About Catherine
Catherine Teale (Richards) is a warm, approachable counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression and phobias. She listens without judgement and aims to make clients feel heard. Catherine supports people dealing with relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem and major life changes.
She works in a gentle, reflective way and uses practical tools to suit each person. Sessions include talking things through, looking at how past experiences affect now, and trying small changes that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Catherine describes herself as integrative and draws on several therapy styles to match a client’s needs. Catherine holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Therapeutic Counselling and has four years of practice. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Her background includes working with anxiety, depression, eating difficulties, trauma and PTSD, and grieving people. People can expect a calm, patient approach and a focus on building confidence and coping skills. Catherine often helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses in safe discussion.
She encourages curiosity about both past and present experiences while moving at each person’s pace. Sessions are offered for adults and young people. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
Catherine welcomes questions about how therapy would run and what to expect before arranging sessions.
How her approaches shape online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and take actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly chosen for anxiety, low mood and phobia-related worries.Finding the right approach is part of the work together rather than a one‑time decision. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest approaches that might suit you. Decisions about methods are made collaboratively and can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit brief updates, emotional support between sessions or when writing helps you organise thoughts. These options give flexibility to schedule therapy around work, family or other commitments while keeping the focus on practical change and reflection.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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