About Kay
Kay Holdsworth focuses on people feeling overwhelmed, stuck or unsure how to make changes. She helps clients break problems down so small steps feel possible. Kay uses practical tools and simple exercises so progress is easier to see.
She draws on five years of practice and holds BACP registration, which shows she meets professional standards. Kay works with issues like stress, anxiety, low mood and motivation. She also supports people facing bereavement, trauma, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar mood concerns, and difficulties with intimacy and relationships.
How Kay works
Her approach blends evidence-informed methods with gentler, creative techniques. Kay uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centred ways of working alongside mindfulness and hypnotherapy elements. Sessions often involve short exercises, breathing practices or written tasks to try between meetings.
People can expect a collaborative process where goals are set together. Kay often suggests practical tasks, experiments and journaling to help change stick outside sessions. She encourages honest feedback about what helps and what does not, and adapts the plan as work progresses.
Kay has experience in university counselling and community wellbeing work, including group programmes and mindfulness courses. That background informs her focus on clear, doable strategies. Her practice aims to make change manageable and to help clients feel more confident in their choices.
Kay lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Kay works with
The areas below are the ones Kay selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that suit online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them, then identify personal values and small actions that move life forward; it can help with anxiety, low mood and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses simple experiments and exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for stress, anxiety, sleep and eating concerns. Client-Centred Therapy offers an open, non-judgemental space where the client's priorities guide each session and the counsellor responds with empathy and understanding.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and will adapt techniques as sessions progress. This is a collaborative process where methods are adjusted to suit what helps most for each person.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit practical needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work, while live chat or messaging can work well for ongoing check-ins and for people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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