About Kirsty
Kirsty Peart is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of experience. She holds BACP recognition, which reflects her professional standing in the UK. Kirsty focuses on creating an approachable space where people can speak openly about what is worrying them.
Kirsty helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those facing relationship concerns, grief, addiction and trauma and abuse. She has specific experience around LGBT issues, family matters and intimacy-related challenges.
How Kirsty works
In sessions she uses straightforward, person-focused methods. Conversations are used to identify unhelpful patterns and small, practical steps are tried to ease day-to-day strain. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centred approaches and Solution-Focused techniques to match the needs of each person.
Kirsty is experienced in helping with sleeping and eating difficulties, self-esteem and anger, as well as life transitions and career worries. Additional areas she can address include ADHD, chronic illness and caregiver stress. Working through attachment and communication problems is also part of her practice.
People who prefer a calm, non-judgemental tone tend to find her helpful. Sessions aim to be clear and direct, with a focus on making manageable changes. The emphasis is on practical support and steady progress over time.
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What Kirsty works with
The areas below are the ones Kirsty selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- 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
How Kirsty’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The counsellor reflects what you say and helps you find your own solutions, which suits people who want a supportive, accepting space to talk about feelings and identity.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It uses practical tasks and experiments to reduce anxiety, improve mood and tackle unhelpful habits like sleep disruption or avoidance.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable changes and on building strengths. It is useful when someone wants short-term support to make practical shifts in day-to-day life.
Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss options and adapt methods to match goals, preferences and the problem at hand. This collaborative process means the plan can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging can fit around busy days. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, family and other commitments.
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