Catherine Vincent, PACFA

Catherine Vincent is a PACFA counsellor with 12 years of experience supporting people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, trauma and depression. She frames clients as experts in their own lives and works alongside them to find realistic ways forward. Catherine keeps language direct and practical so conversations make sense on a busy day.

Her approach focuses on thoughts and everyday habits. She uses a mix of therapies to suit each person’s needs, including cognitive and mindfulness-based strategies. Sessions aim to build small, helpful routines and clearer ways of thinking that reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning.

Catherine often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and act in line with those values. She also uses attachment-informed work to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. Client-Centred techniques are used to keep sessions grounded in each person’s priorities.

She has worked with a broad range of concerns beyond the core areas, including body image, caregiving stress, chronic illness, attachment issues, and matters related to adoption and abandonment. Catherine describes therapy as a collaborative process that gradually changes habits through practice and reflection.

Sessions are delivered from Australia and are conducted in English. People who choose to work with her follow a simple intake process to match goals with the most useful mix of practical tools and reflective conversation.

Therapeutic approaches that suit online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and habits that get in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments; it is often helpful for anxiety, depression and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current behaviour and connection, and can help with relationship concerns and attachment issues.

Finding the best approach is part of therapy. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will choose techniques that fit the person’s aims, whether that means learning new thinking strategies, practising values-led actions, or exploring relationship patterns.

Confirm session formats before booking as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, require less travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They can also help people try practical skill-building exercises between sessions and bring real-life situations into conversation for direct problem solving.