Kirsty Bunce

There may be lots of reasons why you are looking at this website, you may be facing difficulties or struggles in your emotional life, be experiencing worries or distress about a specific issue, needing help to come to terms with a traumatic event or loss, or perhaps seeking a clearer perspective on your life, on making choices and on how to move towards a more positive future.

I can help,you view your life and your relationships through a different perspective and help you to identify and strengthen your own resilience and resources when experiencing life challenges.

I have many years of counselling experience, including work as a clinical supervisor and counselling trainer and lecturer.

I specialise in both long and short term therapy and work with young people from age 11, adults and couples.

I am an integrative therapist, which means I draw from more than one counselling theory to help understand and meet your needs.

As a person centred therapist I work with you to build a relationship where you feel safe enough to talk about yourself and your issues, to gain greater understanding of yourself, greater confidence and empowerment to move forwards with your life more effectively.

As a CBT practitioner the process may be helped by using tools and learning strategies to change limiting beliefs and patterns of behaviour and to manage and alleviate stress and anxiety.

In addition the use of Transactional Analysis ideas of how we communicate  and relate to others can help reduce conflict in relationships and develop more effective ways of being with others, either in personal or work relationships.

I have a special interest in working with trauma and abuse, and also life stage changes such as becoming a parent, relationship ending, menopause, ageing.

I am a fully qualified clinical supervisor, working with individuals or groups from an integrative perspective.

I have also had 10 years experience of training and lecturing in counselling and can offer support to student counsellors with a thorough understanding of course requirements.

I work integratively with Person Centred as my core model, integrating CBT, TA and Existential ideas.

My style of supervision is relational, encouraging growth and autonomy through challenge and teaching.

I have a strong commitment to ethical practice and encourage supervisees to develop their own evaluating process with reference to the BACP ethical framework.