About Kirsty
Kirsty Woodier is a counsellor and psychotherapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties and low self-esteem. She works with depression, grief, addiction concerns, parenting difficulties and life transitions. Kirsty uses straightforward, practical conversation to help people find clearer ways forward.
Kirsty approaches counselling from a person-centred perspective. That means she listens without judging and lets each person lead the pace and focus of sessions. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, using thought–behaviour links to help manage anxiety and unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
She holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology and a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling at level 4. Kirsty is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and takes part in regular supervision and continuing professional development. In sessions she aims to be warm and empathic while helping people spot small, practical steps they can try between meetings.
That might include testing out different coping strategies, practising clearer communication, or working on self-esteem tasks. Kirsty has around three years of experience working with issues such as trauma and abuse, attachment concerns, codependency, family problems, OCD-type obsessions and compulsions, and the strain of blended family dynamics. She supports people who want both talking therapy and practical tools to manage day-to-day challenges.
Approaches online and how they can help
Kirsty commonly uses a person-centred approach that focuses on understanding each person's experience. This approach offers a steady, listening space where people can talk through what matters most and set their own goals.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT to break down the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try small behavioural experiments and develop practical coping skills for anxiety, low mood and obsessive thinking.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kirsty will discuss goals and preferences and will adapt conversations and exercises so they fit each person's needs. The process is collaborative and shaped by what the person finds most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls suit longer therapeutic conversations, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel commitments and let people access help from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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