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- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- CBT and attachment
About Kathryn
Kathryn Dowds is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, grief and loss, eating and mood concerns, and relationship and intimacy-related issues. Her practice also addresses trauma and abuse, sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related challenges.
She works from a belief that the client is the expert in their own story. Sessions emphasise listening and helping people recognise their existing strengths. Kathryn encourages practical steps alongside reflective conversation to help people manage and move through difficult moments.
Her background includes work supporting people with grief and bereavement and with substance and behavioural addictions. She also spends time with issues linked to attachment, abandonment and codependency. That experience informs how she notices patterns in relationships and emotional reactions.
Therapeutic methods Kathryn uses include attachment-based ideas, client-centred practice, cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic and existential perspectives. Those approaches guide how she learns about a person, spots unhelpful patterns, and tries out small changes in thinking and behaviour.
Sessions are straightforward and paced to what the person needs. Kathryn aims to help people build clearer ways of coping and to reduce the everyday weight of worry, grief or compulsive behaviours. To start, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
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How her approaches shape remote sessions
Kathryn uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help people identify unhelpful thinking and test small behavioural changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and some eating concerns.She also draws on attachment-based work to look at how early and current relationship patterns affect feelings and trust. This can be helpful for intimacy-related issues, abandonment concerns and codependency.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kathryn will discuss goals and preferences in the first sessions and will suggest ways of working that fit the person's needs. She treats this as a collaborative process and adapts methods as therapy progresses.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them explicitly. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a work break. They also let people choose setups that reduce bandwidth or avoid being on camera when preferred.
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Areas of expertise
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, eating and depression issues, plus relationship and intimacy-related problems and trauma and abuse.
What style of therapy does she practise?
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred practice, cognitive behavioural techniques, psychodynamic and existential perspectives.
How much professional experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working with people on grief, addiction and related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.