Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes
Compassionate person-centred therapist and coach
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About Kathleen
Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life changes. She helps those struggling with trauma and abuse, addiction, low self-esteem, sleep and eating issues, and people questioning their identity or relationships. Kathleen also supports clients facing parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD and career concerns.
She works in a calm and warm way that aims to meet people where they are. Kathleen uses a person-centred stance, which means the client leads and she offers listening and gentle guidance alongside them.
Background and approach
Her approach often focuses on helping people notice patterns, build self-compassion and be kinder to themselves. Kathleen blends several methods including attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural ideas, mindfulness practice and hypnotherapy when helpful. She also uses somatic and body-focused techniques to help people notice how emotions show up in the body.
These tools are used to suit each person rather than following a rigid script. Her background includes six years’ experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has a long-standing meditation practice and teaches trauma-sensitive mindfulness and self-compassion.
Kathleen also offers life, well-being and creativity coaching alongside therapeutic work. Clients can expect straightforward conversations, practical tools and time to explore what matters to them. Kathleen often works with people through longer-term therapy and shorter coaching-style work depending on needs.
She aims to make starting therapy feel less strange by drawing on her own therapy experience.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 6
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 395258
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Kathleen's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Kathleen works with
Everything Kathleen lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kathleen lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Kathleen works online
Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals and preferences and suggest a way forward. That plan can be adjusted as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant to the person’s needs.
Please confirm current session options before booking as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing a shorter check-in during a work break. It can also make access to mindfulness exercises and homework tasks simpler, since materials and practices can be shared between meetings. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often find that a mix of conversation, guided practices and brief activities between sessions helps keep progress moving forward.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Kathleen support?
She supports stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and identity concerns, plus sleep, eating and parenting stresses among other issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, non-judgemental and person-centred, with an emphasis on listening and helping people develop self-compassion and understanding of their patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has six years of experience working as a counsellor and therapist, and she brings personal therapy experience and a long-standing meditation practice to her work.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
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