Catherine Pinder, BACP

Catherine Pinder offers therapy for people seeking steadier footing during stressful or uncertain times. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, grief, depression, ADHD and aspects of LGBT identity. Her manner is warm and direct, aiming to make each session practical and understandable for everyday life.

Catherine works from a humanistic and integrative standpoint as a BACP counsellor, so she adapts her approach to what an individual needs. Sessions often include reflecting on feelings, building coping skills, and finding ways to restore everyday routine and confidence. She emphasises being heard and understood before moving on to strategies for change.

Her background includes long experience mentoring and teaching adults and children, and roles in safeguarding and youth engagement. That work influences how she responds to trauma, loss and difficult life events. The emphasis is on clear guidance and gradual steps rather than pressure to change quickly.

Catherine has completed specialist training in areas such as grief, trauma, suicidality, LGBTQ+ work, counselling children and young people, supporting autistic clients, and life-limiting illnesses. She draws on these perspectives to tailor sessions to each person's history and current challenges.

If someone wants to start, she offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk things through and to try simple tools between sessions. The goal is to help people reclaim a sense of self and develop practical ways to feel more steady day to day.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Evidence-based approaches Catherine uses include humanistic therapy, which focuses on understanding a person’s experience and building self-awareness through careful listening and reflection. This approach helps when someone feels disconnected from their sense of self or needs a calm space to sort their feelings.

She also draws on integrative techniques that combine different methods to suit the person’s needs, such as practical coping strategies for anxiety or step-by-step ways to manage low mood. These techniques aim to give simple tools that people can use between sessions.

Finding the right way of working is a shared process. Catherine will listen to what matters to the client, discuss options, and adapt the approach as therapy progresses so it fits goals and preferences. That collaboration helps keep the work relevant and practical.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options when booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow regular check-ins from different locations. It can also allow shorter or more flexible appointments when life is hectic, while still focusing on the same therapeutic goals you would use in-person.