About Kirsty
Kirsty Black is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom who brings four years of professional experience to her practice. She holds NCPS accreditation and a BA (Hons) in Counselling, and she is currently studying for an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Kirsty has a long history in support roles stretching back 16 years, including work with charities, schools, universities and independent practice. She describes her approach as integrative, drawing on different therapeutic methods to match each person’s needs.
Background and approach
That can mean using practical strategies from cognitive behavioural work, exploring emotional patterns with emotionally-focused ideas, or using acceptance and commitment tools to manage difficult thoughts. Kirsty also uses attachment-based and client-centred ways of working when those fit the situation.
Kirsty has experience helping people with anxiety, depression, neurodiversity-related concerns, loss and bereavement, relationship and family difficulties, identity and addiction issues, and more. She offers online, telephone, and text-based therapy, and she is open to working with international clients. Sessions are adapted to the person and may include creative options such as art or play elements when helpful.
Her style is warm, respectful and practical. Kirsty aims to work alongside people as they identify goals and try new strategies. She emphasises sensitivity and compassion and aims to make therapy a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all model.
For parents or carers worried about anxiety, stress or family tension, Kirsty aims to provide steady, plainspoken support and tools that can be used day to day. She encourages people to start with a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
How Kirsty’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and then take steps that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, sleep and mood problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to relationship patterns and emotional bonds, and can be helpful for people dealing with relationship strains, family conflict, or attachment-related worries.Choosing an approach happens together. The therapist will talk with the person about what they want to achieve, their preferences, and what feels most useful. Over the first sessions methods may be tried and adjusted so the work suits the person’s goals and pace.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you see body language and hold longer sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people send messages between sessions, share thoughts in writing, or have brief check-ins that fit around work or caring duties. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- 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
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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