Cathy Hadley

Cathy Hadley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, and follows their standards of practice. Cathy aims to make the first step into therapy easier by offering a respectful and down-to-earth approach.

Cathy helps people who are struggling with stress and anxiety, low mood and depression, relationship and family tensions, trauma and abuse, and issues around anger. She also supports people facing grief, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, career concerns, neurodiversity-related questions and ADHD. Her work includes additional focus on abandonment, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care matters, and chronic illness or caregiving stress.

In sessions she offers a warm, non-judgemental space for people to talk through what matters most to them. Cathy adapts the plan to each person’s needs and uses straightforward, practical steps alongside listening and reflection. Her style is collaborative and respectful, and she encourages people to set goals that feel achievable.

She draws on several ways of working to suit different problems and personalities. Cathy pays attention to how relationships and past experiences shape feelings and behaviour, and she helps people build skills for managing difficult thoughts and emotions. She is willing to work around clients’ schedules when possible.

If you are unsure how to begin, Cathy invites you to take the initial step and complete the short matching process to find out more about working together.

How Cathy uses different approaches online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings and behaviour. It helps when people are struggling with trust, closeness or repeated relationship patterns by exploring those early bonds and how they play out now.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It involves open listening and reflection so people can find their own answers and build confidence to make changes in their life.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and replaces them with more workable strategies. It is useful for worries, low mood and some stress-related problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cathy will discuss different ways of working and together you will pick what fits your needs, goals and preferences. She tailors the plan as new information emerges so the work stays relevant and practical.

The original profile does not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm the current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around daily commitments, reduce travel time, and allow a quieter check-in or a shorter focused session when that suits your day. Registered or accredited professionals can use different methods to help people make steady progress without needing every session to be the same length or style.