About Kingsley
Kingsley Boateng helps people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to begin. He frames sessions around what matters most to each person and aims to create a calm, respectful space to talk. Kingsley speaks English and Akan and works with people across the United Kingdom and internationally.
He keeps sessions practical and straightforward. Conversations focus on what has been difficult and on small steps that build confidence and emotional resilience.
How Kingsley works
He listens without judgement and moves at a pace the client is comfortable with. Kingsley uses a blend of approaches, including cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment work, and attachment-informed perspectives. That mix helps with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and self-esteem challenges.
It also supports sexual and gender identity exploration and relationship concerns. Simple tools and short practices are used between sessions when helpful. These might include mindful exercises, noticing patterns in thinking, or trying out new ways of responding to stressful situations.
The emphasis is on practical changes that fit each person’s life. He has seven years of experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. Those are listed as supplied.
Many clients come wanting clearer direction, relief from persistent worries, or support through big life changes, and he works alongside them to find realistic, sustainable steps forward.
Kingsley lists 18 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Kingsley works with
The areas below are the ones Kingsley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- 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
- 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 conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- 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
- 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
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English, Akan |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How approach and online therapy work together
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being taken over by them, and then commit to small actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape trust and connection, which can help when relationships or closeness feel hard. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying practical experiments to change reactions, often used for anxiety, depression and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and use those conversations to choose or combine methods. That way the plan is shaped around the person rather than forcing a single model.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and fuller interaction. Phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Text or chat can suit short, ongoing support or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments, and to maintain continuity when circumstances change.
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