Kelly McGurk

I will be starting in January 2025.

I have availability Tuesdays and Thursdays, with some flexibility with online sessions on other days. 

Hi, I am Kelly also known as; The hybrid Therapist. The reason for this name is, that I am also a Women's health coach, Nutritionist and well-being consultant. I work out of a wonderful space in Topsham surrounded by the countryside. It's a private, friendly and holistic space offering free parking and easy access. 

My practice is wheelchair friendly and If I can do anything further to accommodate, any further needs, I will do my very best.  

My approach is always concerned with the client.

Then it is about the relationship; what I need to know to further understand this person seeking help. 

Lastly it’s about collaboration and flexibility. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. This is a brilliant quote to underpin what I mean by this last approach to my work.

Working together in a flexible manner is so important to me. Together means that we respect one another, we collaborate on how we feel, think and visualise aspects of our work together. Being flexible means that we account for things not being perfect. Because the term perfect is an expectation we put on ourselves that is never reached.

I am grounded in understanding your needs, and collaborating in your trust, to progress at a pace that feels safe enough, to reach the destination. Wherever that may be. 

I offer a  confidential space where you can be heard in a non judgmental manner. Together we will explore your history, thoughts, feelings and worries at a pace that suits you. I will help to support you by firstly listening, then coming together in a relational and collaborative way to help manage the impacts of what brings you into the therapeutic space. 

I will always try my hardest to allow you, the client, the space to understand the impacts of your past, environment, relationships and the biggest one, yourself. I do not see myself as the expert but more as someone to hold a space to guide my clients towards the knowledge they already possess.

I am a person centred therapist.

Person-centered therapy is an optimistic, humanistic, and phenomenological approach to therapy. Person-centered theory posits that individuals have within themselves a capacity for dramatic and positive growth.”

[Sommers-Flanagan and Sommers-Flanagan], 2018, p. 24

I care about the depth of the relationship, how the client is feeling, what the client needs and how we challenge the process of therapy together. 

Who am I.

I am a reliable, relatable, grounded individual who cares deeply. I have worked in the wellbeing industry for over 12 years. My experience includes:

Working with young people (14-18)

Attachment and generational attachment issues

Living with Anxiety and Depression

Identity and self confidence issues

Grief and bereavement

Feelings of hopelessness and self worth

Loss of relationships

Health anxiety and diagnosis of health conditions

Women’s Health- including hormonal issues and IVF

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”

Chödrön, 1997, p. 81

I offer a free 30 min phone conversation or 60 minute face to face meeting to ask any questions that you may have before starting your therapeutic journey. 

It is important that you pick the right person for you, so these sessions are important. And therefore I believe there should be no cost attached to that process.