Cathy Hadley, BACP
Cathy Hadley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
- +13 more
About Cathy
Cathy Hadley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, known by the abbreviation BACP, and works within that professional framework. Cathy aims to make the first step feel manageable and respectful for anyone reaching out.
Clients meet a calm and direct approach. Cathy focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety, lift low mood, and manage trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
She helps people talk through relationship and family tensions and supports those coping with grief, sleep and eating concerns, or major life changes. Her work is collaborative and paced to each person. Cathy uses methods that explore attachment, emotions and thinking patterns, and she adapts sessions according to individual needs.
She pays attention to how earlier relationships affect current feelings and behaviour. People often come for help with self-esteem, anger, parenting strain, career pressure or ADHD-related difficulties. Cathy also addresses issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, chronic illness, body image, codependency and communication problems.
This range reflects practical, everyday concerns rather than labels. Sessions are offered in English and Cathy accepts international clients. She can meet by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging and will work with a schedule that fits your life.
To start, users complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions according to her availability.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 374685 | May 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Cathy works with
Everything Cathy lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cathy lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cathy will discuss options with each person and decide together which methods suit the client's goals, preferences and situation. This collaborative process means plans can change as progress is made.
Online therapy makes these approaches more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when discussion and emotional work are needed. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts in writing and fit support around busy days. Together these formats help make therapy accessible across time zones and differing schedules.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Cathy commonly help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship difficulties, along with issues like self-esteem, grief, eating and sleeping problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Cathy works collaboratively and plainly, focusing on emotional experience, attachment patterns and how thoughts affect mood. Sessions aim to be practical and paced to each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience working in counselling and psychotherapy settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
Cathy is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and client regions are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
She meets people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Cathy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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