Catherine Garbutt, NCPS
Practical, collaborative counselling for life challenges
Details
| Name | Catherine Garbutt |
|---|---|
| Credentials | NCPS |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | NCPS |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 4 |
About Catherine
Catherine Garbutt is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and relationship concerns. She also helps with coping with life changes, addictions, eating and sleeping issues, parenting pressures, low self-esteem and career worries. Catherine works with people affected by trauma and abuse and those living with long-term health or caregiving challenges.
She holds NCPS, which appears as her listed credential. Catherine believes people are the experts in their own stories.
Background and approach
She listens for strengths and helps clients name the patterns that cause pain. Sessions are collaborative - she offers guidance while encouraging people to make choices that fit their values. Her approach is practical and conversational.
Clients learn ways to manage thoughts, feelings and behaviour, and to build steady routines that feel sustainable. Catherine aims to make progress feel achievable rather than overwhelming. She draws on narrative ideas alongside acceptance and commitment principles and cognitive tools when these suit a person's needs.
Attachment-informed thinking also shapes how she reads relationship problems and intimacy concerns. Catherine has four years of professional experience and works with both neurodivergent and neurotypical people. Her style is flexible, and she can arrange appointments outside usual hours by agreement.
To begin, the site matching process helps pair a person with her and set up the first session.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Catherine works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Catherine among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Catherine directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Catherine directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and ACT ideas work online
Online work with Catherine draws on Narrative approaches and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside attachment-informed thinking. Narrative work helps people separate themselves from the problems they face by retelling and re-authoring difficult stories, which can ease shame and offer new perspectives on relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and building practical actions that matter to the person, helping with anxiety, depression and coping during life changes. Attachment-informed ideas look at how early patterns shape current relationship reactions and aim to improve communication and emotional connection. Catherine treats finding the right approach as a joint process. She will ask about your goals, what has helped or not helped before and how you prefer to work. Together you will try approaches that fit your needs and adjust them as you go. Online formats offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier when you just want to speak. Live chat or text-based messaging suits shorter check-ins, step-by-step coaching or people who prefer writing. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into a routine.Common questions about this listing
What issues does Catherine help with?
Catherine supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and trauma-related concerns. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, addiction and career or parenting pressures.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and collaborative. She listens for strengths, helps people reframe stories about themselves and offers practical strategies to manage thoughts and behaviour.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and with both neurodivergent and neurotypical people.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and lists NCPS as her credential.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted and sessions can be arranged across borders in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to her availability.
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