Katie Madden, BACP

Katie Madden offers a practical, person-focused counselling style rooted in client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques. She emphasizes clear, respectful conversations and aims to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life. Katie holds BACP accreditation, and she brings six years of professional experience to her practice.

Katie helps people manage stress and anxiety, low mood, and challenges with self-esteem and confidence. She supports those facing life changes such as career shifts, parenting pressures, grief and relationship strain. She also addresses intimacy-related concerns, sleeping and eating difficulties, and issues related to attachment and commitment.

Sessions tend to be straightforward and conversational. Katie listens first, then works with each person to agree practical steps and simple tools they can try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and build new ways of coping.

Clients can also explore feelings connected to trauma, dissociation, isolation and self-harm in a paced and respectful way. Katie offers time to process difficult experiences while keeping goals and daily functioning in view. Her approach aims to balance understanding with action.

All work is tailored to each person's situation and goals. Katie guides people through small, achievable changes so they can feel more in control. Taking the first step is often the hardest part, and she offers steady support along the way.

How client-centred work and CBT translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and building a trusting dialogue where the person leads the pace and topics. It helps when someone needs space to talk through feelings and make sense of difficult experiences.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and offers simple, concrete strategies to try between sessions. It is useful for stress, anxiety, panic and low mood because it breaks problems into manageable steps.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person's goals, preferences and daily life. That may mean blending client-centred listening with CBT exercises and practical homework.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping progress moving forward.