Kathleen Forrester
Calm, practical counselling for everyday struggles
About Kathleen
Kathleen Forrester is a BACP counsellor who brings four years of practice to sessions. She focuses on creating a calm space where people feel heard and respected. Kathleen aims to help people make sense of difficulties and find practical ways forward.
She offers help for a wide range of concerns including low self-esteem, anxiety, stress, depression, grief and relationship worries. Other areas she addresses include coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, career uncertainty and challenges linked to ADHD.
Background and approach
She also works with issues such as attachment, chronic illness or pain, and isolation. Kathleen uses a blend of approaches tailored to each person. That can mean open, client-centred conversation that follows what matters most to the individual.
It can also mean structured work using cognitive behavioural techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop new habits. When trauma is part of the picture, she can include EMDR-informed methods alongside mindfulness practices to help with grounding and emotional regulation. Sessions move at a pace set by the person attending, with an emphasis on practical strategies and achievable steps.
People can expect a collaborative process that balances listening with focused planning. Kathleen supports clients who want both to talk through their history and to work on concrete goals for day-to-day life. Her approach is straightforward and rooted in everyday language.
What Kathleen works with
How Kathleen works
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It means the session follows what matters most to the individual, with warm listening and reflection to help clarify feelings and priorities. This approach suits people who want a safe space to sort through worries and make sense of their experience.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to shift unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits, which can help with anxiety, low mood and stress. EMDR informed work aims to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories by guiding attention in a specific way alongside talk-based processing; it is used when trauma or past events are getting in the way of daily life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process and is done together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before, then suggest a way forward. That plan can change as the work progresses to match evolving needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more contact feels useful, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, caregiving or travel while still using the approaches described above.
| 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
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
