Kathryn Watts

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Grief and loss

About Kathryn

Kathryn Watts works on stress, anxiety, relationships, family difficulties, grief and depression using a client-centred way of working. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has practised as a counsellor since 2013, giving her 13 years of experience.

Kathryn frames sessions around the person in front of her. She listens, offers space to speak, and follows the client's lead to identify what matters most. Conversations focus on practical coping, clearer thinking about relationships, and managing intense feelings day to day.

She has specialist attention to issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment concerns, and autism and Asperger Syndrome. She also works with people facing blended family challenges, body image worries, chronic illness or pain, cancer, and caregiver stress.

Sessions can address patterns like codependency, commitment difficulties, and problems around divorce, separation or domestic violence. Kathryn also supports people dealing with emptiness and general family problems that affect everyday life.

Her approach is straightforward and person-led. She helps people talk through what they are experiencing, try out different ways of coping, and decide on next steps. To begin, clients use the site’s matching process and schedule a first session through the counselling service.

How Kathryn uses client-centred work for online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the centre of the session. The counsellor offers attentive listening and reflects what the client says to help them find their own solutions; this approach suits issues like anxiety, low mood, and relationship concerns.

The focus is on understanding feelings, clarifying what matters, and supporting the client's own decision making. That can help with family problems, grief, and repeated patterns such as codependency or commitment difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kathryn will discuss goals, try ways of working that fit the client's needs, and adjust methods as the counselling progresses. This is a collaborative process based on what the client prefers and what helps most.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow a brief check-in when larger blocks of time are hard to arrange. It can also make it simpler to continue talking about chronic illness, caregiving stress, or ongoing family issues without rearranging other commitments.

Topics Kathryn lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Depression
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hearing impaired
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Immigration issues
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Phobias
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Traumatic brain injury
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy

Questions about Kathryn

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. She helps people manage stress and anxiety using person-led counselling and practical coping strategies.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practises Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on the client's perspective and personal goals in session.

How much experience does she have?

She has 13 years of experience as a counsellor, practising since 2013.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

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

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she take international clients?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start counselling with her?

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