About
- Attachment-based work
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practices
About Kate
Kate Lacy is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has 25 years of practice experience in the United Kingdom. She works with adults who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, low self-esteem, depression, addictions and parenting concerns. She also addresses grief, sleeping and eating difficulties, anger and coping with life changes.
Her approach is practical and straightforward. She treats people as experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are conversational and focused on real issues at home and work. She encourages small, manageable steps that fit into everyday life.
Over time she draws on several methods to suit each person. Attachment-based ideas are used to understand patterns in close relationships and how they affect feelings. Cognitive-behavioural techniques help spot unhelpful thoughts and test them with everyday experiments. Mindfulness helps with grounding and managing intense emotions in the moment.
She is also informed by psychodynamic and existential perspectives when exploring deeper personal themes such as meaning, loss or repeating relationship patterns. These approaches are used to help people make sense of long-standing difficulties and to find ways forward.
People seeking support for family-related strain or for the challenges of parenting often find sessions focus on clearer communication, boundary-setting and coping strategies. The work aims to make daily life more manageable rather than promising quick fixes.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used in online work
Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how they shape feelings and behaviours. It can help when trust, closeness or repeated difficulties with others are part of the problem by identifying recurring interaction styles and small changes to try. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and experiments to test unhelpful beliefs and to build more helpful responses to stress, anxiety and low mood. Mindfulness offers simple practices to notice and manage difficult feelings in the moment. Short grounding exercises and breathing techniques can reduce overwhelm and improve focus during stressful times. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Decisions about methods are collaborative and can change as needs evolve. Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around childcare, work breaks or other daily demands. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited and offers a way to keep continuity of support without long travel.Areas of focus
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, depression, addictions, family and parenting concerns, grief and sleep or eating problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and practical. She uses a strengths-based way of working and focuses on steps you can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and relationship issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are used for sessions?
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.