Counsellor profile
Debby Kirby, NCPS
Counsellor - stress and trauma
See online counselling options- Creative techniques
- Inner child work
- Video sessions
About Debby
Counsellor Debby Kirby is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has four years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, and other difficulties listed on her profile. Debby offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
Debby uses a direct, person-centred approach in sessions. She draws on her background as an artist and uses creative techniques like poetry, visualisation and painting when appropriate. She also uses inner child work to help people explore early experiences and how these affect current feelings and relationships.
She has worked with people managing depression, complex grief, historic sexual abuse, domestic violence and childhood sexual abuse. Other areas she has supported include parenting strains, sleeping and eating difficulties, bipolar mood issues, ADHD and coping with life changes. She also mentions work around attachment issues, abandonment, body image and substance use concerns.
Sessions aim to help people talk through immediate problems and develop ways to manage day-to-day life. Debby combines conversational counselling with creative exercises to help people express difficult feelings. She notes that many clients use video sessions to build rapport before ongoing work.
Her background includes varied personal and cultural experience and a professional interest in working with people from different backgrounds. The NCPS listing is shown as the credential provided. If you need clarification about session format or length please confirm these details when booking.
Approaches used in online counselling
Debby draws on conversational counselling alongside creative techniques. She uses art-based methods such as poetry, visualisation and painting to help people name and express difficult emotions. These tools can be useful for grief, trauma and issues where words alone feel limiting.She also works with inner child approaches. This involves tracing current patterns back to early experiences and gently addressing those unmet needs. Inner child work is often used for attachment issues, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Debby will discuss what feels most useful and will adapt methods to match a person's needs and goals. This is a collaborative process and may change as therapy progresses.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into a working day or family life, and video can help establish rapport without travel. Other practical benefits include shorter check-ins between longer sessions and the ability to meet when schedules are tight. Registered or accredited professionals commonly offer these flexible arrangements, and Debby notes that some clients choose video sessions to begin ongoing work.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and relationship or intimacy-related issues.
What style of counselling does she use?
She combines conversational counselling with creative methods such as poetry, visualisation and painting, and uses inner child work where helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of practice experience working with a range of concerns and people from different cultural backgrounds.
Which credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with NCPS and works in the United Kingdom.
In which languages can you speak with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients; check session arrangements when you enquire.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions are organised via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.