Kay Holdsworth , BACP

Kay Holdsworth is a counsellor, psychotherapist and coach based in the United Kingdom who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, low mood and major life transitions. She works predominantly with women who want practical tools and strategies to improve their wellbeing and make clearer choices about relationships, careers and personal growth. Drawing on a blend of therapeutic approaches, Kay supports clients to move from feeling stuck or overwhelmed to a place of greater self-trust, calm and direction.

Her practice embraces creative and experiential methods alongside talking therapies, including guided relaxations, visualisations and mindfulness exercises when these feel useful. Kay often suggests practical tasks, experiments and journaling between sessions so clients can test changes in daily life and consolidate new skills. She encourages honest feedback to ensure therapy stays focused on what is helping and what needs to be adjusted.

Kay qualified with a Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy in 2017 on an integrative and relational course. She has completed Solution-Focused training with ACPT in 2021 and a Creative Counselling qualification in 2023. Kay also has experience working in university wellbeing services - currently as a student counsellor three days a week and previously as a wellbeing practitioner - and has facilitated community wellbeing courses and mental health groups in clinical and community settings.

Approaches in Online Therapy with Kay Holdsworth

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people identify their values and take committed action toward them. It teaches strategies to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while building a meaningful life, and can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, skills-based approach that examines how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It helps clients spot unhelpful thinking patterns and develop more effective coping strategies for issues such as stress, depression and relationship difficulties.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, non-judgmental relationship where the therapist follows the client's lead and provides empathy and support. This approach can help people feel heard and build self-trust, which supports progress across many concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kay works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts the work as those needs evolve.

Online therapy with Kay is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to access support from different locations. These options offer flexibility in how and when clients engage, allowing therapy to continue even when in-person meetings are not possible.