Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes, BACP

Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes offers support for stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, relationship difficulties, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, low self-esteem, anger, ADHD and career questions. She also helps with issues around compassion fatigue, coping with life changes and LGBT-related concerns. Kathleen is a BACP counsellor with six years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works in a calm, warm and non-judgemental way and seeks to meet people where they are.

Kathleen describes her work as person-centred, which means the client leads the pace and direction of sessions while she provides empathetic listening and gentle guidance. She likes to help people notice patterns in their thinking and behaviour and to begin developing more self-compassion. That often looks like learning simple skills to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage difficult emotions in day-to-day life.

She also uses attachment-informed approaches to look at how early relationships shape current connections and reactions. Cognitive techniques are used when helpful to challenge unhelpful thoughts and to build practical coping strategies. Mindfulness and body-focused work are offered to help people tune into their present-moment experience and physical sensations.

Kathleen has additional interest in areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, ageing and geriatric concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic pain and illness, codependency and communication problems. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, commitment worries and control issues.

Her background includes coaching for wellbeing, life and creativity alongside her counselling practice. Kathleen brings experience teaching trauma-sensitive mindfulness and self-compassion, and she welcomes people who want both short-term practical help and longer-term exploration.

Practical online therapy using attachment, client-centred and cognitive approaches

Kathleen uses an attachment-informed lens to help people understand how early relationships shape current responses. This approach looks at patterns in relating and can be helpful for those who notice repeating conflicts or fear of abandonment.

She works in a client-centred way, which means the person sets the pace and direction while the counsellor offers empathic listening and reflection. This is useful for anyone who wants a supportive space to be heard and to make sense of life changes.

Cognitive techniques are also used to spot unhelpful thoughts and build coping strategies for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. These practical tools sit alongside mindfulness and body-focused work when people want skills to manage strong feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Kathleen will work collaboratively to choose what fits best. She discusses goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then adapts methods over time as needs change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversational experience, phone sessions can work well with lower bandwidth or for short check-ins, and messaging or chat suit quick reflections or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or mobility needs and help people maintain continuity of care.