Catherine Harding

As at 16th November 2023:

I have no Monday or evening availability at the moment.

Face to face (Basingstoke):

I have some weekly appointments available at the moment, either Wednesdays or Thursdays. These are for mornings through to early afternoon.  I have a short waiting list for Fridays. 

Online or Phone:

I have some online appointment time available on Tuesdays or Wednesday afternoons. These are between 9.00am-3.00pm.

I occasionally have other appointment times available, due to client holidays or breaks, so please do get in touch if you want to explore other availability. 

I am a qualified therapeutic counsellor who works with adults of all ages and young people over 15 years old.

Many clients come to counselling when they are re-evaluating their life or relationships, or coping with change or a difficult family situation. Or it may be that you are feeling distressed, anxious or unhappy and not sure how to deal with those feelings. 

I can offer you a safe place to explore what you are feeling, a chance to deal with what has gone on in the past and look at what you want in your life going forward.

As well as general counselling, I have experience of working with neurodivergent clients and their family members, particularly dealing with ADHD or Autism Spectrum Condition. Sometimes people come to see me because they are adjusting to their own or a family members’ neurodivergent diagnosis. Or it may be that you want to understand yourself and others better, or to navigate changes in your life like a new relationship or a new work or social environment.

I also have experience dealing with fatigue conditions like Chronic Fatigue/ME and Long Covid as well as stress and executive burnout.  

I offer a professional, supportive and non judgmental approach, either in short term work or as ongoing sessions.

Standard sessions are 50 minutes long and we can work together either face to face in rooms in Basingstoke town centre, on the phone or online through zoom.

Private work is done through my counselling agency, Bowbrook Counselling.

I am an integrative counsellor, which means I have studied and thought about many different theories of why we are the way we are and how we can address any difficulties we are experiencing.

I find that every client is different so I use different aspects of these theories in our work together. We can use traditional talking therapy or we might use creative or visual tools to help you express what you are feeling or want to change in your life.

I have seen older adults and adult clients of all ages through independent counselling agencies and I have worked with adolescents in a sixth form college environment.  

I have completed additional professional development in working with adolescents, LGBT+, anxiety, trauma and working with neurodivergent clients. In particular I have experience in working therapeutically with ADHD in both men and women. 

I am a Registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, maintaining strict client confidentiality within UK legal requirements. I am registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and all client data is treated in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). 

I believe it is important that the 'chemistry' is right between you and any counsellor you choose to work with. To try and help with this, I offer a 15-20 minute initial phone call free of charge to begin to talk about why you want to have counselling and give you a chance to ask any immediate questions you may have about me and how I work.

The next step is an initial assessment session, which is chargeable at my standard rate. This is the beginning of our work together, so there is some information gathering in this session as well as some time for us to consider what your needs are, establish an initial time period to work together and identify any therapeutic goals. It’s ok if you don’t know exactly what you want to achieve when you start, we can talk about it together and these goals can be reviewed as we go along.

Please contact me if you have any further questions or would like to explore the possibility of us working together. 

As at 16th November 2023:

I have no Monday or evening availability at the moment.

Face to face (Basingstoke):

I have some weekly appointments available, either Wednesdays or Thursdays. These are for mornings through to early afternoon. I have a short waiting list for Fridays.

Online or Phone:

I have some online appointment time available on Tuesdays or Wednesday afternoons. These are between 9.00am-3.00pm.

I occasionally have other appointment times available, due to client holidays or breaks, so please do get in touch if you want to explore other availability. 

I am a qualified therapeutic counsellor who works with adults of all ages and young people over 15 years old. 

Many clients come to counselling when they are re-evaluating their life or relationships, or coping with change or a difficult family situation. Or it may be that you are feeling distressed, anxious or unhappy and not sure how to deal with those feelings. 

I can offer you a safe place to explore what you are feeling and a chance to deal with what has gone on in the past and look at what you want in your life going forward.

I also have experience of working with neurodivergent clients and their family members, particularly dealing with ADHD or Autism Spectrum Condition. Sometimes people come to see me because they are adjusting to their own or a family members’ neurodivergent diagnosis. Or it may be that you want to understand yourself and others better, or to navigate changes in your life like a new relationship or a new work or social environment. 

I also have experience dealing with fatigue conditions like Chronic Fatigue/ME and Long Covid, as well as stress and executive burnout. 

I offer a professional, supportive and non judgmental approach, either in short term work or as ongoing sessions.

Standard sessions are 50 minutes long and we can work together either face to face in rooms in Basingstoke town centre on the phone or online through zoom.

Private work is done through my counselling agency, Bowbrook Counselling.

I am an integrative counsellor, which means I have studied and thought about many different theories of why we are the way we are and how we can address any difficulties we are experiencing.  

I find that every client is different so I use different aspects of these theories in our work together. We can use traditional talking therapy or we might use creative or visual tools to help you express what you are feeling or want to change in your life. 

I have seen older adults and adult clients of all ages through independent counselling agencies and I have worked with adolescents in a sixth form college environment.

I have completed additional professional development in working with adolescents, LGBT+, anxiety and working with neurodivergent clients. In particular I have experience in working therapeutically with ADHD in both men and women.

I am a Registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, maintaining strict client confidentiality within UK legal requirements. I am registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and all client data is treated in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). 

I believe it is important that the 'chemistry' is right between you and any counsellor you choose to work with. To try and help with this, I offer a 15-20 minute initial phone call free of charge to begin to talk about why you want to have counselling and give you a chance to ask any immediate questions you may have about me and how I work.

The next step is an initial assessment session, which is chargeable at my standard rate. This is the beginning of our work together, so there is some information gathering in this session as well as some time for us to consider what your needs are, establish an initial time period to work together and identify any therapeutic goals. It’s ok if you don’t know exactly what you want to achieve when you start, we can talk about it together and these goals can be reviewed as we go along.

Please contact me if you have any further questions or would like to explore the possibility of us working together.