Kelly Mayes, BACP

Kelly Mayes is a United Kingdom based therapist with nine years of professional experience, offering focused support for stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, sleep difficulties, career questions, and coping with life changes. She holds BACP credentials - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects her professional standing within the UK counselling community.

Kelly works from an empathetic, nonjudgmental stance, creating an open environment where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly. She places emphasis on collaboration, helping clients identify practical steps and coping strategies while also attending to the emotional experience beneath presenting problems. Her practice includes attention to post-traumatic stress, self-harm, social anxiety and phobia, and challenges commonly faced by young adults.

Seeking change can require courage, and Kelly frames therapy as a process of empowerment and support. She aims to help people build resilience, clarify goals, and develop skills to manage difficult emotions and life transitions. Her approach is adaptable to each person’s needs, prioritizing respectful listening and practical tools to foster greater wellbeing.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care

Kelly Mayes uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people understand and change patterns that contribute to stress and anxiety. These approaches often involve exploring the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and developing practical skills to manage everyday challenges and mood symptoms.

She also applies trauma-informed methods to support processing of painful experiences and to reduce their ongoing impact on daily life. For clients facing grief, relationship difficulties, or life transitions, Kelly integrates skills-focused strategies to build coping resources and improve sleep and functioning.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kelly works with each person to identify goals, trial suitable techniques, and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clear, so the therapy fits the individual rather than the other way around.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to connect from wherever works best for them and to choose the format that supports their needs and schedule.