My Approach
A gentle, integrative way of supporting you —
at a pace that feels right for you.
Your Journey Matters. Your Voice Matters.
Here, you’ll find a gentle space where you don’t have to walk alone—a place to pause, breathe, and take each step at a pace that feels safe for you..
At Katerpillar Counselling, we believe every person’s story unfolds differently.
Your memories, emotions, hopes, and hurts are part of a path that is uniquely yours.
There’s no need to compare your healing with anyone else’s, and there is no single timeline you must follow.
Just like walking side by side on a quiet shore, healing can feel lighter when someone is with you—steady, present, and unhurried.
How We Accompany You
Respecting Your Pace
We don’t rush change.
We walk alongside you—step by step—creating a safe and accepting space where your inner strength can gently emerge.
Listening to Your Story
Every chapter of your life deserves to be heard.
Joy, grief, confusion, hope—whatever you bring is welcome here.
Co-creating Your Own Path
Your path is your own. We draw from different therapeutic approaches to support you in finding the direction that feels true, grounded, and possible for you.
A Gentle Reminder
Healing often begins the moment you feel accepted.
You don’t need to hurry, and you don’t need to become anyone else.
Sometimes simply slowing down—being seen, understood, and accompanied—is already a beginning.
If you've been softly wondering, "Is it time to begin?"
You’re welcome to pause here—just for a moment.
Like light gently breaking through the clouds, sometimes clarity appears in the quietest spaces.
I offer a free 10-minute introductory phone consultation—not to explain or decide anything, but simply to sense whether we might walk this path together.
What matters most is this: a small, warm space of light, just for you.
Our Main Approaches
Every person’s story is different, and so is every path toward healing.
Just as colours gently blend into one another, we integrate a range of therapeutic approaches—choosing what best supports you in each moment.
Here are five of the approaches we work with most often, offered in a way that is warm, flexible, and attuned to your needs.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Supporting you in meeting your emotions with gentleness, and moving toward a life shaped by your values.
You will experience:
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Learning to sit with your emotions rather than fighting them
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Exploring what truly matters to you
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Taking small, meaningful steps that reflect your values
Best for:
Emotional overwhelm, stress, loss of direction
Attachment Theory
Supporting you in understanding your relational patterns and rebuilding a sense of emotional safety, trust, and connection.
You will experience:
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Exploring the early and present-day relationship experiences that shaped your patterns
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Feeling supported as you discover how safety and closeness can be rebuilt
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Strengthening healthier, more secure emotional connections
Best for:
Relationship difficulties, trust issues, childhood wounds, patterns of anxiety or avoidance in relationships
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Helping you understand how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours are connected—and gently shifting unhelpful thought patterns toward something more supportive.
You will experience:
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Understanding how certain thoughts shape emotional responses
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Learning practical coping strategies to manage anxiety or low mood
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Practising small, realistic steps to reframe unhelpful thinking
Best for:
Anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, self-critical thoughts
Couples Therapy
Providing a gentle, supportive space for partners to understand each other more deeply and strengthen emotional connection.
You will experience:
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Sharing emotions in a safe, guided space
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Practising attuned, meaningful communication
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Understanding each other’s needs, hurts, and hopes
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Rebuilding closeness and connection
Best for:
Communication difficulties, conflict patterns, emotional distance, reduced intimacy
Family Therapy
Supporting families to understand each other more deeply, strengthen connections, and navigate challenges together.
You will experience:
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Exploring family interaction patterns in a safe, guided space
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Helping each family member feel heard and understood
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Building healthier communication, understanding, and trust
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Working together toward shared goals and stronger relationships
Best for:
Family conflict, communication difficulties, parent–child tension, repeated interaction patterns
Other Approaches and Methods
Depending on your needs, I may also draw from a range of evidence-based approaches such as Mindfulness, Play Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, genograms and more—gently integrating what best supports you at each stage of your journey.
My aim is always the same:
to help you find a path that feels steady, authentic, and truly your own.
You deserve a healing journey that belongs to you.