Kirsty Waite, BACP

Kirsty Waite is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She holds BACP registration and offers a calm, listening approach for people feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. Kirsty aims to create a non-judgemental space where clients can speak at their own pace and begin to feel more able to cope.

She uses an integrative style, combining client-centred listening with structured ways of working when helpful. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used alongside attachment-focused ideas and emotion-focused work. This means sessions can include practical steps for daily life as well as space to make sense of past hurts.

Kirsty has logged over 600 clinical hours and has supported people with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and trauma and abuse. She also pays particular attention to challenges such as compassion fatigue, chronic illness or disability, caregiver strain, sleep problems, panic attacks and life transitions.

Her lived experience as a carer informs how she listens to those balancing caring responsibilities with their own needs. Sessions are described as collaborative and paced to the person’s preferences, mixing gentle reflection with clear, actionable ideas when appropriate.

People who want a straightforward, empathetic counsellor who offers practical strategies and reflective listening may find her style helpful. Before booking, confirm current session formats and scheduling options to ensure they meet your needs.

Approaches that guide online conversations

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and moving through life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers practical strategies to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood or sleep disruption. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early patterns of relating affect current relationships and emotional responses, which can help with trust, abandonment worries and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. Together you can adapt techniques as you learn what helps and what does not, so therapy becomes a shared, flexible process.

Confirm the specific online session options before booking, since formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing quicker check-ins, or letting conversations happen from a familiar setting. They also let the therapist offer focused, practical tools and reflective space that transfer into everyday routines, while keeping scheduling aligned with your availability.