Cathleen Brentnall, BACP
10 years in practice
Cathleen Brentnall offers calm, practical support for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed.
License and registration
- BACP
- 395572 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Cathleen
Cathleen Brentnall offers calm, practical support for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed. She focuses on day-to-day problems like relationship strain, anxiety, low mood, grief and parenting stress. Sessions aim to make small, useful changes that fit each person’s life and values.
Cathleen uses talking and reflective exercises to uncover what matters most to each person. She works with practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches and acceptance-based ideas to help manage thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
Background and approach
Emotional connection is a priority, with Emotionally-Focused Therapy used to help people identify and shift painful patterns in close relationships. Her background includes ten years of counselling experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma, eating and sleep issues, chronic illness, caregiving stress and workplace burnout.
This experience informs straightforward strategies that people can try between sessions. Cathleen adapts the pace and style of sessions to suit each person’s needs and learning style. Some people find structured exercises helpful; others prefer a gentler, exploration-based approach.
She also integrates targeted techniques such as eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing when appropriate. Sessions are offered in English and are suitable for people in the United Kingdom and internationally. The focus is on practical steps, clearer communication and rebuilding confidence so daily life becomes more manageable.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cathleen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cathleen names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Many clients meet online to work on emotions, behaviour and relationships. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and shift painful interaction patterns in close relationships by focusing on underlying feelings and attachment needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then take actions guided by their values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then try out methods together and adjust the plan as needed. That way the work matches your pace and priorities rather than following a fixed script.
Online sessions using video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and emotional connection. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when people prefer not to be on camera. Messaging and live chat can support shorter check-ins, written reflection and ongoing coaching between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with relationship problems, anxiety, depression, trauma and parenting stress, plus concerns like grief, sleep and eating issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines emotional work with practical tools from cognitive and acceptance-based therapies to help people make changes that fit their life.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of counselling experience working with individuals on a wide range of concerns.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes. Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
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