherine
Katherine Smalldon is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship and intimacy difficulties. She works with issues such as grief, trauma, parenting strain, addiction and career concerns. She also supports those dealing with sleep or eating problems, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges and compassion fatigue.
Her approach is practical and person-focused, aimed at finding what helps each person feel steadier in day-to-day life. Katherine offers a steady, paced way of working that follows the client's lead.
Background and approach
Early sessions look at what you want from counselling and what you are worried about. She will check in often and welcome questions so you stay in control of the process. Her background includes nine years of counselling experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
That experience has covered a wide range of life difficulties, including attachment and abandonment issues, adoption and foster care matters, and long-term health conditions such as chronic pain or cancer. Therapeutic methods she uses include attachment-based work, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural tools, narrative and existential approaches. These are used flexibly to suit the person's goals and situation rather than as fixed programmes.
Sessions are offered in English and she is able to work with clients internationally. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled according to the therapist's availability. The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 9
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 283710
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Katherine's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Katherine works with
Everything Katherine lists, 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
Approaches Katherine lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Katherine works online
Client-centred therapy centres on the person speaking and follows their priorities. It uses careful listening and reflection so the client can make sense of their experience and choose next steps.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, offers practical techniques to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep or eating difficulties.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and practical needs and help decide which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can change as the work progresses.
Confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caring duties or health concerns. It can reduce travel, allow shorter check-ins when needed and be more convenient for busy schedules. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt activities and exercises for remote sessions so clients keep making progress.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or intimacy issues, plus grief, trauma, addiction and a range of life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-focused and paced to the individual, combining listening with practical techniques so people can find what helps them day to day.
What experience does she bring to counselling?
She has nine years of counselling experience working with many concerns, including attachment issues, chronic illness and family-related matters.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can people who live outside the UK work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; exact fees vary with location and with therapist availability.
What is the first step to begin counselling?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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