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Individual and couples counselling in Bristol and online

Whether you’re facing a specific challenge, feeling stuck, or wanting to understand yourself more deeply, counselling can offer the support you need. Or are you a couple struggling to reconnect and wanting help to find your way forward together?

Online and in person counselling

All sessions are available online, so you can access support from anywhere in the UK. Or face to face in Cotham, Bristol.

Kelly Paterson – individual and couples counselling in Bristol

About me

I am a warm and friendly counsellor in Bristol. I offer individual and couples counselling in Bristol and online, supporting people through a wide range of emotional and relational challenges. A relational, depth‑oriented counsellor trained in humanistic and integrative approaches, I use humour, connection and curiosity to help you work towards a more authentic way of being. Having qualified in 2014, I have over 10 years’ experience.

How I work

Person centred

I will offer the qualities of empathy, authenticity and acceptance. These ‘core conditions’ enable a trusting and mutual relationship to develop so that together we can explore, understand and develop your internal landscape.

Relational

Research shows that the relationship between client and counsellor is one of the most important elements of therapy. I will offer you a warm, friendly connection, with humour and a little challenge thrown in, whether we meet in person in Bristol or online.

Psychodynamic

Many of the issues and unwanted patterns that bring people to counselling, have roots in the past. As part of the counselling process, we can discover, process and release these old ways of being, creating space for a new, more accepting sense of self. 

Systemic

The issues that bring people to counselling are shaped by the relationships, families and wider systems around them. Working to understand these wider dynamics can inform how your connections to others play a part in shaping your experience.