Kate Neligan, BACP

Kate Neligan is a fully qualified integrative psychotherapist based in London. She holds an MA and an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling and is a registered member of the BACP - the professional association for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom. With 16 years of experience across private practice and NHS settings, she has supported people facing a wide range of concerns.

Her work covers anxiety, depression, anger management, bereavement, trauma, neurodiversity, social anxiety, relationship difficulties and matters relating to sexuality. She offers both short-term and longer-term therapy, tailoring the length and focus of work to the needs of each person. Her therapeutic style is empathic and collaborative, emphasising respect, compassion and a constructive working alliance.

Using an integrative framework, she blends humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives with elements of CBT and solution-focused techniques to create a personalised plan. This approach helps clients explore underlying patterns, process difficult emotions and develop practical coping strategies. Prospective clients are invited to work together to clarify goals and adapt the pace and methods of therapy to their individual circumstances.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on early relationship patterns and how they shape emotional responses and expectations in current relationships. It can be helpful for people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, intimacy concerns and long-standing relationship patterns.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where the client leads the pace and content of sessions. This approach supports self-exploration, confidence building and coping with life changes such as grief or career transitions.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores unconscious patterns and past experiences that influence present behaviour and feelings. It can assist clients in understanding repeated themes in relationships, unresolved trauma and deeper emotional conflicts.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kate works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts plans as understanding develops. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy remains relevant and responsive.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and circumstances. For many people, these options increase accessibility, reduce travel time and make it easier to maintain continuity of care with registered professionals and therapists when life is busy or unpredictable.