Debby Kirby, NCPS

Debby Kirby is a UK-registered therapist who holds the NCPS credential, indicating registration as a professional therapist, and she brings four years of clinical experience to her practice. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem difficulties, and a wide range of other life challenges including ADHD, bipolar conditions, parenting struggles, and compassion fatigue.

Debby combines evidence-informed therapeutic work with creative approaches drawn from her background as an active professional artist. She integrates poetry, visualisation and painting into sessions when appropriate, offering clients varied paths to express emotions and process experience. Her practice also includes focused support for complex grief, historical sexual abuse, domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, adverse childhood experiences and CPTSD, and she has experience addressing menopause-related issues and attachment-related difficulties.

As a mixed-race practitioner with experience across diverse cultural contexts, she aims to meet each person with sensitivity, respect and adaptability. Many clients choose ongoing, longer-term work and find that video sessions help them build rapport and sustain progress. Debby tailors dialogue and treatment plans to each client’s needs, collaborating to find approaches that fit individual goals and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Debby often integrates inner-child work into her practice, a gentle approach that helps people explore early emotional needs and unresolved childhood wounds. This work can support healing from attachment difficulties, low self-esteem and longstanding patterns that affect relationships.

She also employs trauma-informed ways of working that prioritise safety, pacing and understanding how past harm affects current feelings and behaviours. These methods are useful for people coping with complex grief, historical abuse, CPTSD and other trauma-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Debby collaborates with each client to determine what fits best according to their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts techniques over time, mixing creative methods and talking-based work as appropriate.

Online therapy with Debby is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access regular support from a registered professional regardless of location, and they allow clients to continue therapy in ways that suit their daily life.