Kathy Allatt, BACP

Kathy Allatt is a counsellor with four years of experience who aims to make reaching out feel easier. She offers calm, down-to-earth support and acknowledges how hard it can be to ask for help. Kathy works from a person-centred perspective and holds BACP registration, which she uses to guide her practice in the United Kingdom.

She keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to the person in front of her. Kathy listens without judgement and helps people name difficult feelings. Together they look at practical ways to cope and move toward the client’s goals.

Before training as a counsellor, Kathy worked as a neonatal intensive care nurse. That clinical background gives her direct experience of the pressures people face when dealing with serious health events and hospital stays. She is familiar with the emotional impact of transitions from hospital to home and with bereavement after the loss of a baby.

Kathy has also worked throughout the pandemic in NHS settings and understands the strains on healthcare workers. She uses that insight when helping people who are exhausted, overwhelmed or facing compassion fatigue. Her nursing background also informs how she links physical illness and emotional wellbeing in sessions.

Her approach is warm and practical. Sessions are a chance to talk through stressful moments, grief, anxiety, addiction-related concerns, relationship questions, parenting strains, or career and life-purpose worries. Kathy aims to help each person find small steps that feel manageable and realistic.

How Kathy’s approaches work online

Kathy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and take actions that align with those values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and when someone feels stuck and wants clearer direction.

She works from a person-centred model that centres on listening and empathy. This approach helps people feel heard and respected while they explore difficult emotions or make sense of a challenging situation.

Solution-Focused Therapy is also part of her practice and aims to find practical steps forward. It focuses on strengths, small changes and clear goals, which can suit people who want tangible solutions in a few sessions.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Kathy will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will try approaches and adjust the work to fit what feels most helpful.

Online therapy offers flexibility for different needs and schedules. Video calls are close to face-to-face conversations, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging give shorter check-ins and allow more frequent, brief contacts between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and other commitments.