Kate Janach

Kate Janach brings a clear, compassionate approach to counselling. She opens sessions as a calm presence for people facing loss, major life changes or ongoing stress. Kate is a BACP member, which she holds alongside a background in general and mental health nursing. She describes the room as a place to be listened to without judgement and to make sense of what has happened.

She focuses on practical conversations that help people understand their feelings. Sessions look at recent events like bereavement, separation, or trauma, and at older experiences that still cause pain. Kate says her role is not to give advice but to support people as they consider what matters to them next.

Kate works in an integrative way, which means she blends different counselling styles to meet each person’s needs. She explains techniques and tailors the work so it fits the individual rather than using one fixed method. This flexible approach aims to build a steady working relationship the client can rely on.

Her nursing background gives her particular insight into stresses faced by health and medical workers, and she understands how caregiving and illness affect daily life. Kate also lists areas such as relationships, parenting, grief, addiction, trauma, self-esteem and career concerns among her focus areas.

People can expect a respectful, steady presence in sessions, with time to explore what has happened and what a person wants going forward. The emphasis is on listening, helping clients name their priorities, and working together to find manageable steps ahead.

How evidence-based techniques can help online

Integrative counselling brings together different evidence-based techniques and adapts them to the person in front of the therapist. One common approach is person-centred work, which focuses on listening carefully and helping people identify what matters to them and what they want to change. This can help with grief, anxiety and low mood by giving space to express and make sense of feelings.

An additional approach often used within integrative practice is skills-based work, which teaches practical tools for coping with stress, sleep problems, anger or addictive urges. These skills are straightforward to practise between sessions and aim to improve day-to-day functioning.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist and client will collaborate to choose methods that match the client’s goals, history and preferences. That planning is reviewed over time so the work stays relevant.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm which session formats are offered before booking as the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, offer shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so counselling feels more manageable alongside work, caregiving or health commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can guide you on how to structure remote sessions to suit your life.