About Kate
Kate Lacy is a counsellor with extensive experience in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS and brings 25 years of practice to her work. Kate focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression and addiction.
She also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, self‑esteem struggles, grief and life transitions. Kate sees clients who are working through issues such as parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, career worries and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also helps people facing trauma and abuse, anger, and challenges linked to ADHD. Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and problems with communication and commitment. In sessions Kate emphasises a collaborative approach.
She treats each person as the expert in their own life and works alongside them to set goals. Conversations are practical and grounded, with attention paid to both feelings and everyday coping strategies. Her way of working draws on somatic ideas alongside attachment‑based and client‑centred practices.
Kate also uses cognitive behavioural and existential ideas when these fit a person’s needs. This mix lets her respond to emotions, body‑based reactions and unhelpful thinking patterns. People who prefer a steady, calm companion through change tend to find her style useful.
Kate aims to support clients to build confidence, clearer relationships and better ways of managing stress. She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat and text messaging to suit different routines and preferences.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Somatic ideas look at how feelings show up in the body and help people notice physical reactions tied to stress or trauma. This can be useful for those who feel tension, chronic pain or strong bodily responses when they think about certain memories.Attachment‑based therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and where they began. It helps someone see how past bonds affect current intimacy, communication and trust, and supports changes in how they relate to others.
Client‑centred practice puts the person’s goals at the centre of the work. The therapist offers empathic listening and helps people find their own solutions, which can suit those wanting a respectful, paced approach.
Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Kate will discuss options and adjust methods based on a person’s needs, goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and flexible rather than fixed, so the plan can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging to make therapy more accessible around work and family life. These formats allow regular check‑ins, shorter contacts or longer video conversations depending on what fits a person’s routine. They also make it easier to keep continuity of care when life or location changes.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English