Dr Catharine Hunt, Counselling Psychologist
Catharine is a highly experienced Counselling Psychologist who specialises in supporting people through moments of profound change, uncertainty, and emotional difficulty. She supports individuals and couples in navigating anxiety, low mood, trauma, grief, relationship stress, or the complexities of the perinatal and reproductive journey.
Catharine works integratively, drawing from a range of evidence‑based therapeutic approaches. Her training includes humanistic and psychodynamic therapies, CBT, EMDR for trauma, narrative approaches, compassion‑focused work, and couples therapy. She works with adults and adolescents and has a particular interest in identity exploration and periods of feeling stuck or overwhelmed.
Alongside her private practice, Catharine holds a specialist role within the West London Perinatal Service, where she supports women and their babies throughout pregnancy and the postnatal period. She has extensive experience working with the emotional impact of birth, fertility challenges, pregnancy loss and stillbirth, and the often‑hidden psychological toll these experiences can have. She also provides supervision to other psychologists, consults across multidisciplinary teams, and delivers training to healthcare professionals.
Catharine is known for her warmth, attentiveness, and ability to hold a deeply reflective therapeutic space. Clients often describe feeling understood, steadied, and gently supported to make sense of their experiences and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Specialisms
Perinatal mental health
Fertility issues, pregnancy loss, stillbirth and bereavement
Trauma and PTSD
Anxiety and depression
Adolescent mental health and gender identity exploration
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Couples therapy (Tavistock‑trained)
Mindfulness‑based and Compassion‑Focused Therapy (CFT)
Humanistic and psychodynamic approaches
Narrative therapy