Katrina Vlcek

Katrina Vlcek is an ACA counsellor who offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed. She creates a non-judgemental space where clients can be heard and start to make small changes at their own pace.

She works with adults and adolescents facing anxiety, stress and burnout. Katrina also helps people processing grief and loss, coping with life changes, and managing panic. Isolation and loneliness are part of the concerns she addresses alongside issues like low self-esteem and communication problems.

Katrina has three years of experience and holds a Bachelor of Counselling. She particularly supports those who receive a later-in-life ADHD diagnosis, helping them understand how their strengths can be used in day-to-day strategies rather than fought against.

Her approach is trauma-informed and neuro-affirming. She adapts methods to fit each person, drawing on evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, solution-focused work, narrative approaches and mindfulness-based strategies.

Sessions often include practical tools, short exercises and reflections to try between meetings. Katrina aims to help people reduce self-criticism, build resilience and find clearer ways to manage emotions and relationships.

She encourages a step-by-step way of working so change feels manageable. Katrina offers a steady, compassionate style that helps people build skills and understanding over time.

How Katrina’s approaches fit into online therapy

Her practice draws on evidence-based techniques that are explained plainly and used in practical ways. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioural experiments to change how people feel. It helps with anxiety, panic and low mood. Narrative Therapy lets people tell and reframe their life stories so troublesome patterns feel less fixed and more changeable. It supports work on identity, emptiness and life purpose.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katrina will discuss options with each client and choose or adapt methods based on their goals, needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process where the client helps shape what is tried and when changes are made.

If you are considering online sessions, check which formats are currently provided before booking, as the profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into busy days, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins. Different ways of meeting also let people pick what suits them practically, such as shorter sessions during a work break or audio-only conversations when bandwidth is limited.