Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes, BACP

Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes is a compassionate, person-centered therapist who meets people with warmth, mindfulness, and non-judgemental understanding. She prioritises meeting each person where they are and supports clients to explore their inner experience while recognising the strengths they already hold. Kathleen works alongside clients rather than directing them, helping them to lead their own therapeutic journey while she offers empathetic guidance and practical support.

Her training and practice draw on a range of approaches, and she is a registered member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and therapists in the United Kingdom. She is also a Certified Hakomi practitioner, bringing body-oriented work into sessions when appropriate to help clients notice sensations, patterns, and new possibilities for change.

Kathleen works with a broad set of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief and loss, sleep difficulties, low self-esteem, relationship issues, parenting transitions, trauma and abuse, addictions, and challenges linked to ageing and life transitions. She has experience supporting people from military and emergency services backgrounds as well as younger and older adults navigating changes such as empty nest, divorce, or retirement.

Alongside psychotherapy, Kathleen teaches Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, maintains a long-standing meditation practice, and offers well-being, life and creativity coaching. Many clients come for longer-term exploration of their inner world, learning to bring mindful awareness and self-compassion into daily life while developing greater clarity, resilience, and embodiment.