Make sense of the pattern
We begin by understanding what is happening now and what may be keeping the difficulty going.
Find space to understand.
Move forward with confidence.
Thoughtful, practical CBT for anxiety, overwhelm and the patterns that keep taking up too much space.
Online sessions
A flexible way to meet from your own space.
Face-to-face
In-person sessions available in Edinburgh.
When things look fine from the outside, but do not feel fine within.
You may be capable and getting on with life while privately feeling anxious, overwhelmed or caught in constant self-doubt. Therapy can help you slow the pattern down and understand what is maintaining it.
What we can work towards
Therapy is shaped around your own experience, with a practical focus on understanding and sustainable change.
Outcome 1 of 4
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Understand the link between your thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
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Respond differently to worry, overthinking and self-criticism.
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Build practical tools you can use beyond the therapy room.
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Feel more confident making decisions and setting boundaries.
Patterns that take up too much space.
You might recognise one concern or several. We can make sense of how they connect without reducing your experience to a label.
- Anxiety and overwhelm
- Overthinking and worry
- Perfectionism and procrastination
- Low confidence and self-esteem
- Imposter feelings
- People-pleasing and boundaries
A way forward
Change can begin with one hopeful step.
Therapy can help you understand what has been holding you back and move towards life with more confidence and freedom.
Structured enough to give direction. Personal enough to fit you.
CBT gives the work a useful structure, while collaboration keeps it connected to your life and what matters to you.
Choose a useful focus
Together, we agree what you want to change and shape the work around what matters to you.
Practise something different
Sessions include practical tools and experiments that help turn insight into everyday change.
Carry it forward
The aim is to build understanding and skills that remain useful after therapy ends.
Warm, direct and genuinely collaborative.
I am Kirsty Harrington Fernández, an accredited CBT therapist working online and face-to-face in Edinburgh.
My approach helps you look beneath the immediate problem, notice the patterns around it and develop tools that feel relevant to your life. Therapy is a shared piece of work: thoughtful, accountable and paced with care.
View Kirsty’s LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)A few things you may want to know.
Availability, timing and suitability are discussed personally rather than presented as a fixed package.
What is CBT?
Cognitive behavioural therapy explores the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It is structured, collaborative and focused on developing practical ways forward.
Can we meet online?
Yes. Therapy with Kirsty is available online, with face-to-face work associated with Edinburgh. Current availability and suitability are discussed when you enquire.
What happens in a session?
Sessions usually have an agreed focus and may involve reflection, practical exercises, between-session experiments and time to review what is useful.
How do I begin?
Send a brief email to Kirsty. You do not need to explain everything at once. Please avoid including highly sensitive clinical information in your first message.
You do not need to have the right words yet.
A short email is enough to start a conversation about what you are looking for and whether working together may be a suitable next step.
kirsty.cbt@gmail.com