Dr Kirstie Fleetwood
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About me
Are you looking for therapy with anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, burnout or ADHD? Do you need help with low-self esteem or improving your confidence? Are you a high-striving professional looking for coaching, or a mother returning to work after maternity leave? Are you stuck with a big life decision? I have current availability to support you with your difficulties. I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Systemic Practitioner and Executive Coach. I work in a holistic way, using a mind-body approach - I believe that much of the time we live in our heads, disconnected from our bodies, our intuition, and our values. We attempt to ‘rationalise’ situations, yet our bodies feel something different. We live our lives according to the things we feel we ‘should’ do, rather than what brings us fulfillment and joy. I am passionate about facilitating greater mind-body connection in pursuit of authentic, meaningful living. I strive to create a safe and empathic space where you will feel able to explore your current difficulties. I am warm, friendly and approachable. I'm not a therapist who sits silently - I'll ask lots of questions and provide feedback too.
My career and executive coaching work tends to focus on building psychological resilience, tackling imposter syndrome or perfectionism. I often include areas such as work/life balance, improving sleep, mindfulness, managing stress and work relationships, as well as thinking about how to be more confident or changes of career direction.
EMDR Coaching: If you are a high achiever, but struggling with some areas of limiting mindsets or performance blocks, contact me to find out about my EMDR Coaching packages.
I have training in a wide variety of therapeutic approaches, which can be tailored for your individual needs and preferences. I am integrative, and generally draw on CFT (compassion focused therapy), EMDR, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and somatic (mind and body based) approaches. I am a trained yoga teacher and embodiment coach - when appropriate I also use movement in therapy sessions.
I am also trained in CBT (Cognitive behavioural therapy), systemic therapy (family therapy / couples therapy) and psychodynamic psychotherapy, and use elements of these during the therapy process. Please feel free to contact me to arrange a free 15 min call so I can discuss the best fit for you.
I worked in the NHS for 10 years, and I also have experience in both third sector and corporate settings. I have experience with a wide variety of mental health difficulties and have a particular interest in working with: anxiety, work stress, relationship difficulties, trauma, low self-confidence, ADHD and connecting to your life purpose.
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualifications include a Doctorate in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology. I have also trained for two years at the Institute of Family Therapy (both Graduate and Postgraduate Certificates in Systemic Practice with Families and Couples). I have also worked in academia, including as an external lecturer and Master's supervisor for University College London (UCL).
I am trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches and work in an integrative way. These include: person-centred, psychodynamic, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, Mindfulness and systemic approaches, EMDR, CFT and ACT. Don't worry if these all sound like baffling acronyms - I would be happy to chat to you further to explain it all!
I can also integrate creative and play therapy approaches, as well as somatic or embodied practices - as well as a yoga teacher I am additionally trained in Embodied Yoga Principles - a crossover of psychology, coaching, yoga and other movement practices.
I have worked in the NHS in a very wide range of settings, both primary care and secondary care, as well as family therapy teams, eating disorder units, and community mental health teams working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. I have worked in adult palliative care and child bereavement. I have provided play therapy in a domestic violence charity for children and mothers and trauma-focused CBT in a charity for ex-military veterans experiencing PTSD. I worked for many years in the NHS in a specialist CAMHS (children, adolescent and family service).
I now operate my private practice (The Yogi Psychologist) full time, as well as working with a large corporate organisation offering psychological resilience training and 1:1 coaching sessions for senior executive employees.
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£130.00 - £150.00
Free initial telephone session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£130 per session (therapy), £150 (coaching or couples). Coaching packages are available - contact me about my EMDR Coaching packages.
I am not offering reduced rates or insurance payments at this time - except WPA and BUPA.
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I am seeing clients face to face in Bristol and otherwise online. I work part time, Tuesday - Thursday during daytime hours.
Further information
Please see my website for more about my workshops and offerings - I provide bespoke training, workshops and coaching for a range of businesses and events.
