Kaye Barney, BACP

Kaye Barney is a United Kingdom based counsellor with eight years of experience supporting people through everyday problems and more complex emotional challenges. She works with individuals facing relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and confidence issues, grief and bereavement, anxiety and depression, and the stresses that come with life changes. Her practice also addresses a wide range of related concerns such as parenting, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, career pressures, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

For Kaye, relationships - including the one a person has with themselves - shape how they feel, think and act. When connections with partners, family, friends or colleagues feel strained, her clients often see impacts on mood, motivation, self-image, work performance and overall emotional balance. She helps people who are struggling with negative self-image, panic or anxiety that limits their life, difficulties communicating with a partner, persistent low mood or loss of interest, and behaviours used to cope such as excessive drinking, gambling or harmful eating patterns. She also supports those dealing with the aftermath of betrayal, separation or bereavement, feelings of abandonment, and the pressure of others’ expectations.

Kaye uses a mix of counselling approaches tailored to each person’s situation, guiding clients to explore feelings, understand patterns, and identify practical steps toward greater stability and wellbeing. She holds a degree in Psychology and a degree in Counselling, a diploma in Relationship Counselling, and a Foundation Certificate in Transactional Analysis. She is an accredited Mother/Daughter relationship coach and a Therapy for Depression practitioner, and she teaches counselling qualifications to trainees while providing clinical supervision to other counsellors. Kaye is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and an accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, reflecting her commitment to professional practice.

Prospective clients are invited to book an appointment to discuss their situation and to explore how Kaye may be able to help.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. It helps people understand fears of abandonment, difficulties with intimacy, and recurring relational cycles so they can build more secure ways of connecting with others.

Client-Centred Therapy places the client’s experience at the centre of the work, using empathic listening and acceptance to foster self-exploration and personal growth. This approach can be especially useful for issues like low self-esteem, grief, and making life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical strategies to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and to change unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is explored collaboratively. Kaye will work with each person to agree which methods best fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts the work as therapy progresses.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging offer flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits or those living far from services. These options make it possible to access regular appointments and to continue therapy through life transitions, while retaining the same professional support a registered professional or therapist would provide.