Counsellor profile
Debby Kirby, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS therapist - trauma and relationships
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- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS21-02856
- Experience
- 4 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Trauma and abuse
- Inner child work
- Creative methods
About Debby
Debby Kirby NCPS is a therapist practising in the United Kingdom with four years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related concerns, low self-esteem, relationship and family difficulties, and codependency. She also supports people dealing with sleeping and eating problems, parenting strain, bipolar and depression, and coping with life changes.
Debby draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and creative methods from her background as an artist. She offers visualisation, poetry and painting as ways to help people connect with feelings that are hard to name. She also uses inner child work to help people understand how past hurts affect current choices and relationships.
Her approach is practical and conversational. Sessions involve talking through current problems, identifying repeated patterns, and practising small changes that feel manageable. She attends to loss, historic abuse and attachment wounds while working on day-to-day coping skills for anxiety, sleep and mood regulation.
Debby describes herself as having lived experience across different cultures, which she says helps her relate to people who feel othered. She has worked with people affected by domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, dissociation and addiction, and with those coping with cancer or major life events.
To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session. Fees vary by location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online working
Debby uses evidence-based talking therapies alongside creative methods. One approach she commonly applies is inner child work, which helps people trace emotional patterns back to early experiences and practise new ways of responding to triggers. This can be useful for people who repeatedly put others first or who struggle with shame and low self-esteem.Another strand of her work focuses on trauma-informed techniques that help people process historic abuse and its ongoing effects. These methods aim to reduce overwhelming reactions, improve day-to-day coping, and build steadier emotional responses rather than promising quick fixes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss how the methods feel and adjust them based on a person’s goals, preferences and what helps in early sessions. The process is collaborative, with practical steps agreed as therapy progresses.
Confirm the session formats offered before booking, as the original biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use audio rather than video if that suits them better. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often find remote sessions helpful for maintaining continuity during life changes.
Areas of focus
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Also works with
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can she help with people-pleasing and boundary problems?
Yes. She works with relationship patterns such as people-pleasing and codependency and looks at how past attachment wounds shape current boundaries.
What is her style in sessions?
She uses a conversational, practical style that blends talking therapies with creative tools like visualisation and poetry.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional practice listed and experience working with trauma, grief and mood difficulties.
What are her credentials and where does she practise?
She is listed with the NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.