About Debby
Debby Kirby is a counsellor who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety and trauma. She also helps with depression, grief, self-esteem and relationship concerns. Debby uses a compassionate, down-to-earth style to help people take practical steps forward.
She explains things plainly and works at a steady pace. Sessions often focus on understanding difficult experiences and finding ways to cope day to day. Debby draws on creative methods such as art and poetry when that suits a person’s needs.
Background and approach
Debby holds NCPS as a listed credential and has four years of practice in the United Kingdom. Her background includes work with a wide range of cultures, and she brings that perspective into sessions. This informs how she notices differences in experience and frames conversations.
In practice she offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. People who prefer a creative route may use poetry or visualisation alongside talking. The emphasis is on clear, practical steps rather than jargon.
Debby aims to tailor sessions to each person’s situation. She can help people work through parenting strains, sleep and eating difficulties, trauma, addiction concerns, ADHD and many life changes. Her approach is to listen first, then build a plan together that fits each person’s goals.
Approaches that can be used online
Debby combines talking therapies with creative techniques to meet different needs. One common approach is inner child work, which helps people notice early emotional patterns and learn new ways to respond. This can be useful for issues such as attachment difficulties, abandonment feelings and long-standing self-esteem problems.She also uses trauma-informed methods that focus on grounding and pacing. These techniques aim to reduce overwhelming symptoms and build practical coping skills for anxiety, complex grief and trauma-related difficulties.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Debby will listen to a person’s goals and concerns, then suggest routes to try. Together they review what helps and adapt methods to fit changing needs and preferences.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support without needing to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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