Kathy Allatt
Compassionate counsellor focused on practical support
About Kathy
Kathy Allatt is a therapeutic counsellor with four years' experience who brings a caring, down-to-earth approach to her work. She trained to professional standards with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and she aims to make the first step into counselling feel manageable. Kathy writes plainly and listens closely so people feel heard from the start.
Her past clinical work includes time as a neonatal intensive care nurse.
Background and approach
That role involved supporting parents through the shock of a sick or premature baby and helping them bond during a stressful time. She has also supported people through baby loss and grief, and she understands how intense those emotions can be. Kathy draws on the person-centred tradition in her counselling.
She focuses on building a warm, non-judgemental relationship and follows the pace set by each person. She also uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy when they suit someone's needs.
People come to her for many reasons, including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, parenting strain, and career worries. She also supports issues such as compassion fatigue, ADHD, and fertility or hospice-related concerns.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online for people inside or outside the United Kingdom. Kathy aims to help people understand what they're facing and to work practically towards clearer next steps.
What Kathy works with
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Sessions & fees
Therapy approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting trapped by them, and to act in ways that match their values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on a warm, accepting relationship where the person leads the pace and content, which often helps people feel understood and start to make sense of difficult feelings. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for practical next steps and small changes that move someone towards their goals, making it useful for people wanting clearer action on specific problems.Kathy works collaboratively to find the right approach. She will talk through your goals and preferences and adapt methods that suit you. That way the style of therapy evolves from what feels most useful rather than being decided in advance.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls approximate face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to arrange counselling around work, family and travel commitments while still keeping regular contact with a therapist.
| 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
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- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
