Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes, BACP

Kathleen Kingsley-Hughes brings a warm, mindful and nonjudgmental presence to her therapeutic work and meets people where they are. She practices from a person-centred orientation, supporting clients to lead their own process while offering gentle guidance and curiosity. Kathleen believes people are the experts in their own lives and that recognising existing strengths is central to creating change and building self-compassion.

Her approach combines a range of methods tailored to each person. Compassion-Focused ideas are used to help lessen shame, soothe inner critical voices and address burnout, while trauma-focused work supports recovery from childhood trauma and chronic PTSD. She also uses Focusing methods to pay attention to bodily felt senses and to cultivate more intuitive, embodied ways of knowing.

Kathleen works with a wide spectrum of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief and loss, sleeping difficulties, low self-esteem, motivation and relationship challenges. She has experience supporting people from military and emergency services backgrounds, younger adults exploring values and career direction, parents adjusting to life changes such as children leaving home, and older adults navigating midlife and later-life transitions. Long-term therapy clients who want to explore inner experience and awareness are also welcomed in her practice.

Alongside therapeutic work, Kathleen teaches Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and self-compassion. She maintains a long-standing meditation practice and offers coaching in wellbeing, life direction and creativity, combining accountability with practical strategies to help people move toward their goals. She is also trained in Hakomi, a body-focused psychotherapy that explores bodily sensations and patterns as a route to new possibilities for being.