Catherine Garbutt, NCPS
Catherine Garbutt, NCPS, offers compassionate counselling for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and other life challenges.
About Catherine
Catherine Garbutt, NCPS, offers compassionate counselling for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and other life challenges. She writes plainly and works collaboratively to help clients find practical ways to manage feelings and day-to-day struggles. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people take small steps that make a real difference.
Catherine draws on four years of professional experience and her own life perspective to inform her work. She helps people cope with grief and loss, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma, and issues around addiction and recovery.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with career strain, parenting pressures, sleep or eating difficulties, and neurodivergent-related challenges. In sessions she emphasises shared decision-making. Clients can expect a supportive space to talk through problems, learn new coping strategies, and practise skills such as managing difficult thoughts and emotions.
Catherine describes the work as collaborative - she guides sessions while inviting clients to use their own strengths to make changes. She offers a straightforward outlook: therapy takes effort from both people and is not a quick fix. The goal is better stability over time rather than instant solutions.
Catherine is able to arrange a range of appointment times and sometimes makes adjustments by mutual agreement. Catherine works from the United Kingdom and communicates in English. Her registration is NCPS.
People may find her style especially helpful if they want practical tools alongside reflective conversation.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS22-01574 | May 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Catherine works with
Everything Catherine lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT supports setting clear values and taking small committed actions to build a more meaningful life, which can help with stress, chronic pain, and low mood.
Catherine aims to work collaboratively to find the right approach for each person. She will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then pick methods that suit the client’s needs. That might mean blending CBT techniques with ACT or using client-centred listening to pace the work.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when internet bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing, need frequent brief check-ins, or want to reflect before responding. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
Frequently asked
What problems does Catherine help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns, among other issues listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Catherine takes a collaborative and down-to-earth approach, guiding sessions while encouraging clients to use their own strengths and try practical coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience combined with personal insight that informs her counselling work.
What credentials and location are listed?
Her credential is NCPS and she practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet with clients.
How does the cost structure work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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