About Kirstine
Kirstine Hunter is a humanistic counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She offers a warm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and identity concerns. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and increase practical awareness of how someone interacts with others and themselves.
Kirstine adapts her way of working to each person rather than following a fixed formula. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques alongside humanistic values.
Background and approach
This helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, manageable changes. Her background includes volunteering for bereavement services and an LGBT+ organisation. She also has experience in the health sector, including work in a cancer setting.
That experience informs how she talks about the emotional impact of physical illness and long-term conditions. She has seven years of counselling experience and offers practical support around grief, relationship difficulties, addictions, career stress and coping with life changes. Kirstine is also interested in issues such as attachment, body image and gender dysphoria, and how differences shape everyday life.
People who meet her can expect steady listening, straightforward reflections and collaborative planning. Sessions are offered mainly on Mondays and Wednesdays and can include shorter check-ins or deeper weekly work depending on what someone needs.
How ACT and CBT translate to online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and then commit to small steps that fit their values. It is often useful for anxiety, low mood and identity-related worries.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing small behavioural changes to reduce distress. It can help with stress, panic, social worries and problem-solving in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Kirstine works collaboratively to choose methods that fit someone’s goals and preferences. That may mean mixing ACT and CBT ideas with a humanistic, person-centred stance so the work feels practical and personal rather than formulaic.
Online sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is useful for full sessions and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and text or live chat can be a shorter check-in or help someone pace progress. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, appointments and day-to-day life, while allowing continuity even when circumstances change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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