Kirsty Waite, BACP

Kirsty Waite is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration and has three years of professional experience and over 600 clinical hours. Kirsty offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or anxious and aims to work at each person's pace.

Her background combines person-centred ideas with cognitive behavioural tools and psychodynamic insight. Kirsty draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to shape sessions around each person's needs. She adapts the mix so therapy feels practical and relevant rather than one-size-fits-all.

Sessions typically focus on making sense of difficult feelings, building coping strategies, and reconnecting with strengths. Kirsty has supported people through grief, depression, panic, relationship difficulties, stress and anxiety, and challenges linked to chronic illness and caring responsibilities. She also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, low self-esteem and life transitions.

Kirsty describes her way of working as collaborative and respectful of individual values. She aims to balance a warm, listening approach with structure when helpful, for example to set goals or try behavioural experiments between meetings.

People who value a paced, practical style often find this approach useful. The practice welcomes international clients and sessions are delivered in English. To start, readers should use the site Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to arrange the first session according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Kirsty uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside person-centred ways of working. ACT involves noticing thoughts and feelings and deciding what matters most so people can take small steps toward those values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of connection and how past relationships affect current feeling and behaviour; it can be useful for relationship difficulties and issues linked to abandonment or attachment concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, then suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.

The original profile does not list explicit session formats, so please confirm available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people work from different locations if that helps manage energy, caregiving duties or treatment for chronic illness. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices and behavioural tasks to work well in an online setting.