Kirsty Halm
Support for stress, anxiety and life changes
About Kirsty
Kirsty Halm is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship worries. She supports those coping with trauma, bereavement, parenting strain and challenges to self-esteem. Kirsty also works with LGBT clients and people dealing with intimacy-related issues and career changes.
She trained in person-centred counselling and later completed a graduate diploma in the approach. Kirsty went on to study a postgraduate diploma in advanced counselling and psychotherapy, and she also holds a certificate in cognitive behavioural therapy.
Background and approach
She is a BACP member, which is recorded as BACP. Across 19 years she has worked in schools, colleges, charities and independent practice. That range means she has offered short-term and longer-term support in different settings.
She has experience with clients from childhood into later life and with issues such as addiction, anger, emotional regulation, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Sessions have been delivered face to face and remotely by video, telephone and live chat. Kirsty aims to help people build emotional resilience and find practical ways to manage difficult feelings.
She shapes her work around each person’s needs and what they want to change. In practice she uses an integrative approach that blends person-centred ideas with other evidence-based techniques. This allows her to adapt sessions so they are direct when needed, and reflective when that fits the person.
The overall focus is on helping people make steady, manageable changes.
What Kirsty works with
Sessions & fees
How Kirsty’s approaches work online and in session
Person-centred counselling focuses on listening without judgement and helping people find their own solutions. It helps when someone needs space to talk and make sense of their feelings at their own pace.Cognitive behavioural techniques look at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. They are useful for practical problems such as anxiety, low mood or unhelpful behaviour patterns, offering simple exercises to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and adapt methods to match goals and preferences, so sessions can be more reflective or more directive as needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit into short breaks or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, written reflection and people who prefer typing to speaking.
These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care around work, family or location. Registered or accredited professionals can use these methods to provide steady support and to tailor the way they work so it fits everyday life.
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 19 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
