Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes, BACP
Mindful, embodied counselling for life transitions
About Kathleen
Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression and relationship concerns. She supports those facing changes such as parenting transitions, midlife shifts, retirement and the impact of chronic illness. Kathleen also offers help for issues like low self-esteem, sleep problems, addictions and compassion fatigue.
Kathleen works in a warm, non-judgemental way. She places the person at the centre of the work and treats each client as the expert on their own life.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on noticing how feelings appear in the body, and on building kinder ways of relating to oneself. Her approach blends somatic awareness with client-centred principles and attachment-informed ideas. Cognitive techniques and mindfulness practices are used where helpful to change unhelpful thinking and to increase emotional regulation.
Hypnotherapy-style methods and focusing-oriented work may be included when appropriate. Kathleen holds BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has around six years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns.
Her background includes coaching for wellbeing, creativity and life direction alongside therapeutic work. In sessions she aims to be calm and compassionate while encouraging practical steps people can use day to day. New clients are helped to identify small, manageable goals and to develop more self-compassion as they cope with life’s challenges.
People who prefer a reflective, embodied approach often find her style helpful. She combines listening with gentle guidance and practical tools to support steady change over time.
How somatic and attachment work translate to online therapy
Somatic Therapy here involves paying attention to how emotions show up in the body and using gentle, guided awareness to help shift stuck patterns. It can be useful for stress, trauma-related tension, chronic pain and overwhelming feelings by helping clients notice and respond to bodily signals.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past relationships shape current ways of relating. It helps people recognise recurring patterns in close relationships and develop new ways of connecting and trusting themselves and others.
Client-Centred Therapy gives the client the lead and relies on empathy, acceptance and curious listening. It supports people who want a steady, respectful space to make sense of life changes and build self-compassion.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. Plans can be adjusted as progress is made so the approach stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and health needs, and to continue work during life transitions. Many people find online options help them access consistent support without long journeys, while still working with embodied and mindfulness-based techniques.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English