- Practical steps
- Strengths focused
- Collaborative planning
About Catherine
Catherine Vincent is a PACFA counsellor with 12 years of professional experience. She invites people to bring their story and builds on their strengths to help them move through hard times. Catherine emphasises simple, practical steps and clear goals rather than jargon or long tests. She makes room for honest conversations about money stress, relationships, trauma and day-to-day anxiety.
Her style is direct and warm. Sessions focus on what feels manageable now and what can change over time. She uses a mix of approaches to suit each person, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-informed ideas. The aim is to help people notice unhelpful patterns, try new ways of responding, and practise small changes that add up.
Catherine has worked with people dealing with depression, addiction and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing stress from caregiving, chronic illness, adoption and attachment concerns, body image, and commitment or codependency issues. Financial strain and money-related anxiety are named concerns she helps people talk through.
Sessions are conversational and work-focused. Catherine listens, offers feedback, and suggests techniques people can use between meetings. She encourages practical experiments - short exercises to test new behaviours in everyday life.
People who value straightforward guidance and a collaborative approach may find her style helpful. To begin, she asks a few questions about current needs and goals so the work can start in a clear, useful way.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It supports change by focusing on what matters and building small, consistent actions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical skills to shift patterns that maintain anxiety or depression. Attachment-Based ideas pay attention to how early relationships shape current connections and help people try new ways of relating and regulating emotion.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods might suit best. The choice of approach can change over time as goals shift and new issues emerge, and she treats this as a collaborative process.
The original profile does not list specific online formats. Please confirm which formats are offered before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - they can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins between face-to-face appointments, and make it simpler to attend from different locations. They also let therapists share exercises, worksheets and skills practice that people can use between sessions. Appropriately qualified or registered therapists can adapt ACT, CBT and attachment-informed work to an online setting while focusing on practical steps people can try between meetings.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Catherine supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship concerns and trauma and abuse. She also works with issues such as attachment, caregiving stress, body image and financial worry.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is conversational, practical and focused on small, usable changes. She combines talking, skills practice and home experiments to help people try new ways of coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and relationship concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with PACFA and practices in Australia.
What languages are supported and can international clients book?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
The original information does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and the subscription model used. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.