Kevina Singleton, Counsellor
Dip.Couns. MBACP
Kendal and Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
When life feels difficult, clarity and understanding are the first steps towards change.
Counselling is there to help you make sense of things and move your life forward. It can be a deeply empowering experience offering you a place to express and feel everything you need to without unwelcome pressure or judgment.
In our sessions you will receive empathy, acceptance, and gentle challenge - all important for therapeutic change.
Aspects of life that I support with are:
- anxiety, depression, stress
- grief, loss, bereavement, pet loss
- relationships, separation, divorce
- loneliness, self-esteem, attachment
- abuse, trauma
- work issues, redundancy, retirement
- illness, ageing, life stage
- miscarriage, infertility, baby loss
Counselling can help you to develop deeper self-knowledge and understanding, to strengthen foundations for the future.
Options and Availability
I work from Kendal and my home near Kirkby Stephen, offering counselling in the following ways:
In-person counselling in Kendal
Mondays 9.30am to 5pm and Tuesdays 1.30pm to 5pm*
From two central locations:
Stricklandgate House, 92 Stricklandgate, LA9 4PU
Porchlight Practice, 122 Highgate, LA9 4HE
*Other days and times may be available; please enquire.
Online and telephone counselling
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 7pm
Walk and talk counselling in and around Kirkby Stephen
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 7pm
Reduced hours during winter. For further details about walk and talk, please scroll to the bottom of the page.
Contact and Pricing
Email contact@kevinasingletoncounselling.com
Phone 07918 407148
Directories BACP Directory and Counselling Directory
My fee is £50 per 50-minute session (shorter or longer if needed).
Introductory calls are free of charge and take place by phone or Zoom, you choose.
Alternative support
If budget constraints are a concern, a quick internet search will reveal charities offering free or low-cost counselling, and helplines providing free listening support 24/7. Your GP and NHS community mental health services are available, too.
However difficult or isolating things may feel at the moment, please know that you are not alone.
About Me
I'm Kevina (she/her), a trauma-informed, neuroaffirming, and LGBTQ+ inclusive counsellor working with individuals aged 18 and over. I have been counselling people since 2021 and running my private practice since 2023.
An integrative counsellor, my therapeutic approach is a blend of person-centred and psychodynamic, and through a trauma-informed lens. In essence, this means that we focus on the present and what you're finding most difficult; and, where relevant, apply meaning and understanding to this by exploring the past. All at a pace that feels comfortable for you.
Alongside counselling, I have a working knowledge of health and social care, having spent 15 years in a variety of roles in those sectors. My experience left me with deep insight into the wide-ranging needs of people and the challenges faced in getting those needs met.
Prior to this, I spent over five years working in an investment management team, providing support to fund managers. I was like a fish out of water, but really enjoyed the insights it gave me into a world I otherwise had no connection to.
I have provided counselling in a prison, and currently support a bereavement charity.
I feel like I've done a lot, but have finally found my home.
A Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), I adhere to its Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions, details of which can be found here: bacp.co.uk.
Qualifications and CPD
BA (Hons) Social Science
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative)
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice
Certificate in Working Therapeutically with Autistic Clients
Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
Certificate in Counselling Studies
Certificate in Counselling Skills
Certificate in Safeguarding, Prevent and British Values
Suicide Awareness and Safety Planning
An Introduction to Breathwork
Walk and Talk Counselling in and around Kirkby Stephen
Walk and Talk counselling takes the therapy sessions outdoors. It can be an appealing option for many who find the formality of a therapy room uncomfortable, benefit from keeping their body in motion, or for whom online or telephone sessions are not feasible.
Walk and Talk counselling with me involves a gentle walk, or a sit down, in nature. What I offer is not an intended therapeutic connection with nature itself, although benefits can still be experienced. The core of the therapeutic work remains centred on the client/counsellor relationship and the talking elements of therapy.
Locations are chosen to minimise intrusion and maximise privacy, although neither of these factors can be protected fully.
What you share in the sessions will, however, remain confidential.
