Keith Williams, BACP

Keith Williams is a counsellor with BACP accreditation and 26 years of practice. He draws on a person-centred outlook while using a mix of approaches to help people make sense of difficult moments. His style aims to be straightforward and collaborative so people feel heard and understood quickly.

He often works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression and addictions. He also supports those facing grief, trauma and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. Additional areas include sleep and eating difficulties, body image, caregiver stress and adjustment after separation or loss.

His background includes long-term roles in bereavement services, social care and community drop-in centres. He has worked with people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems and with those affected by substance misuse. He also provides private counselling alongside organisation-based work.

Keith has experience supervising other counsellors and has delivered training to staff across statutory and voluntary services. He holds a Level 5 Diploma in CBT and a Level 4 Diploma in Clinical Case Work Supervision, and maintains continuing professional development activities.

In sessions he blends client-centred listening with techniques from cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic thinking, plus motivational interviewing and mindfulness where useful. The aim is to help people change everyday thoughts and habits that get in the way of living well, and to find practical ways forward that fit each person’s life.

Practical approaches for online counselling and everyday change

Keith blends client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural work and mindfulness to help people change everyday thoughts and habits. Client-centred work focuses on listening and understanding so the person feels able to explore their experience without judgement. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at how thoughts and actions keep problems going and offers practical experiments to try different responses. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and help with stress, sleep and low mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before, and then agree a plan that fits the person’s needs. This is a collaborative process that can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or offering options that do not require being on camera. These practical benefits can help people maintain regular contact and apply changes in their day-to-day routines.