Catherine Smith , NCPS

Catherine Smith is a United Kingdom-based therapist with 15 years of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, motivation and self-esteem, and confidence concerns, as well as issues related to addiction, trauma, intimacy, sleep, and coping with major life changes. Her additional focuses include body image, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia.

Catherine approaches therapy from a strengths-based perspective, believing that each person is the expert on their own story and already possesses resources to move toward a more fulfilling life. She aims to create an empowering space where clients can explore their experiences, build on personal strengths, and take practical steps toward change. Catherine incorporates hypnotherapy as one of her clinical approaches, using guided relaxation and focused attention to help address patterns that contribute to anxiety, low mood, sleep difficulties, and habit-related concerns.

She holds the NCPS credential, a recognized professional credential in the United Kingdom, and accepts clients both locally and internationally. Catherine offers support in English and provides flexible ways to engage in therapy to suit different needs and schedules.

Practical Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Catherine Smith incorporates hypnotherapy into her practice. Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to help people access the thoughts, feelings, and patterns that influence stress, anxiety, sleep, and habit-related concerns. For clients facing grief, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, or addiction-related patterns, hypnotherapy can be paired with reflective conversation to support new perspectives and change.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work - Catherine treats this as a collaborative process. She will listen to each person’s goals, preferences, and life context and help determine whether hypnotherapy or another approach best supports their aims. This collaborative exploration helps shape a tailored plan that matches what the client wants to achieve.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support across distances. These formats offer flexibility in scheduling, consistent access to a licensed professional, and multiple ways to communicate so clients can choose the mode that feels most comfortable and effective for them.