About Kirsty
Kirsty Black is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional counselling experience. She holds NCPS and a BA (Hons) in Counselling, and draws on a long history of support work spanning 16 years. Kirsty presents as neurodivergent-affirming and works online with people from different backgrounds in English.
Kirsty uses an integrative approach, tailoring methods to each person rather than following one fixed model. Sessions often combine talking with practical exercises and creative activities when helpful.
Background and approach
She includes somatic-informed work alongside cognitive and attachment-focused techniques. People come to Kirsty for many reasons, including anxiety, depression, grief, relationship or family concerns, ADHD, addiction and issues around identity or intimacy. She also supports those facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, body image and other life changes.
Her experience includes roles in charities, educational settings and independent practice. In sessions she aims to be calm, respectful and direct. Sessions can involve exploring thoughts, noticing bodily responses, and trying small exercises that feel manageable.
She can use creative tools such as drawing or play-style techniques if a person prefers that way of working. Kirsty works with adults and young people and accepts international clients. Therapy is offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging.
The initial step is a short matching questionnaire followed by scheduling according to availability.
How Kirsty blends approaches for online therapy
Somatic-informed work pays attention to how the body holds stress and emotion. It uses simple body awareness and movement to help people notice and regulate sensations, which can be useful for anxiety, trauma responses and tension in the body.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that align with what matters. It uses practical exercises to change the relationship to difficult thoughts and feelings, which can help with mood, worry and life transitions.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current responses. It can be useful for relationship difficulties, attachment issues and problems with trust and intimacy.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then choose methods together that feel helpful. This collaborative process often mixes talking, practical tasks and somatic awareness rather than sticking to a single model.
Online therapy with Kirsty offers flexibility and access from home. Video calls provide face-to-face connection, phone sessions suit those who prefer voice, and live chat or text messaging allow short, ongoing contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while using the approaches above to address presenting concerns.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- 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
- Co-morbidity
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- 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
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- 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
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English