Kelsey Young, BACP, NCPS
Calm, practical counselling with somatic awareness
About Kelsey
Kelsey Young is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, grief and major life changes. She uses a calm, down-to-earth style and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and practical. Kelsey has three years of experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials, which are shown here as provided.
In sessions she listens without judgement and adapts her approach to each person. She blends somatic methods with cognitive and acceptance-based work so clients notice both body and thought patterns.
Background and approach
The work can include talking through difficult feelings, trying simple breath or grounding practices, and testing new ways of coping between meetings. Kelsey helps people with concerns such as stress, self-esteem, ADHD, relationship issues, bereavement, trauma, addictions and sleep problems. She also supports those facing caregiving strain, attachment or abandonment worries, body image and intimacy-related questions.
Her style is practical and collaborative rather than directive. Therapy sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and cost varies with location and therapist availability.
Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not currently accepted. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability. Kelsey aims to help people find a manageable path forward with simple, usable tools and reflective conversation.
How somatic and acceptance approaches work online
Somatic work pays attention to bodily sensations and how emotions show up in the body. Online sessions can include simple grounding, breath work or gentle movement to help you notice and regulate physical responses to stress or trauma.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and taking practical steps even when strong feelings are present. It uses mindfulness exercises and small behavioural experiments to help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In online sessions this often means noticing the kinds of interactions that feel safe or unsafe and practising new ways of connecting and setting boundaries.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will work together with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That may mean combining somatic practices with ACT or attachment work and adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions suit quieter setups, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep continuity when life is unpredictable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- 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
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English