Katie Madden, BACP

Katie Madden offers person-focused counselling that aims to put the client at the centre of each session. She uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside cognitive behavioural techniques to help people understand and change unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Katie is identified with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works from a straightforward, respectful stance and keeps sessions practical and calm.

She commonly helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. She also supports those facing depression, difficult life changes, and issues around relationships and intimacy. Katie has additional focus on attachment concerns, blended family challenges, and relationship commitment questions. Practical worries like sleep, eating, parenting and work-related stress are also part of her practice.

Katie brings six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Her approach adapts to each person: some sessions focus on exploring feelings and values, while others focus on learning new coping skills. She aims to balance listening with gentle challenge so clients can try different ways of thinking and behaving.

People who prefer straightforward language and a steady, patient presence may find her style useful. She explains therapy steps clearly and helps set small goals between sessions. Katie encourages people to take changes at a pace that suits them.

To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions to fit their needs. Payment uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How Katie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience first and focuses on empathy, listening and building trust. In practice this means sessions often start by talking about what matters most to the client and working at the client’s pace. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical techniques for reducing anxiety, managing mood and changing unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie will discuss options with each person and decide together what to try first. That might mean spending a few sessions listening and building goals, then adding CBT techniques for specific worries like panic, sleep or social anxiety.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as specific options are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also make it simpler to use written tools and homework between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists, commonly find that talking this way can still lead to steady progress when the approach fits the client’s needs.