Catherine "Cathie" WoolhouseBACP

Catherine "Cathie" Woolhouse uses a person-centred approach as the basis of her work. She aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through what is worrying them. Cathie is approachable and direct, and she focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions.

She trained with a Bachelors Degree in Person-Centred Counselling and has six years of professional experience. That experience includes helping people with stress, anxiety and depression, and with the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She also supports people with self-esteem and motivation issues.

Cathie has worked with people who are neurodiverse and offers ways to manage anxiety and isolation that can come with autism and similar conditions. Her background includes a Certificate in Couple and Family counselling, which informs her work with relationship and communication difficulties.

Cathie pays attention to how life events affect daily routines and coping. She commonly helps people facing grief, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, or career-related stress. She also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment worries, body image concerns, and challenges around commitment and control.

Sessions are conversational and aimed at understanding what matters most to the client. Cathie helps set realistic goals and explores options that fit each person’s life. She encourages small, manageable changes that can build confidence over time.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Cathie draws mainly on person-centred work, systemic thinking and existential ideas. Person-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping the client lead the conversation; it can help with anxiety, low mood and self-esteem. Systemic therapy looks at relationships and patterns between people and is useful for communication and family-related concerns. Existential therapy examines meaning, choice and values and can help when people face large life changes or questions about purpose.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Cathie will discuss goals and preferences and help decide which methods to try. That means clients and therapist adapt the plan as they learn what helps most.

The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions around busy days, reducing travel time and making it simpler to keep regular appointments. Because the original profile does not list specific session formats, confirm which options are available before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into childcare, work breaks or recovery routines, and they can be used to maintain steady support through pregnancy and childbirth-related changes.