Katherine Purdy, BACP

Katherine Purdy is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She brings three years of counselling experience and a background that includes frontline work as a paramedic. Katherine aims to offer a calm, steady presence for people who are feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to turn.

Katherine listens with care and helps people make sense of difficult feelings. She focuses on practical conversation rather than jargon, so sessions often centre on what is happening now and what changes feel possible. She works at a gentle pace and gives space for strong emotions to be spoken about without hurry.

Her work supports a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and issues around intimacy and self‑esteem. She also helps with compulsions, panic attacks, and problems linked to family dynamics and attachment. Katherine takes worries about addiction, eating, work and parenting seriously and helps people to find clearer ways forward.

Her approach draws on attachment-based, client-centred, mindfulness, narrative and psychodynamic ideas. That means she pays attention to relationships, the stories people tell about themselves, present moments, and deeper life patterns. Sessions aim to blend listening with gentle guidance and practical strategies for coping.

People who come to her often want a straightforward, humane counsellor who can hold difficult feelings while looking for realistic steps forward. She welcomes English-speaking clients and works with people across different locations.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Katherine uses a mix of attachment-based, client-centred and mindfulness approaches. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how past bonds affect current feelings. This can be useful for intimacy concerns, abandonment worries and relationship difficulties.

Client-centred work puts the person at the heart of the conversation. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace, which helps when someone needs time to name emotions or make sense of life changes. Mindfulness techniques focus on present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce stress, calm panic, and build tolerance for difficult feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Katherine will work collaboratively to see what feels most helpful based on a person’s needs, goals and preferences. She may combine ways of working and adjust the focus over time so sessions remain relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people talk face to face, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins and text messaging helps keep a therapeutic thread between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family or travel without losing continuity of care.