Kitty Schwichiski, NCPS

Kitty Schwichiski guides people who are stuck under worry, painful thoughts or strong emotions. She uses practical tools to reduce how much those thoughts and feelings affect everyday life. Kitty aims to help people take small, effective steps towards the life they want.

Kitty begins by listening without judgement. She helps clients map out triggers and the thoughts that keep them stuck. From there she introduces straightforward strategies to interrupt unhelpful thinking and manage intense feelings in the moment.

Sessions focus on what the person wants to change. Kitty offers techniques to build self-compassion, improve self-esteem and face fears like panic, phobias or obsessive thinking. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, relationship strain, parenting stress and career pressures.

Her approach draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, gentle client-centred listening, cognitive tools to reframe thinking, and practical skills for emotion regulation. Hypnotherapy is also available as a way to access new perspectives and calm. Kitty explains options and helps people try what fits best for them.

Clients can expect a calm, down-to-earth style and a focus on actions that make daily life easier. Kitty emphasises teamwork in sessions and keeps goals clear and manageable. She aims to make reaching out feel a little less daunting and to help people move forward at their own pace.

How Kitty's approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without fighting them and to take values-based action. It can be useful for anxiety, life changes and when rumination holds someone back. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that feed depression or panic. Client-Centred Therapy offers a supportive, non-judgemental space where the person sets the pace and the therapist responds with empathic listening.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Kitty will talk through options and adapt methods to match a person's goals, preferences and the issues they bring. Together they decide which strategies to try and review what helps most as therapy progresses.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text-based messaging helps people keep work and therapy manageable between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and day-to-day commitments while trying different approaches and practical tools.