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Kate Lacy

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Kate Lacy, NCPS

United Kingdom

Counsellor - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsNCPS
  • RegistrationNCPS, United Kingdom / NCS22-03960
  • Experience25 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationUnited Kingdom

About

  • Attachment-based work
  • Cognitive behavioural tools
  • Mindfulness techniques

About Kate

Kate Lacy is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has 25 years of experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and anger. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, motivation and career questions.

Her style treats the client as the expert in their own life. She listens for strengths and practical options. Sessions focus on straightforward steps rather than jargon. The aim is clearer thinking and more manageable day-to-day choices.

She uses a blend of approaches to fit what each person needs. That can include talking about attachment patterns from past relationships and how they show up now. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy methods are used for noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes.

Mindfulness-based work appears when slowing down and noticing the present helps reduce reactivity. Existential ideas are introduced to examine values and what matters most when someone feels stuck. These approaches are described simply and used as tools, not labels.

Practical concerns are central. Sessions commonly look at handling anger in relationships, coping with workplace stress, and improving sleep and eating routines. People are helped to try small experiments between meetings and reflect on what works. This keeps the work grounded in everyday life.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Kate commonly draws on Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in sessions. Client-Centred Therapy means the counsellor keeps the conversation focused on your concerns and priorities, offering reflective listening and questions that clarify what you want to change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and introduces practical exercises to test different responses to stress or anger. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and agree on what to try first based on your goals, history and what feels manageable. That conversation is collaborative and can change as you learn what helps. If you want to use online sessions, please confirm the session formats offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around a busy day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also mean some sessions focus more on exercises you can practise between meetings, which helps apply techniques to everyday situations.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

25+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger and relationship and intimacy-related issues, plus practical life concerns like sleep, eating and career stress.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style treats the client as the expert and focuses on practical steps. She combines listening with clear, usable techniques.

How much experience does she have?

She has 25 years of professional experience working with people on a wide range of concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is registered with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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