About Keely
Keely Strange is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship worries and life changes. She works in a warm, non-judgemental way so clients can talk through difficult feelings and build greater self-awareness. Keely holds BACP membership and brings nine years of practical counselling experience to her work.
Keely has spent much of her career supporting students and staff in UK universities. She helps people juggle study, work and health challenges while coping with depression, PTSD, ADHD and other barriers to learning.
Background and approach
That university role often involves short welfare conversations as well as longer counselling sessions aimed at improving day-to-day functioning. Her background includes long experience in addiction services, payroll and welfare roles that shaped a practical, solutions-focused style. Keely describes her approach as compassionate and steady, offering listeners a calm presence during hard conversations.
She has worked by telephone and video in recent years and has also provided face-to-face counselling in clinic settings. Clients who work with Keely can expect collaboration about goals, clear boundaries, and regular supervision to guide the work. She reports many hundreds of counselling hours and a history of helping people grow in confidence and manage emotions more effectively.
Keely also lists LGBT among the areas she supports, reflecting topics she regularly addresses in practice. Keely aims to balance structure with empathy, using client-centred, mindfulness and solution-focused ideas to help people find practical ways forward. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling details to match their needs.
What Keely works with
Everything Keely lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Keely is listed here; the rest shows what else Keely works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Keely lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How these approaches translate to online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own answers. It supports issues like low self-esteem, relationship worries and emotional overwhelm by prioritising the client's perspective and pace.Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention and breathing practices to help manage anxiety, stress and persistent negative thoughts. It can make everyday moments easier to handle and reduce reactivity to difficult feelings.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and on what people want to be different. It is useful for coping with immediate problems, building routines and tracking clear progress over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then choose methods together. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as needs change.
Keely's biography records experience working remotely by telephone and video in recent years, but exact session formats should be confirmed before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can access support from different locations.
Questions people ask about Keely
What concerns does Keely commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and addiction-related issues, and supports people facing relationship, grief, parenting and career challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred and calm, with practical solution-focused steps and mindfulness techniques used where helpful.
What is her professional background?
Keely has nine years of counselling experience, including university welfare work and roles in addiction services, payroll and student support.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or from abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
Her biography notes experience working by telephone, Skype and Zoom in recent years; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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