Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes , BACP

Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes offers a warm, non-judgemental approach that centers on meeting people exactly as they are and supporting them to find greater self-compassion and clarity. She works from a person-centred stance, placing the client in the driving seat while accompanying them as a thoughtful, listening partner through times of change, loss, or confusion. Her practice emphasises mindful presence and acceptance as gateways to change, helping people name and understand recurring patterns so they can begin to respond to themselves with more kindness.

Kathleen draws on a variety of therapeutic methods to suit individual needs, including compassion-focused and trauma-focused work, Focusing-Oriented approaches that attend to the body's felt sense, and Hakomi-informed body-psychotherapy techniques. She is also trained in mindfulness practices and teaches Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, supporting clients to bring greater awareness into everyday life and relationships. As a Well-Being Coach, Life Coach and Creativity Coach she offers practical accountability alongside therapeutic exploration to help people move toward their goals.

Her experience includes helping people with stress, anxiety, grief and loss, sleep difficulties, low self-esteem and motivation, and relationship and parenting challenges. She has worked with clients from military and emergency services backgrounds, younger adults exploring values and purpose, parents adjusting to an empty nest, and older adults navigating midlife and ageing. Kathleen is a Certified Hakomi practitioner and holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - indicating professional membership with that organisation.