Catherine Vincent

Catherine Vincent is a PACFA counsellor with 12 years of professional experience in Australia. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and depression. Catherine writes that she sees clients as the expert in their own story and aims to support people taking the first step toward change.

She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice what matters and take practical steps. Sessions focus on clear skills people can try between meetings, and on understanding patterns that keep problems repeating.

Catherine uses client-centred ways of working to listen to what each person wants from therapy. She also includes elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy when emotional regulation and interpersonal skills are needed. The work is collaborative and grounded in everyday life rather than abstract theory.

Her background includes a broad range of focus areas beyond core concerns, such as attachment issues, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness and body image. This variety means she often helps people whose difficulties overlap several areas at once.

Sessions are conducted in English in Australia. The process begins with a short matching questionnaire and an initial booking step to set goals and priorities for the first session.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take actions that matter to them, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression and struggles with direction or meaning. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour, and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine treats therapy as collaborative and will discuss ACT, CBT or attachment‑informed ways of working to see which fits a person's aims and preferences. She helps set goals and tests approaches over a few sessions so the plan can be adjusted as needed.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check‑ins when needed, and remove travel time. Working remotely still supports practical skill building, problem solving and planning next steps, and the therapist will talk through logistics and format choices when arranging the first appointment.