Catherine Baines, BACP

Catherine Baines is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years of professional experience. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about the things that are worrying them. Catherine encourages small, practical steps toward feeling more able and hopeful. She helps people work through relationship difficulties and intimacy concerns. She also supports those coping with grief and loss, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety and stress. Catherine works with people facing major life changes and those struggling with motivation or addictive behaviours. Her approach focuses on listening closely and tailoring the work to each person. Sessions are a place to share thoughts and feelings and to try out different ways of coping. Catherine emphasises compassionate, realistic goals that fit a person’s day-to-day life. Catherine has experience with a wide range of concerns including parenting strain, family-of-origin issues, attachment and abandonment worries, chronic illness and end-of-life care, eating and sleeping problems, and work-related stress or compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating separation, infidelity and the practical fallout of divorce. People come to Catherine for help with identity and body-image worries, ADHD-related challenges, bipolar mood issues, and caregiving burdens. She aims to help people find clearer choices, steadier moods and better ways to manage difficult feelings.

Practical therapeutic approaches and online support

Catherine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a way that is straightforward and practical. One common kind of work focuses on improving mood and daily habits by identifying unhelpful patterns and trying small behavioural changes that make life easier to manage. This approach is useful for depression, anxiety and low motivation.

Another area of work helps people explore relationship patterns and emotional responses that affect intimacy and family connections. This can include looking at attachment and abandonment concerns and finding clearer ways to communicate and set boundaries.

Choosing the right approach is a shared task. Catherine will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest techniques that suit their situation. She adapts the work over time so it stays useful and realistic.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a day at work. It can also let people use video or phone in ways that match their needs rather than rearrange their whole day.