Kimberley Long, BACP

Kimberley Long is a counsellor and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She brings 13 years of professional experience working across the NHS, independent practice and community projects in the United Kingdom. Kimberley focuses on creating a calm, non-judgemental space where people can start to talk about painful or confusing issues.

Her approach is grounded in client-centred therapy, which means she listens closely and follows each person's priorities. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques to help people notice patterns of thought and change unhelpful habits. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness ideas are part of her toolbox for managing strong emotions.

Kimberley has supported people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and addiction. She also works with concerns such as relationship strain, low self-esteem, grief, intimacy-related issues and parenting stress. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency and coping with life changes.

Her NHS background gives her familiarity with both primary and secondary care, alongside community-based support work. Kimberley aims to help people build practical skills for daily life, such as emotional regulation, clearer communication and goal-focused steps.

She encourages straightforward conversation about what people want from therapy. The first sessions are used to understand immediate needs and agree a way forward that feels manageable and realistic.

How Kimberley’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centred therapy focuses on understanding what matters to the client and following their lead. In practice this means the counsellor listens closely, reflects back what she hears and helps clients decide what to work on next. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It helps people spot unhelpful patterns and try small, practical changes to reduce anxiety or lift mood.

Finding the right approach is something to do together. Kimberley will talk through your goals and try methods that match your needs and preferences. If an approach does not feel helpful, she adapts the plan and tries another way of working.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as this profile does not list specific options. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, remove travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people who prefer not to be on camera or who want to use mindfulness and CBT exercises at home. Registered or accredited professionals, including counsellors with NHS and community experience, often use these practical benefits to make therapy into a workable part of everyday life.