About Catherine
Catherine Dicken is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety and major life changes. She meets people where they are and focuses on building a trusting space for talking things through. Catherine uses a straightforward, compassionate style to support clients working on grief, self-esteem, motivation and relationship concerns.
She draws on Somatic Therapy to help people notice how the body holds stress and anxiety, and uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support values-based change.
Background and approach
Attachment-based and client-centred ideas shape how she builds a warm, collaborative relationship. Mindfulness practices are offered for grounding and noticing patterns in day-to-day life. With four years of professional counselling experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Catherine blends practical tools with talk-based work.
Sessions aim to be paced to each person, focusing on what matters most right now. She supports people dealing with addiction, anger, career issues, parenting strains and the shock of separation or divorce. Catherine has particular experience with concerns around abandonment, codependency, communication problems and loneliness.
She also works with people coping with bipolar symptoms, dissociation and compassion fatigue. The goal is to find small, manageable steps that feel possible in daily life. People can expect calm, steady support that keeps things simple.
Catherine encourages curiosity about thoughts, feelings and bodily responses so clients can build clearer ways of coping at home and work.
How Catherine’s approaches work online
Somatic Therapy helps people tune into bodily sensations that accompany stress and anxiety. Online work can include guided noticing of breath and posture, and simple grounding practices to manage intense emotions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values. In remote sessions this can mean setting practical goals and using mindfulness exercises to reduce avoidance.The therapist treats finding the right approach as a shared process. She will discuss options, try different techniques and adapt methods to what feels most useful. Clients and therapist work together to choose steps that fit the person’s goals, needs and day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, family or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and body-based observations, while phone sessions suit those who prefer voice-only contact. Live chat and text-based messaging provide ongoing check-ins and brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy steady and consistent around busy schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English