Catherine Pinder

Catherine Pinder is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional counselling experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD and LGBT concerns. She also supports matters such as abandonment, attachment issues and challenges linked to adoption and foster care.

Catherine describes her practice as humanistic and integrative, which means she draws on different approaches to suit the person in front of her. She has completed specialist training in grief, trauma, suicidality, LGBT issues, counselling children and young people, working therapeutically with autistic clients, and life-limiting illnesses. Those elements shape how she responds in sessions.

Before moving into full-time counselling she spent many years mentoring and teaching adults and young people. She also worked as a senior investigator dealing with safeguarding and victims of exploitation, which gave her extensive experience of trauma and high-pressure work environments. That background informs how she listens and plans support.

Sessions focus on clear practical steps alongside personal reflection. Catherine aims to help people build emotional strength and coping skills, and to talk through difficult feelings without pressure. She uses straightforward conversation, reflective listening and practical strategies to address daily stress and longer-term concerns.

Her approach is collaborative: she and the client agree what to work on and how to measure progress. People who come with relationship, identity or life-stage questions will find a direct style that mixes emotional exploration with tools for managing feelings and everyday tasks.

Therapeutic approaches and online work

Catherine draws on humanistic and integrative counselling approaches. Humanistic work focuses on understanding a person’s experience and helping them reflect on their feelings and choices. It suits people who need space to talk through identity, grief or life transitions.

Integrative counselling means combining methods when helpful, for example mixing reflective dialogue with practical strategies to manage anxiety or stress. That approach can help people who want both emotional exploration and clear techniques for everyday coping.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Catherine will discuss what feels most useful, try methods in session, and adjust based on the client’s needs, goals and preferences. She works with clients to set simple measures of progress rather than imposing a single method.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family commitments, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. For some people a phone call is less demanding than video, while video lets the counsellor and client use visual cues; practical fit guides the choice rather than a single right answer.