Catherine Dicken, BACP

Catherine Dicken is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety and life transitions. She focuses on everyday thoughts and habits that shape mood and behaviour. Catherine speaks English and keeps a calm, approachable style to make it easier to talk about difficult things.

She creates an open space where clients can share worries without fear of judgement. Sessions look at what is happening day to day and which habits or thoughts keep problems going. Catherine emphasises small, practical steps alongside reflective conversation so people can try things between meetings.

Her background includes four years of professional counselling work and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That experience has involved supporting people through grief, relationship strain, family problems and addictive behaviours, among other concerns.

Catherine draws on several therapeutic approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them. Attachment-based thinking informs how she talks about close relationships and patterns learned in childhood.

Conversations are tailored to the person rather than a strict formula. Catherine aims to help clients clarify what matters most to them, practise new ways of coping, and build routines that support small but steady change.

How Catherine’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful or distracting thoughts and then choose actions based on what matters to them. Online work can focus on small experiments and values-based goals that fit into daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current bonds and communication; in sessions this often means talking through relationship stories and trying new ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine treats the choice of methods as collaborative and adjusts them to fit each person’s needs, goals and preferences. She will discuss what seems most useful and try things for a few sessions to see what helps.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports working on day-to-day habits in the moment, since exercises can be practised between sessions and then reviewed together.