Kay Holdsworth
Helping people make lasting, practical change
About Kay
Kay Holdsworth is a counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration and brings five years of professional experience to her work. Kay supports people facing stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship concerns and life changes, offering practical tools to help them move forward.
Her approach combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, client-centred listening and mindfulness techniques. Sessions can include guided relaxations, visualisations and practical exercises to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Kay often encourages journalling and simple experiments to help build new habits and clarity. She uses creative ways of working when appropriate, inviting imagination and hands-on activities that can spark new insight. Kay also offers hypnotherapy and motivational interviewing techniques as part of a flexible toolkit.
The aim is to equip people with strategies they can use outside sessions to manage emotions and everyday challenges. Kay has experience in university counselling services and wellbeing work, where she ran courses and drop-in groups on mindfulness, relaxation and mental health. That background shapes her focus on clear, teachable skills and short practical exercises.
She welcomes people who want to make lasting change and who are ready to try new steps between sessions. Sessions are offered in English and Kay accepts international clients. People can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth style that balances supportive listening with practical action planning.
What Kay works with
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to values-based actions. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and when someone wants clearer direction in life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical exercises to change patterns that maintain distress. It often helps with anxiety, sleep problems and mood. Client-Centred Therapy offers a warm, non-judgemental space where a person’s concerns are reflected back and explored at their own pace; this approach supports building self-trust and resilience.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose or blend methods that fit the person’s needs and try things out, adjusting as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for a full conversational session and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit quick reflections, notes between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
