Hello! My name is Kirsty Crawley - van Lieshout, from Dutch-Indonesian descent, and I moved from The Netherlands to the UK in 2002. I started private practice in 2014 and love working with high functioning clients!

Yes, that is you! Overall, you function well in life, you look after your own basic and psychological needs, probably even making sure that these needs are met for others (parents, siblings, dependants, friends etc.). You know there is something more to life than just existing and you aim to live a full and meaningful life. Although sometimes it might feel like spinning plates, pushing that boulder up hill, no rest for the wicked… Therapy can help looking after you, while you look after others. Therapy can help figuring out why you do what you do, while you do not have to change this. Therapy can help to sort out the jumble in your head and heart. Therapy can help you to achieve your full potential; experiencing, learning, and integrating everything on your journey – growing into the person you are meant to be!

Specialisms:

• Relationship Issues
• Trauma and Traumatic Experiences
• Loss, Grief & Bereavement
• Anger Management
• ADHD & ADD

Also experienced in:

Stress Management, Living with Anxiety, Parenting and Step-Parenting Issues , Self Esteem & Self Worth Issues, Living with Depression, Coping with Life Changes, Adoption and Foster Care, Autism (ASD) Issues, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Chronic Pain, Dissociate Identity Disorder (DID), Divorce and Separation, Expat & Nomad Issues, First Responder Issues, Hospice and End of Life Counselling, Life Purpose & Existentialism, Midlife Crisis & Transitions, Military & Veterans Issues, Multicultural Concerns, Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Workplace Issues - to name a few :)

Clinical approaches:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy.

Years of Experience: 8+