Kate Anderson

• Stress and anxiety
• Attachment issues
• CBT and ACT principles

About Kate

Kate Anderson works with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties and questions about meaning. She uses an integrative approach, drawing on several therapies to help people understand themselves and make practical changes. Kate is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years' experience.

Clients often come when life feels stuck or overwhelming, or when relationships are strained. Kate helps people trace how past experiences and early relationships shape present patterns. She explains how roles learned in family life can make it hard to ask for support or to set boundaries.

Her practice brings together person-centred ideas and work with different parts of the self, sometimes described as inner child work or Internal Family Systems. This supports exploring how different inner parts respond under stress and how they can be listened to with interest rather than judged.

Alongside depth work she uses approaches that look at thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Techniques drawn from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy help people respond with more calm and clearer choices. Mindfulness practices are used to notice inner experience and reduce automatic reactivity.

She also explores personality, values and vocational questions, as well as attachment and communication patterns. Topics such as assertiveness, boundaries, intimacy and fatherhood issues can be covered as part of that work.

How her therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and decide what matters to them, then take small steps towards those values. It is useful for stress, anxiety and finding direction when life feels empty.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and early patterns. It helps people understand how past bonds shape present feelings and behaviour, and can be useful for intimacy and communication difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will talk through the options and agree what seems most useful based on the client's goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be combined as needed.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, because the biography does not specify which formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins where appropriate. Some formats require less bandwidth or do not use video, which can help when a quieter or simpler set-up is preferred. Registered or accredited professionals generally work to help make therapy practical and manageable alongside everyday life.

Topics Kate lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Family conflicts
• Intimacy-related issues
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Divorce and separation
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Self-love
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Existential Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Kate

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among her main areas of work and she uses CBT and mindfulness techniques to help manage anxious thoughts and responses.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She offers integrative counselling that combines person-centred work, attachment-based ideas, CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approaches.

How much experience does she have?

She has five years' experience working with a range of emotional difficulties including low mood, relationship problems and life changes.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Yes. She accepts international clients and provides sessions in English.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start with her?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.