Kathryn Maddy-Powell, BACP

Kathryn Maddy-Powell is an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist with seven years of hands-on practice in paid and voluntary roles. She supports people through difficult life events such as bereavement, trauma and major personal loss. Kathryn is known for a calm, non-judgemental manner that helps people feel heard and understood from the first session.

Her approach draws on a blend of therapies so the work matches each person’s needs. She uses person-centred ideas to build trust and psychodynamic perspectives to look at recurring patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps with practical coping strategies and existential thinking can support questions about meaning and values.

Kathryn has worked with people affected by suicide, permanent child removal, dementia-related bereavement, and other forms of grief and loss. She also addresses stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and relationship and intimacy-related issues. Additional focus areas include attachment, caregiver strain, chronic illness, codependency and impulsivity.

Sessions tend to be calm and reflective, with an emphasis on listening first and then choosing approaches that fit. Kathryn aims to help people notice patterns, try manageable changes and build clearer ways of coping. Her membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is recorded as BACP.

She practises in the United Kingdom and works in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions according to therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Many of Kathryn's core methods aim to balance practical steps with deeper reflection. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship, which helps people feel accepted and able to talk about difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers manageable tools to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Psychodynamic ideas help identify recurring patterns and early experiences that influence current behaviour and relationships.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Kathryn will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped in the past, then agree a plan together. That collaborative decision means therapy can shift over time as needs change.

The practical benefits of online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Online sessions can reduce travel time, allow a shorter check-in between commitments, or avoid the need to be on camera if that feels uncomfortable. Please confirm the exact session formats available before booking, since the biography does not list which formats are offered. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt the same therapeutic approaches for remote work, helping people make steady progress without changing the nature of the therapy itself.