About Kelly
Kelly Porch is a psychotherapeutic counsellor with 13 years of clinical experience. She works with people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or depression. She also helps those coping with trauma and relationship difficulties who want practical change in their day-to-day life.
Kelly aims to help people get to the heart of what is troubling them. She listens without rushing and will gently challenge unhelpful patterns. Sessions focus on small, useful steps that can make daily life feel more manageable.
How Kelly works
Her background includes work with people facing chronic health conditions, chronic pain, and the emotional impact of major life changes. She also supports those dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, adoption and foster care matters, and caregiving stress. Kelly draws on client-centred work to keep the conversation led by the client, while using solution-focused techniques to identify practical steps forward.
She also uses trauma-focused methods and hypnotherapy when these fit a person’s needs and goals. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Kelly practices in the United Kingdom and holds the NCPS credential.
To start, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled according to therapist availability.
Kelly lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Kelly works with
The areas below are the ones Kelly selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy
Kelly uses client-centred work to keep the focus on what matters most to the person. This approach means the client leads the session while the counsellor listens, reflects and helps clarify feelings or choices. It is useful for sorting out identity, self-esteem and relationship concerns.She also uses solution-focused techniques to identify small, achievable goals. These are short-term steps designed to reduce worry and make daily life easier, such as breathing practices, planning manageable routines or communication strategies.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kelly will discuss options and try methods that fit the client’s needs, goals and preferences. The choice of approach is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth or hands-free conversations are needed. Live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins, ongoing reflections or when people prefer not to be on camera. These formats help therapy fit around work, family and daily routines.
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