Debby Kirby
Compassionate counsellor using creative approaches
About Debby
Debby Kirby helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, low self-esteem and relationship problems. She also supports people facing sleep and eating difficulties, parenting strain, bipolar and depression, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Debby is based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English to national and international clients.
Debby brings four years of professional practice to her counselling. She uses creative methods such as art and poetry alongside talking therapy when clients want that option.
Background and approach
Sessions can be conducted by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs and schedules. Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She aims to build a steady rapport and to listen without judgement.
Debby often draws on inner child work and trauma-informed ways of working when those approaches match a person’s needs. People describe seeking her help for a wide range of concerns, from historic abuse and domestic violence to attachment and abandonment issues. She also addresses practical problems such as communication, commitment worries, and coping after divorce or bereavement.
Debby holds the NCPS credential. She combines that registration with lived experience of diverse cultures and an artistic background. That combination informs how she tailors conversations and therapeutic activities to each person.
To begin someone selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and then schedules sessions according to the therapist’s availability. The subscription model can be cancelled at any time.
What Debby works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Debby often uses inner child work as part of her practice. This approach looks at early experiences that shape how people feel and respond today. It can help with attachment issues, low self-esteem and patterns that repeat in relationships.She also works with trauma-informed methods that focus on safety and pace. These methods aim to help people feel steadier while they talk through distressing events or longstanding hurt, and are often used for historic abuse, domestic violence or complex grief.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Debby will discuss options and adapt sessions to fit the person’s goals, needs and preferences. She checks in as therapy progresses and changes the focus or methods when that makes sense.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and build rapport. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit those who want written reflection or more frequent, brief contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / 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
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
