Kanan Robinson

Kanan Robinson is a counsellor with three years' experience and a BACP credential. She began her route into helping others after experiencing counselling herself and seeing how much a trusting therapeutic relationship can matter.

Her work blends a humanistic, client-focused way of working with additional tools she trained in earlier in her career. Kanan uses Client-Centred Therapy as the core of her practice and draws on techniques she learned in other modalities to shape sessions around each person. Sessions are paced by the client and aim to follow whatever feels most useful at the time.

People come to her for many reasons, including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. She also supports concerns such as sleep and eating problems, low self-esteem, panic, self-harm thoughts, workplace stress and the fallout from trauma or abuse. Divorce and separation is listed among areas she focusses on.

Kanan aims to help people name what is causing the most distress and then work through it step by step. She offers practical tools alongside space to talk and reflect. Progress looks different for everyone and she tailors each session to the person in front of her.

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. New clients are invited to talk about their immediate goals in the first meetings so future sessions can be shaped around what matters most to them.

Client-centred support and online options explained

Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor gives empathy, listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, which can help with issues like anxiety, low mood and relationship strain.

Where other techniques are useful, she can bring in targeted tools learned earlier in her training to support specific goals. These methods are used to add options for change rather than replace the client-led conversation, and they can help with things such as panic, sleep or eating difficulties.

Deciding what approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and together you will try ways of working that fit your needs. This might mean more reflective conversation in some weeks and practical exercises in others.

Confirm the exact session formats available before booking so you know how meetings will take place. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time and allow a simpler check-in on busier days. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for your routine and communication style.