Debby Kirby, NCPS
Debby Kirby helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma.
About Debby
Debby Kirby helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma. She supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem struggles, parenting pressures, sleep and eating difficulties, and the challenges of ADHD and bipolar conditions. Debby works with a wide range of life changes, including bereavement, separation, and the after-effects of abuse or addiction.
Debby uses a practical, person-centred style. Sessions are conversational and paced to suit each person.
Background and approach
She draws on creative methods such as poetry, visualisation and painting when clients find those helpful. Inner child work is one area she often uses to explore early patterns and emotional healing. Debby brings four years of professional experience and holds an NCPS credential.
She describes a multicultural outlook informed by personal experience and work with people from varied backgrounds. This helps her relate to different perspectives and life stories. Online video, phone, live chat and text formats are part of how she works.
Many people find online sessions helpful for building rapport and keeping therapy consistent when life is busy. Sessions are arranged to fit the client’s schedule through the platform’s booking process. Initial steps are simple: complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Debby aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s specific needs, with sensitivity and respect.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS21-02856 | September 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Debby works with
Everything Debby lists, in their own terms.
- 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
Online support
She also offers creative methods such as guided visualisation, poetry and painting as part of sessions. These techniques give a different way to access feelings and memories when words alone are hard to find, and can be useful for trauma, grief and emotional expression.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Debby works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as sessions progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let a therapist and client use visual cues to build rapport. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when longer focus is difficult. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter reflections or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep a regular schedule and fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
Frequently asked
What kinds of difficulties does this counsellor help with?
Debby supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma, as well as grief, self-esteem and intimacy-related concerns. She also works with parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, ADHD and bipolar-related issues.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and person centred, with practical pacing to suit each client. She sometimes uses creative methods such as poetry, visualisation and painting when helpful.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of professional practice and experience working with people from varied cultural backgrounds. That outlook informs how she relates to clients and their experiences.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
Debby holds an NCPS credential and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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