Catherine Johnston, BACP

Catherine Johnston is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and anger. She also helps with self-esteem, motivation and confidence concerns.

Her approach begins from a client-centred position. She treats the person as the expert in their life and focuses on listening and understanding what matters to them. That stance is combined with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to address unhelpful thinking and patterns.

Catherine also draws on existential ideas to help clients clarify values, meaning and responsibility in situations that feel stuck. In session she aims for straightforward conversations about what is getting in the way and what can be tried differently. Sessions focus on small, manageable steps rather than sweeping pledges to change everything at once.

She has worked with a range of concerns beyond mood, including addictions, relationship strain, grief, eating issues, ADHD and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also lists additional focus areas such as autism and Asperger syndrome, domestic violence, pregnancy and childbirth, and social anxiety.

Catherine works in English and does not take international clients. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first session can be scheduled via the online therapy options button.

How her approaches translate to online work