Catherine Garbutt, NCPS

Catherine Garbutt is an NCPS counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship difficulties, and anger. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, life changes, addiction issues, sleep and eating concerns, and self-esteem struggles.

Catherine emphasises that the client knows their own story. She uses a collaborative style and helps people spot patterns that keep problems repeating. Sessions focus on practical coping strategies to manage thoughts, feelings and behaviour, with the aim of building steady day-to-day routines rather than quick fixes.

Her background includes work with people affected by medical and health issues, neurodivergent and neurotypical clients, and those experiencing domestic or sexual abuse. She draws on several therapeutic approaches to find what fits each person, and she talks people through how different methods might help.

Catherine describes counselling as active work from both sides. She facilitates conversations that help people make decisions and practise new skills they can use after sessions finish. She aims to help people feel less on edge and more able to handle anger, resentment, or snapping at people they care about.

For practical arrangements she offers a range of appointment times and is open to arranging sessions outside her scheduled hours by mutual agreement. To begin, people are asked to use the online matching steps and book a first session when they are ready.

How her approaches translate to online work