Kelly Dynes, BACP

Kelly Dynes BACP is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression and compassion fatigue. She also helps with ADHD, addictions, relationship worries, grief and parenting strain. Kelly offers practical help for self-esteem, anger, career questions and coping with life changes. She lists Supporting carers as a focus and understands pressures that come with caring roles.

Kelly aims to build therapy around a simple idea: the relationship matters most. She listens carefully and speaks honestly, keeping sessions grounded and straightforward. People can expect empathy and directness rather than clinical jargon.

Her experience includes working with trauma, bereavement, anxiety and depression over an 11 year career. Kelly also draws on lived experience of physical disability and using a wheelchair. That perspective shapes her understanding of chronic illness, disability and carer stress.

Kelly works with neurodivergent clients and says she is committed to inclusion. She is learning British Sign Language and hopes to use it in her practice within the next year, though it is not yet part of her offered services.

Her approach blends client-centred listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. Emotion-focused and trauma-focused methods are included where helpful. Sessions aim to make daily life easier and give clear tools to manage difficult feelings.

Approaches that guide online work

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person and their experience at the centre of each session. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is heard and helps the person find their own ways forward; this suits people who want a supportive space to make sense of things.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It offers practical strategies and small experiments to reduce anxiety, manage low mood or tackle unhelpful thinking patterns.

Kelly treats choice of approach as a shared decision. She will talk through what feels right, test methods gently and adjust plans to match goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps identify which techniques are most useful for each person.

The practical benefits of online work include fitting therapy around busy days and reducing travel time. Online sessions can make it easier to study notes between meetings, to use mindfulness exercises at home, or to have a shorter check-in when days are tight. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online or in-person options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can offer a range of ways to meet, and Kelly will help find what fits into everyday life.