Kate Hough, NCPS
8 years in practice
Kate Hough offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure where to begin.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS24-03732 · expires August 2026
- Years in practice
- 8
- 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 Kate
Kate Hough offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure where to begin. She speaks plainly and listens closely so worries feel easier to name. Sessions aim to help clients find small, practical steps that add up to clearer thinking and steadier days.
Kate trained in counselling and psychotherapy and holds the NCPS credential, which she uses alongside ongoing professional development. She works from a person-centred stance, valuing each person's pace and priorities.
Background and approach
That means conversations tend to follow what matters most to the client rather than a rigid script. She combines this with evidence-informed tools, such as cognitive behavioural techniques and elements of dialectical behaviour therapy, to help with unhelpful thoughts, overwhelming feelings and practical coping skills.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy also informs her work when people want to understand and change patterns in close relationships and emotional responses. Sessions are practical and conversational. Kate helps clients talk through current struggles, past experiences that still affect them, and goals for change.
People often work on stress, anxiety, low mood, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy questions, self-esteem, parenting pressures, ADHD and workplace concerns. Kate offers appointments by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. She tailors each session to the person’s needs and aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant.
The tone is supportive and steady, with simple exercises and clear options for next steps.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kate lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kate names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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
How Kate uses different approaches in online therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and how they shape close relationships. It helps people notice and change patterns of emotional response that leave them feeling disconnected or stuck.Client-Centred Therapy puts the client's experience at the heart of each session. The therapist follows the person's agenda, offers reflection and empathy, and supports people to find their own solutions.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful thinking and build practical coping skills for anxiety, low mood and rumination.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. Kate will listen to your concerns, discuss options and adapt the work to match your goals and preferences. Many people find a blend of listening and skills work suits them best, and plans can change as therapy unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging works for ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems can I bring to sessions?
Kate works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma and relationship difficulties. She also supports people with ADHD-related challenges, self-esteem, parenting strain and career or coaching questions.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Her style is conversational and person-centred, following what matters most to the client. She mixes listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural and dialectical approaches when helpful.
What is Kate's background and experience?
She has eight years' experience and holds a degree in counselling and psychotherapy. She continues professional development to keep her work up to date.
Where does she practise and what credentials are held?
Kate works in the United Kingdom and holds the NCPS credential as supplied in her profile.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.
In what formats are sessions available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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