Catherine Johnston
Person-centred counsellor focusing on practical change
About Catherine
Catherine Johnston uses a person-centred approach to help people navigate difficult feelings and life changes. She works in a straightforward way and focuses on helping individuals build on their own strengths. Catherine draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and existential ideas when helpful.
She offers empathy and practical tools for dealing with anxiety, low mood and stress. With five years of professional experience, she has supported people through trauma and abuse, addictions, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation.
Background and approach
Her work also covers relationship and family difficulties, grief, eating concerns, anger, career strain and ADHD. Additional focus areas include autism and Asperger syndrome, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, isolation and social anxiety. Sessions are intended to be collaborative.
Catherine listens, reflects, and helps clients notice patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going. She then works with each person to try small, manageable changes and new ways of coping. Her style is plain and practical.
Conversations include thinking about goals, learning coping strategies and trying out different ways of handling difficult moments. Catherine encourages people to use their existing strengths while developing new skills. People who choose her can expect respectful, consistent support aimed at clear, achievable steps.
She recognises that starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the process as approachable as possible.
What Catherine works with
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Listed by Catherine among the ways they work.
Listed by Catherine among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches online and how they help
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience and strengths, offering a space to be heard and understood without judgement. This approach helps people build confidence and clarifies what they want to change.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression and stress-related problems and can include simple exercises between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Catherine will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then try methods that suit the person. The process is collaborative and may mix approaches to fit changing needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility that can make attending sessions easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a quicker option, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These formats help people fit therapy around work, family or mobility needs while keeping regular contact with a registered or accredited professional.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
