Katherine Purdy
Calm, practical counselling from an ex-paramedic
About Katherine
Katherine Purdy is a counsellor who moved into therapy after more than a decade working as a paramedic. She brings three years' counselling experience and a practical outlook to support people through anxiety, grief and other distressing emotions. She welcomes honest conversation and aims to create a steady space where someone can talk things through at their own pace.
Her background in emergency care shaped a calm, unhurried approach. Katherine listens closely and helps people make sense of upsetting events.
Background and approach
She uses talking therapies to help shift how someone feels about past experiences and current worries. Sessions focus on what matters to the person sitting in the room. Katherine draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships.
She uses client-centred and mindfulness tools to help people notice their feelings and build self-compassion. She also works with themes such as codependency, guilt and shame, panic and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Practical topics like parenting stress, work pressures and changes in life are part of the work she does with clients.
Katherine holds BACP accreditation with practice in the United Kingdom. Her style is straightforward and kind; she aims to help people feel steadier and more able to make choices that fit their values. Talking with a counsellor can be a first step toward clearer thinking and calmer days.
What Katherine works with
How Katherine works
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Sessions & fees
How Katherine’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at patterns of connection and how past bonds shape current relationships; online sessions can be a place to notice those patterns and try new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy means the counsellor follows the person’s lead and offers empathic listening and reflection to help people find their own answers. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and help with anxiety and stress.Katherine treats finding the right approach as a joint process. She listens to the person’s goals and preferences and suggests ways of working that might suit them better. Together they check in on what is helping and adjust the approach as therapy progresses.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging suit people who prefer typed communication or want shorter, more frequent check-ins. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, childcare or travel and let people try different formats to see what works best.
| 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
