- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Debby
Debby Kirby is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. She supports those coping with grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with self-esteem. She also works with people managing sleep and eating problems, ADHD, bipolar mood issues and compassion fatigue.
Debby lists Parenting among her focus areas and offers practical support for parenting-related strain. Debby keeps sessions straightforward and conversational. She uses creative tools such as poetry, visualisation and painting when helpful, alongside established therapeutic techniques.
Background and approach
Clients can expect a mix of talking and gentle creative work to help make sense of painful memories and current challenges. Her background includes four years of professional practice and registration as NCPS. She describes lived experience within multiple cultures and brings that perspective into sessions.
That experience influences how she listens and responds to people who feel othered or disconnected. Debby often uses inner child approaches to help people access and heal longstanding wounds. She also addresses practical problems like communication difficulties and coping strategies for stress.
Sessions are tailored to each person's needs and priorities rather than following a fixed programme. People who prefer online contact will find options for video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Debby is based in the United Kingdom, works in English, and accepts international clients.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the service portal.
What Debby works with
Everything Debby lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Debby helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Debby combines talking therapy with creative methods that let people express difficult feelings in different ways. Inner child work helps people connect with early experiences and the needs that were not met, which can reduce shame and improve self-worth. Creative exercises such as guided visualisations, poetry or simple art tasks are used to surface emotions when words are hard to find.She works collaboratively to find the right approach for each person. That means discussing goals and preferences, trying methods in session, and adapting the way therapy is delivered over time. The client and therapist decide together which techniques are most helpful for the issues at hand.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different schedules and communication styles. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual exercises, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can provide brief check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily life, and to keep therapy consistent when travel or relocation would otherwise interrupt it.
Questions people ask about Debby
What concerns does Debby address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. Her focus also includes relationship issues, self-esteem, parenting challenges and ADHD.
How would she describe her approach in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and practical, with space for creative exercises. Debby mixes talking therapy with art, poetry and visualisation when that helps.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of professional practice and brings lived multicultural experience to her work. Her history informs how she relates to people who feel othered.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as a listed credential.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Different formats suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is managed through a subscription model. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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