Catherine Andrew
BSc Psychology | DipHE Therapeutic Counselling
BACP (membership 01029162)
Hello,
I am an integrative psychotherapist, counsellor and ADHD coach helping adults and young people overcome life’s challenges, build their resilience and confidence, all to seek a meaningful everyday life and future.
My experience and interests include the challenges of loss, anxiety, low mood, teenage life and neurodiversity.
I have also trained as an ADHD coach.
I live in Rutland with my husband, teenage daughter and Labrador-Spaniel 'cockador' cross.
The Cottage Room:
My therapy & coaching venue
Based in Morcott, Rutland Le15
I also offer sessions via
video & telephone
Contact Me
07393 994938 (call/text/whatsapp)
Office Hours
Uppingham 7 mins
Stamford & Oakham 15 minutes
Mon - Fri
9am – 6pm
More about me
My (longer) Story
My journey began when I did my Psychology degree after school. I was particularly fascinated when I co-authored my dissertation article with a wonderful practicing psychologist on how support networks - including dogs and hairdressers! - could help alleviate depression. Graduating, I felt too young and insufficiently worldly wise to start a job in clinical psychology, and put my psychology to use for many years in the corporate world, as a consumer behaviour strategist in marketing and advertising.
Full circle to my mid-life, I feel I have now gained the lived experiences that I desired to inform my psychotherapy and counselling practice - whether experiencing work stress and burn out, discovering my personality didn’t quite fit the hard nosed, advertising industry - or, as a parent appreciating the struggles teenagers have growing up in today’s world, together with first hand experience of the challenges of juggling parenthood, home and career.
My therapeutic approach
Person-centred foundation with CBT & DBT informed techniques
As a qualified psychotherapist and counsellor, I relish helping my clients to better cope and manage their anxiety or low mood, to understand their emotions and facilitate building confidence in their own identity and decision making - all to find a happier more purposeful life, that feels well lived, or at least a little bit easier day by day.
My experience includes supporting within a school, a hospice and a child abuse charity, exposing me to a wide range of client issues including grief, loss, health impacts, trauma, school and workplace stress, relational conflict, anxiety and depression.
Following personal experience with neurodiversity, and being a science nerd, I sought training in ADHD neuroscience fundamentals, therapeutic support for ADHD. I have trained as a ADHD coach helping clients understand how they can work with their brain, overcoming executive function challenges and focusing on their strengths.
I work with
Adults
Young Persons (15+)
Parents & Carers
I support clients experiencing
Anxiety and excessive over-thinking
Depression & Low mood
Loss and grief, including separation
ADHD/AuDHD impact
Relational conflict
Trauma and abuse
Low self-esteem and confidence
Emotional dysregulation
Workplace / Parental stress & burnout
School related anxiety
Professional Interests
Loss and grief psychology
ADHD neuroscience & holisitic strategies
The Teenage brain
Trauma & the brain
Young adult challenges of transitions: GCSE, A level & University, study and home-life independence
My therapuetic modalities
Person-centred therapy & counselling (PCT)
CBT-based therapy
DBT-informed interventions
Trauma-informed Practice
Flash Technique (a derivative of EMDR, for trauma)
ADHD Psychoeducation
ADHD coaching & mentoring
My Qualifications
DipHE Therapuetic Counselling (OU)
NTA ADHD Fundamentals
NTA ADHD Coach (ICF recognised)
BSc.(Hons) Psychology
Certificate in Counselling Children & Young People
Annual Safeguarding training
Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma in Market Research
Integrity Assurances
Enhanced DBS checked
A member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP)
ICO registered
Insured (Holistic Insurance)
When I'm not at work, I am happiest....
Walking in the Rutland countryside with my cockador dog, Lottie
Cooking up a Paella in the garden
Hosting friend & family gatherings
Watching a crime box-set with my husband or a vampire series with my daughter
I find my own therapy in ...pulling weeds in my garden!
