Debby Kirby

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Creative approaches

About Debby

Debby Kirby works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, relationship concerns, family matters, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strains, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and related areas. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and offers counselling in English. Debby is a member of NCPS and has four years' experience in practice in the United Kingdom.

Debby keeps sessions practical and focused on what is happening now and what the person wants to change. She combines talking therapies with creative elements such as poetry, visualisations and painting when appropriate. Sessions can include inner child work and addresses attachment concerns, body image, codependency and issues arising from domestic violence or historic sexual abuse.

Her background includes working across different cultures and drawing on that perspective when discussing identity and belonging. She has experience supporting people through complex grief, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Debby also works with people dealing with substance misuse, dissociation, and the effects of disaster or trauma.

Debby describes herself as a creative practitioner and uses artistic approaches alongside conversational therapy. She has worked with clients who prefer video sessions to build rapport and find that visual and expressive methods help them access feelings and memories that are hard to put into words.

Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and the service accepts international clients. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and books a first session through the Talk to a counsellor online button.

Therapeutic approaches and remote work

Debby uses evidence-based talking therapies alongside creative techniques. Talking therapy involves structured conversations to identify unhelpful patterns, set goals and try new ways of responding to stress, anxiety and depression. Creative methods such as visualisations, poetry and painting help people express feelings that are hard to describe and can be useful for trauma and attachment issues.

She also uses inner child work, which focuses on earlier experiences and how they affect current relationships and self-esteem. This approach helps people look at long-standing emotional patterns and develop different ways of relating to themselves and others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Debby will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs in early sessions and agree a plan collaboratively. This helps decide how much creative work to include alongside talking techniques.

The biography mentions video sessions as one option some clients use. If you want to know the full list of session formats available now, confirm options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into everyday life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions can be scheduled around work or family commitments.

Topics Debby lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Self-esteem
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• 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 and non-monogamous relationships
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Somatization
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Questions about Debby

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed areas she works with, including related sleep and eating difficulties.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside creative methods such as poetry, visualisations and painting.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years of experience practising in the United Kingdom and is registered with NCPS.

Where is she based?

She practises in the United Kingdom and works with clients from a range of cultural backgrounds.

Can I have sessions in English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

The biography notes that some clients use video sessions. Confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.