Kelly Rippin Person Centred & CBT Therpist

Hello, I’m Kelly, the people I work with consistently feedback that I am genuine and professional.
I am experienced in helping people with a wide range of issues. I have worked as a counsellor for one of the UK’s leading EAP’s (Employer Assisted Programme) helping people to explore and manage various issues including depression, generalised anxiety, work related stress, relationship issues, and trauma. As part of National Rape Crisis, I have counselled women who have experienced recent or childhood abuse exploring areas such as self confidence and esteem, self harm, body image, relationship issues and conflicts, assertiveness and personal boundaries. I have counselled students in College and University settings around stress, panic attacks, low mood, anger, sexuality, communication, time management, relationship conflicts and life transitions.

I also have specialist training through the National Centre for Eating Disorders (approved by The British Psychological Society) to work with issues of eating distress and body image – including emotional eating, bulimia, binge eating, chronic dieting or restrictive eating. Being unhappy about shape, weight and eating is an experience reported by many people; the intensity and frequency of these thoughts can affect and even dominate many areas of their life. I apply a variety of practical interventions such as nutritional guidance alongside therapeutic counselling to support you to restore a healthy, enjoyable relationship with food and with yourself.

My approach is based in Person Centred Therapy with touches of other related therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Motivational Therapy