About me
Hi I’m Kirsty, a BABCP-accredited High Intensity CBT Therapist. I may not have all the answers, but I do have questions, compassion, and a collaborative approach to try and help you get back to focusing on what matters most to you.
In my practice, I believe therapy is about so much more than just managing symptoms or getting through the week. When anxiety, trauma, or depression take over, it is incredibly easy to lose our bearings and find ourselves simply surviving day-to-day. In its essence, my approach is to help you gently reconnect with a more meaningful life – however that looks for you.
By noticing the patterns of thinking and behaving that may no longer be serving you, we can start to challenge these together, while discovering what truly matters to you, helping you move away from a place of exhaustion and back towards a life that feels authentic and worthwhile.
With nearly a decade of experience across NHS adult and children’s mental health services, I understand how crucial the therapeutic relationship is (more than any particular mode of therapy), and I will do my utmost to provide an empathic and non-judgemental space so that you feel safe to explore things you may have understandably tried to avoid.
Originally from Yorkshire, I now live in Worcester with my family and my dog Rodney. Please do get in touch to organise a free, 30-minute consultation where we can think about how therapy might work for you and whether you feel my approach would be helpful.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:
- NHS Talking Therapies: High Intensity CBT Therapist (2023-Present)
- CAMHS Education Mental Health Practitioner (2020 – Sep 2023)
- CAMHS Emotional Health and Well-being Caseworker (2019)
- NHS Assistant Psychologist in a forensic and CAMHS neurodiversity setting (2017-2019)
Qualifications:
- University of Birmingham - Supervision of High Intensity Psychological Therapists Course, School of Psychology (2025)
- University of Staffordshire - CBT for Long-Term Health Conditions (2025)
- University of Birmingham Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PGDip Grade: Merit (2023-2024)
- University of Northampton PHDip Education Mental Health Practitioner course. Grade: Distinction (2020-2021)
- The Open University Psychology Conversion Diploma Grade: Distinction (2013)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
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
Fees
£90.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions are typically 50 minutes long, though some sessions focusing on PTSD will be longer. Happy to offer discounts for students.
Further information
Testimonials
“I can’t thank Kirsty enough for all her help. She has listened, supported, taught me tools and empowered me to take control of my life. Really brilliant! From me, my friends, my family – thank you. You have helped us all and will never realise how much".
“I feel that I have had wonderful, caring and kind therapy that has made such a difference to my life and equipped me to move forward positively.”
“I am an author and lost for words which praise Kirsty in a manner fitting her gentility, professionalism and knowledge in a truly sufficient manner. To say she has handed me my life back is no overstatement.”
