- Mindfulness practices
- Attachment work
- Coaching skills
About Kathleen
Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with six years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, self-esteem and related concerns including guilt and shame. Kathleen also supports people facing life changes such as parenting transitions, career shifts and ageing.
Kathleen uses person-centred ways of working where the client leads the conversation and she accompanies them as they make sense of their experience. She encourages noticing how feelings show up in the body and pays attention to present-moment experience. Mindfulness practice is often woven into sessions to help people notice unhelpful patterns and to develop kinder ways of relating to themselves.
Her practice includes elements of attachment-based thinking to look at how early relationships influence current feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ideas are used when helpful to identify thoughts and behaviours that feed anxiety or low mood. Hypnotherapy and mindfulness techniques are options she may use with people who find those methods useful.
Kathleen also offers coaching skills for goal-oriented work, including wellbeing, creativity and life coaching approaches. She has experience working with people affected by addiction, sleeping difficulties, autism spectrum issues, ADHD, chronic illness and caregiver stress. She mentions particular interest in shame, abandonment and body-image concerns.
Sessions are conducted in English and her practice follows BACP registration standards. She has worked with people across midlife and older adulthood, supports parents adjusting to change, and meets people who want longer-term therapy to look at inner experience and emotional patterns.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based thinking looks at how early relationships shape present reactions and patterns. Online sessions can use this approach to identify triggers and interaction styles and to practise new responses in the safety of a regular appointment. Client-centred work means the counsellor follows the client's lead, listening and reflecting so the client can find their own understanding of difficult feelings. Cognitive behavioural ideas focus on identifying thoughts and behaviours that maintain anxiety or low mood and on trying practical alternatives between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. That might mean combining listening-focused sessions with mindfulness exercises or CBT-style tasks, and adjusting the plan as things change.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Many people choose online sessions because they fit around work, caregiving or busy days, or because they prefer not to travel. Online work can make it easier to keep continuity between appointments and to practise mindfulness or brief exercises between sessions, while the counsellor and client agree together how to use those sessions most effectively.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting concerns, addictions, sleeping problems, low self-esteem and related areas including guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses person-centred and mindfulness-informed ways of working to help people notice how shame and guilt show up, and may use compassion-focused ideas to reduce inner critical voices.
How much experience does she have?
Kathleen has six years of practise experience working with a range of issues from trauma to caregiving stress and life transitions.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if English is not my first language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the UK?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what formats are used?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific session formats.
How much do sessions cost and how do payments work?
Cost varies with location; sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.