Kirsty Black, NCPS
4 years in practice
Kirsty Black is a counsellor who brings four years of professional counselling experience and a long background in support roles.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS23-03009 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Kirsty
Kirsty Black is a counsellor who brings four years of professional counselling experience and a long background in support roles. She holds NCPS credential status and a BA (HONS) in Counselling, and she is currently studying for an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Kirsty describes herself as neurodivergent-affirming and works with clients using a variety of approaches tailored to each person. Kirsty has spent many years in charity, school and university settings before moving into independent practice.
Background and approach
That history means she is used to practical, everyday problems as well as more complex emotional issues. She frames sessions around what people need right now rather than fitting them into one fixed model. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, ADHD, addiction and identity matters.
She also lists additional focuses such as body image, chronic illness, caregiving stress and attachment-related difficulties. Kirsty works integratively and can draw on Jungian ideas alongside approaches like acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioural techniques. She says she can include creative methods in sessions when clients want that, for example art or play-based activities.
Sessions are available online by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. International clients who speak English can work with her, and she describes her style as respectful, compassionate and practical.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kirsty lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kirsty names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Jungian therapy looks at themes, symbols and personal history to help people understand deeper patterns in their feelings and relationships. It can be useful for clients who want to explore meaning, identity and recurring life themes.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then commit to actions that reflect their values. It is practical for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes because it pairs acceptance with clear small steps.
Attachment-Based Therapy concentrates on how early relationships shape current ways of relating. It helps people who struggle with trust, closeness, abandonment concerns or repeating relational patterns to try new ways of connecting.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and practical needs and then suggest methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is often used for deeper conversational work, while phone fits people who need less bandwidth or prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, notes between sessions or for those who find typed communication easier. These options make therapy more flexible for different schedules, time zones and daily routines.
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Questions people ask
What types of problems does Kirsty help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, ADHD, addiction, identity and many related concerns on the list provided.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is integrative and person-centred, using practical tools and creative activities when useful. Sessions aim to address what feels most pressing for the client.
How much counselling experience does she have?
Kirsty has four years of professional counselling experience and sixteen years working in support-based roles across charities, schools and universities.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds NCPS credential status and a BA (HONS) in Counselling, and is based in the United Kingdom while studying for an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients who can work in that language.
What session formats does she use?
Therapy is provided by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions charged?
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