Keely Strange, BACP

Keely Strange works across the disability sector at several universities in the United Kingdom, providing one-to-one support that helps students and staff balance study, work and daily life. She supports people with a wide range of barriers - from depression, anxiety and PTSD to ADHD and other complex needs - and adapts her approach to the individual circumstances of each person.

Much of Keely's work has been delivered remotely via telephone, Skype and Zoom, allowing her to maintain continuity of support when face-to-face meetings are not possible. Since qualifying as a counsellor she has continued to offer one-to-one counselling alongside her university roles, creating a warm, non-judgemental space for people to explore feelings and emotions and to increase self-awareness.

In her day-to-day employment Keely carries welfare responsibilities for colleagues, offering anything from a brief supportive conversation to more in-depth discussions aimed at helping people understand and manage their emotions and behaviour. She describes her work as committed and boundary-focused, and has observed positive change, growth and development as a result of her interventions.

Keely has experience working in addiction services and as a telephone counsellor, where listening without visual cues sharpened her therapeutic skills. She also provides face-to-face person-centred counselling when covering clinic duties. Her broader work history includes payroll and bookkeeping responsibilities, which inform her practical, organised approach to case management.

Areas Keely has worked with include relationships, domestic violence, abuse, self-harm, OCD, anger management, loss and grief, and many other challenges. Feedback from people she has supported notes that she is approachable, calm under pressure and able to help others access their feelings to build confidence. Keely is a member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and follows its ethical framework, attending regular fortnightly supervision and maintaining safeguarding procedures. She has accumulated hundreds of counselling hours over the last eight years of practice.