About me
What to expect:: 🦋
My name is Kelly, welcome to my page. I am trained in a variety of different therapies which help me collaborate with clients to find the right approaches and techniques that work for you, no two people are the same, and one size doesn’t fit all. This is a two-way process to fine tune and see what helps you best. A large part of this is talking together, I also work somatically (checking in with the breath and physical symptoms of emotional distress) and can offer creative approaches if this is of interest.
It can be a big step to take to reach out for therapy if you have not had therapy before and are not sure what to expect. In sessions with me you can expect kindness, compassion and confidentiality. I offer a space for you to feel truly heard and to feel less alone and isolated with whatever it is that is causing you distress, in the hope of being able to help alleviate and demystify the issues you are facing.
I work sensitively and hold space for clients to work through challenging feelings, patterns that are unhelpful to you, emotional overwhelm, painful life experiences, difficult relationship experiences, memories and events and help to make some sense of them.
Through the therapeutic process, clients often experience shifts in their lives.
🌿 Deeper Insight::: A greater understanding of themselves and their past experiences.
⛅️ Emotional Relief::: Feeling a sense of lightness, better grounding, and an improved ability to cope.
✨ Personal Empowerment::: Increased self-confidence, stronger self-worth, and the tools to direct their own life path.
🌈 Stronger Connections::: The ability to be more present and build healthier relationship dynamics with family, partners, friends, and colleagues.
My approach:: 🌳
I work integratively, meaning I am flexible to offer and tailor psychotherapeutic interventions to each unique person. I draw on person-centred theory, Transactional Analysis and CBT as my foundations alongside somatic work to support alleviate and also listen to the physical symptoms of distress.
I also offer creative therapies with text, poetry, collage, painting, music, among other techniques
I am a down-to-earth, genuine, empathic, ethical and professional therapist. I have my own lived experiences of adverse life circumstances and experiences so can relate to how challenging things can feel on a personal human level. I retrained as a counsellor later in life after therapy transformed my own world, and I am driven by seeing that same profound change in my clients.
Before retraining as a counsellor, I managed projects and administration within the cultural and research sectors. Alongside my therapy practice I am a facilitator for co-operative, third sector businesses, guiding them to rebuild compassionate relationships and resolve workplace conflict.
Getting Started:: 🐚
I offer a free, no-obligation 15-20 minute phone or video consultation. This is a gentle opportunity for us to connect, discuss how I work, and see if we are a good fit for therapy.
Duration:: ⏱️
I offer short-term (6–12 weeks), medium-term (12–24 weeks), and open-ended longer-term therapy.
Schedule::🗓️
Weekly or fortnightly appointments are available on:
Mondays (in person & online)
Tuesday evenings (online only)
Thursday evenings (in person & online)
Fridays (in person & online).
“It is not what is wrong with you, but what has happened to you. We each have a unique response to the myriad of situations life throws at us. Trauma does not have to mean capital T Trauma, trauma can also look like not being listened to, not being understood, not feeling connected, and consistently feeling invalidated.”
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified counsellor and therapist in Therapeutic Counselling Diploma Level 4. I work with the charity Mind and in my own private practice in person, online and on the telephone.
I have experience of working with people who have experienced the following issues:
- Anxiety, panic attacks and emotional dysregulation
- Addiction to social media
- Attachment trauma, relationship difficulties and family dynamics
- Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual trauma
- Carers and burnout
- Creativity blocks and issues of self-doubt
- Depression, low self-esteem and hopelessness
- Discrimination
- Early life abuse and trauma
- Employment and work difficulties
- Feelings of inadequacy, low self worth and imposter syndrome
- Grief, bereavement and loss
- Identity issues and impact of difference
- Life challenges and life transitions
- Loneliness
- Men's mental health
- Neurodivergence
- Paranoia
- Psychosis, voices
- Spiritual and existential issues
- Stress and stress management
I have monthly supervision with my supervisor as well as peer supervision with therapist colleagues. I continue to have regular training and workshops to keep myself up to date and to ensure I grow my skills and knowledge to better serve my clients. I have additional CPD training in:
- Trauma Informed Creative Practice for Therapists
- Therapeutic Creative Group Work
- Emotional Freedom Technique Level 1 (training for accreditation in Level 2)
- "Parts Work", Internal Family Systems and Voice Dialogue approaches
- Attachment Theory
- Domestic Abuse and Violence
- Safeguarding
- Somatic Psychology
- Hearing Voices Group facilitation
- Paranoia (Peter Bullimore)
- Unusual beliefs (Rufus May)
- Peer Supported Open Dialogue training (with Dirk Corstens, Sanna Martha, Noor van Overbeak & Martijn Kole)
- Eco-therapy, Walk & Talk sessions
I co-facilitate workshops with Clinical Psychologists at Lancaster University's SPECTRUM Unit to train Mental Health Professionals who work with people who experience Bipolar & Psychosis.
I am a supporter and advocate for people who are seeking a more holistic alternative to the psychiatric system. My work and values align to the Power Threat Meaning Framework published by the British Psychological Society, which essentially asks “what happened to you, rather than what is ‘wrong’ with you”.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- £60 Standard rate
- Concession rates negotiated depending upon individual circumstances, you are welcome to discuss this with me if cost is a barrier.
How long does therapy last❓
There is no single timeline for therapy, as the length of our work depends entirely on your personal goals and circumstances and the frequency of weekly or fortnightly sessions you choose. We will review our progress regularly - usually every 6 weeks - to make sure you are getting exactly what you need from our sessions.
When I work
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Further information
Allied with:: 🌻
- Anti-racist allied
- Climate Crisis allied
- Creative Counselling allied
- Hearing Voices Movement
- International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
- LGBTQIA+ allied
- Neurodivergent allied
- Vegan allied
