About Kaye
Kaye Barney draws on eight years of practice to support people facing relationship strain, low self-esteem, anxiety and depression. She works with those coping with grief, parenting pressures, eating and sleeping difficulties, and complex feelings about identity and intimacy. Kaye speaks plainly and makes space for people to say what is worrying them without judgment.
Her background includes a degree in Psychology and a degree in Counselling, plus a diploma in Relationship Counselling and a Foundation Certificate in Transactional Analysis.
How Kaye works
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. She also teaches counselling trainees and provides clinical supervision to other counsellors. Kaye adapts her approach to each person.
Sessions focus on understanding how past experiences shape present feelings and on building practical ways to feel steadier day to day. Conversations may include looking at patterns in relationships, tackling negative self-talk, and trying small experiments to change unhelpful habits. People often come to her worried about arguments, betrayal, loneliness, or repeated cycles of behaviour they cannot change.
She also supports those dealing with burnout, compassion fatigue, career questions, ADHD concerns, and the aftermath of separation or loss. Kaye uses straightforward language and offers a calm, steady presence in sessions. Therapy with Kaye typically involves setting clear goals and checking progress together.
She combines reflective listening with exercises drawn from different approaches to help people build confidence, manage anxiety, and reconnect with what matters to them.
Kaye lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Kaye works with
The areas below are the ones Kaye selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Attachment-based work helps uncover how early relationships shape current patterns. It looks at how people connect, respond to rejection or abandonment, and form trust, which can be useful for relationship and attachment concerns.Client-centred therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It involves active listening, empathy and working at the client’s pace to build self-awareness and self-esteem. This approach is helpful for low confidence, grief and stress.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is practical and action-orientated. It helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioural experiments to change mood and reduce anxiety or depression.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then shape sessions accordingly in a collaborative way.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people juggling work, parenting or travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone work can be easier when a camera is not wanted; live chat or text-based messaging suits brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when circumstances change.
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