- EMDR work
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
About Kathleen
Kathleen Forrester is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of practice and more than 2,000 hours of client-facing experience. She works with people facing low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship worries, and issues connected to guilt and shame. Her background includes work with young people and adoption support counselling, and she names EMDR and CBT among her approaches.
She offers two main ways of working. One is open talking about past experiences, current struggles and planning for what comes next. The other is more structured - setting goals, challenging negative self-beliefs and building practical strategies. Sessions move at a pace that suits the person.
Kathleen uses several approaches to help people make sense of difficult feelings. Client-Centred work focuses on listening and supporting the person's own priorities. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviours to reduce unhelpful patterns. EMDR is used when trauma memories keep coming up and people want a different way to process them.
She also draws on existential ideas about meaning, and on mindfulness practices to help with stress and grounding. Kathleen says she helps individuals who are managing compassion fatigue, chronic illness, ADHD, and attachment or family-of-origin issues. She mentions work with LGBT concerns and women's issues as well.
People who want to start are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then book a first session. Costs vary with location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How Kathleen uses therapeutic approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening to what matters to the person and following their priorities. Online this means sessions centre on the issues you bring, with the counsellor reflecting and helping you clarify next steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, low mood and unhelpful self-beliefs. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) offers a method to work with distressing memories and the reactions they trigger, often alongside other talking work.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen discusses the options with each person and helps decide what to try first, based on the person's goals and what feels manageable. That decision is a collaboration and can change as therapy progresses.
Session formats in her biography are not listed in detail here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit work around daily life, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices and CBT tasks for remote sessions so people can continue practical work between meetings.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with self-esteem, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship worries, guilt and shame, and related issues such as chronic illness, ADHD and trauma.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She offers both exploratory sessions to talk through past and present issues, and structured sessions to challenge negative self-beliefs and build practical strategies.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of practice and over 2,000 hours of client work, including experience with adoption support and work with young people aged 11 to 21.
What credential does she hold and where does she practise?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.