Catherine Reynolds is a BACP-accredited Psychotherapist and Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner specialising in relationship counselling, attachment patterns, and interpersonal communication. She holds an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy from the Metanoia Institute and certification in Nonviolent Communication training. With 14 years in private practice and organisational consulting, she currently works with individuals and couples on relationship transformation and emotional skill development.
Catherine Reynolds trained as a psychotherapist at the Metanoia Institute, completing her Master's in Integrative Psychotherapy which equipped her with a flexible therapeutic approach drawing from psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive behavioural traditions. Her early career included work within NHS IAPT services and domestic abuse support organisations, giving her extensive experience with relationship difficulties ranging from everyday communication problems to severe relational trauma. Catherine has completed additional specialist training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, attachment-based approaches, and Nonviolent Communication, and holds certification as an Emotional Intelligence practitioner through the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence framework. Her therapeutic philosophy centres on the understanding that our earliest relationships create templates that unconsciously guide our adult connections, often causing us to repeat painful patterns until we develop awareness and new skills. Catherine works with individuals seeking to improve their emotional regulation and self-awareness, couples navigating conflict or disconnection, and parents wanting to break intergenerational patterns and raise emotionally intelligent children. She has particular expertise in helping people who intellectually understand their patterns but struggle to change their automatic emotional reactions in the heat of the moment. Catherine also consults with organisations on leadership development and team communication, understanding that relationship skills are as vital in the workplace as in personal life. Her writing makes attachment theory and emotional intelligence research accessible to readers who recognise their relationship struggles but do not know where to begin changing them.