Kate Mollison, BACP

Kate Mollison is a counsellor with 24 years of practice in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration and has worked across a range of settings, from the NHS to employee assistance programmes and private practice. Her work focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma and grief, and on practical coping for life changes.

She describes an integrated, person-centred approach that adapts to each person rather than using one fixed method. That means building a respectful therapeutic relationship, then choosing tools together that fit the issue at hand. She uses cognitive behavioural ideas to map thoughts and behaviours, and mindfulness techniques to calm the body and mind.

Mindfulness and compassion-focused approaches feature in sessions to reduce self-criticism and teach simple breathing and grounding skills. Solution-focused ideas are used when people want clear, short-term goals or practical steps to move forward. Trauma-focused methods inform work with memories and past hurt when that is relevant.

Kate has spent much of her career offering therapy in different cultural and workplace contexts. She says every client brings a unique history and set of coping patterns, so sessions are tailored to what each person needs. Her style is curious and open, with an emphasis on honesty, acceptance and gentleness when looking at difficult patterns.

Clients can expect straightforward, practical conversations and tools they can use between sessions. Kate keeps learning through courses and reading so her practice evolves, and she aims to help people find clearer ways of managing stress, relationships and life transitions.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred work focuses on building a trusting relationship and listening closely to what matters to the person. Online sessions can still prioritise that connection while exploring how thoughts, feelings and behaviours are linked. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers clear steps and tools to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavioural experiments, which adapt well to remote sessions because worksheets and exercises can be shared and practised between meetings.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple breath work and attention exercises to reduce stress and increase present-moment awareness. These practices are easy to guide in a session and to repeat at home as short daily habits. The therapist will discuss which approaches feel most helpful and make decisions together based on the person's goals and preferences.

Because the available session formats are not specified here, please confirm current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can fit around work and caregiving by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed and enabling people to use tools between sessions in their day-to-day life. Registered and accredited professionals often find remote work helps maintain continuity of care and supports steady progress without requiring in-person attendance.