Katherine Purdy , BACP

Katherine Purdy is a licensed therapeutic counsellor based in the United Kingdom who offers calm, empathetic support to people facing anxiety, grief, loneliness, or distress. She welcomes visitors to her page with an awareness that reaching out can feel difficult and provides a compassionate space to explore thoughts and emotions. She holds BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which indicates her professional affiliation with a UK counselling body.

Before retraining as a counsellor, Katherine worked for more than ten years as a paramedic and continued to work for the NHS while training. That background informs her belief in people’s resilience when they receive appropriate emotional support. In session she listens carefully, seeks to understand each person’s circumstances, and offers time to reflect on how past events are experienced in the present.

Katherine emphasizes that while past events cannot be changed, how someone feels about them can shift. She creates an accepting environment where clients can share anxieties, fears, and painful memories. Engaging in counselling is viewed as an act of courage, and Katherine aims to work alongside people as they move toward greater calm, self-understanding, and hope.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support

Katherine draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationship patterns shape current connections and feelings of abandonment or insecurity. This approach helps people understand attachment difficulties and how they affect intimacy, codependency, and relationship patterns.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on empathic listening and providing a nonjudgemental space so clients can discover their own solutions and build self-esteem. This method is particularly helpful for anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, and improving self-worth.

Katherine integrates Mindfulness Therapy techniques to bring attention to the present moment, reduce reactivity, and support coping with stress, panic, and compulsive thoughts. Licensed professionals and therapists often adapt these methods to fit each person’s needs, and Katherine will work collaboratively to identify the best fit based on a client’s goals, preferences, and experiences.

Online therapy with Katherine is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which supports flexible scheduling and accessibility for international clients. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, family, or mobility constraints while accessing professional therapeutic support.