Katja Brodt de Sousa, BACP - Therapist in United Kingdom

Attachment based work
Client centred approach
Cognitive behavioural tools

About Katja

Katja Brodt de Sousa is a BACP counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with people who feel stuck after change, including stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. Katja also helps clients facing issues such as grief, addiction, sleep problems, anger and career uncertainty.

She focuses on how thoughts, early attachment patterns and current behaviour interact. Sessions involve talking through what gets in the way of clearer decisions and closer connections. Katja draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and on client-centred listening to help people find their own answers.

Her practice addresses deeper relational patterns and past wounds using attachment-based and psychodynamic perspectives. This can help when people notice repeated problems in intimacy, abandonment fears, codependency or family of origin issues. She offers practical steps alongside reflective work so change can happen between sessions.

Katja has a history of supporting people through relationship breakdown, infidelity and divorce, and she also works with concerns linked to caregiving stress and compassion fatigue. She speaks English and German, and welcomes people from different countries.

To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How Katja blends therapeutic approaches for remote work

Katja draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural work in her practice. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people understand repeated difficulties in intimacy, abandonment fears and family of origin issues. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioural changes to reduce anxiety, lift mood and improve sleep.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Katja will discuss what matters most, try methods that suit the person and adjust as understanding grows. That collaborative process helps decide whether more reflective attachment work or practical CBT techniques are the best next step.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online appointments can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed and remove travel time. Some people prefer not to use video for quick sessions, while others find seeing their therapist helpful; Katja will work with each person to choose what fits their routine and goals.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Intimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Attachment issuesAvoidant personalityBody image Caregiver issues and stress Codependency Commitment issues Control issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelity Isolation / loneliness JealousyLife purposeMidlife crisis Money and financial issues Mood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic Therapy

Experience

18+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English, German

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and life changes, as well as issues such as grief, addiction and sleep problems.

How would she approach feeling stuck?

Katja combines client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and practical steps to try between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 18 years of experience working in private practice in the United Kingdom.

What are her professional credentials and where is she based?

She is BACP registered and works from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and German.

Can people from other countries work with her?

She accepts international clients; confirm session options and scheduling before booking.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

What do I need to do to start?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.