Kelly Punton

Kelly Punton is a counsellor who uses practical, person-centred work to help people find clearer ways forward. She holds NCPS and brings five years of experience supporting people through difficult life changes. Her style aims to make sessions feel straightforward and non-judgemental from the first contact.

Her main concerns include stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and eating and body-image worries. Kelly works with people facing career strain, parenting pressures, compassion fatigue and symptoms connected with trauma and abuse.

Kelly combines several approaches to match a person’s needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred principles to offer practical tools and gentle reflection. She also uses solution-focused ideas and trauma-focused methods when those fit the situation.

In sessions she focuses on short, useful steps as well as longer-term goals. People can expect to talk through current problems, test small changes and build clearer routines or ways of thinking. Kelly aims to help people move towards the life they want at a pace that suits them.

She is based in the United Kingdom and conducts work in English. To begin, Kelly asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How Kelly’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and life transitions by focusing on small, value-driven steps.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at thoughts, feelings and behaviours to find practical changes that reduce distress. It often involves trying new behaviours and testing what works between sessions, which suits problem-focused concerns like low mood or anxiety.

Client-Centred Therapy creates a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk openly and be heard. This approach is helpful when someone needs to make sense of difficult emotions such as grief or shame.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is usually collaborative. The therapist will work with the person to identify what fits their goals, preferences and day-to-day life, and adapt methods as progress is reviewed.

Confirm the exact session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare and travel, and it can allow shorter check-ins when a full session would not fit the schedule. It also removes the need to travel to appointments, which many people find helpful when balancing everyday demands.