Kelly Porch, NCPS

Kelly Porch is a psychotherapeutic counsellor with 13 years of experience. She works with people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, low mood or relationship difficulties and aims to help them make practical changes in their day-to-day life.

Kelly offers straightforward, focused support. She listens without rushing and gently challenges unhelpful patterns so people can understand what is driving their worries. Sessions are aimed at helping someone feel more able to face the day and to reduce persistent worrying and overthinking.

She also supports people coping with chronic illness or pain who are finding it hard to adjust to a diagnosis. Kelly helps people move toward acceptance, reduce isolation and find a manageable way to live with long-term health issues.

Trauma and past abuse are part of her clinical work. She provides trauma-focused support to help people process difficult memories and reduce their impact on daily life. Self-esteem, shame and attachment concerns are commonly addressed in sessions.

Kelly uses a mix of client-centred conversation, solution-focused techniques, hypnotherapy and trauma-focused methods to suit each person. She adapts sessions to what the individual needs and prefers and works collaboratively to set clear, achievable goals.

Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule appointments that fit their timetable.

Approaches you can try in online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person rather than labels. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps people find their own solutions; this is useful for anxiety, low mood and self-esteem issues.

Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, practical steps that can make a difference quickly. It helps people identify what already works for them and build on that to reduce stress and improve daily coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Kelly works collaboratively to choose what fits best. She will talk through options with the person, set clear goals and adjust techniques based on needs, preferences and progress.

Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit counselling into a busy life. Video calls recreate a face-to-face feel, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good short check-in, live chat suits brief conversations and text messaging allows ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people keep therapy going when schedules are tight or travel is difficult.