Catherine Large

I currently have availability on Wednesdays.

I offer an initial free 15-minute phone chat for you to ask any questions you may have and for us both to get a sense if we would work well together.

One hour face to face sessions are in Exeter, about a 10-minute walk from the Cathedral. 

Sessions cost £50, with a limited number available at a concessionary rate.

Hello and welcome. There are many reasons why you may be seeking a listening ear right now.

Whatever emotional difficulties are showing up in your life I will provide you with a warm, compassionate, safe and confidential space to explore with you whatever challenges you bring, to guide you to new understanding. 

I work with young adult to elderly clients experiencing a wide range of issues including bereavement, depression and anxiety, affects of past traumas, sexual and domestic abuse, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and phobias. 

A qualified Mindfulness teacher, having undertaken training through University of Exeter, I offer this as a way to ground the sessions and, where appropriate, guide clients to engage in an embodied relationship to their emotional world. I currently also volunteer as a counsellor, at a centre where many clients have experienced domestic or sexual abuse. Prior to working as a counsellor, I facilitated Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction courses for individuals, general public groups and school teachers. 

I look forward to meeting you.

I consider you to be the expert of your own experience and the therapeutic relationship key to affecting change. Reflecting back what I hear you share, can widen the field of your awareness and emerging insights. As an integrative counsellor I draw on numerous approaches, I am particularly influenced by existential therapy – a humane approach to the wider context of life situations; systems therapy – which acknowledges the many, often conflicting, parts of a person and mindfulness – a compassionate encouragement to connect with all of who you are. I aim to gently challenge where appropriate and guide you towards the change you seek.