My Approach

You might come to therapy because your relationship feels stuck or distant, conflict has become hard to navigate, or you are holding different perspectives that are hard to resolve. Perhaps you’re struggling with a transition — parenting, illness, aging, or changing responsibilities. Or perhaps you want to explore intimacy, communication, or the meaning of your relationship as it evolves, begins, or ends. At the start of our work together, we’ll think about what your goals might be and how we’ll know when we’re moving towards them.

For some people, therapy focuses on a particular issue that can be explored over a few sessions. For others, it’s a longer process of reflection and change. I’m interested in creating a context where clients feel listened to and, in turn, are able to listen to one another — to hear in new ways and create new understandings. As a systemic therapist I ask questions — sometimes challenging questions — intended to create reflection, connection, and new ways forward. I take therapy seriously, to be approached with care and consideration, though there is also warmth and room for creativity, and even humour at times. I hold multiple perspectives in mind, helping to balance these without offering advice or searching for a right or wrong answer.

In couples therapy, this often means slowing things down — stepping back from the back-and-forth of everyday conversations to notice the patterns in how you communicate, or zooming out to think about the wider contexts that may be shaping these interactions. This might include exploring attachment patterns, intergenerational themes, or how experiences such as trauma, illness, or social differences shape relationships. My practice is guided by curiosity about the contexts that shape our relationships — families of origin, class, gender, race, culture, sexuality, ability, and wider social structures. This includes being aware of my own position as a white cisgender woman, and how this may influence the space we co-create.

Systemic psychotherapy engages with the complexity of the connections between people, whether romantic, familial or platonic. As such I am interested in all forms of relationships — couples, siblings, families, friends, and people in polyamorous or non-traditional relationships. You are welcome to invite whoever feels relevant to your sessions. I am a UKCP-registered Systemic Psychotherapist with over 6 years experience working therapeutically. Alongside my private practice, I work within the NHS and take part in regular supervision and continuing professional development specific to Systemic Psychotherapy.

I currently offer Monday daytime appointments between 9.30am and 2.30pm and Wednesday evenings from 6.30pm, usually on a fortnightly basis with the option to space sessions further apart as therapy progresses. If you’d like to think together about how systemic therapy might be helpful to you and your relationships, please get in touch for a brief (around 20-minute) conversation before booking your first session. Please note I don’t offer therapy where there is significant risk related to mental health, safeguarding concerns, or ongoing violence within a relationship.

Session length: 50 minutes Fee: £80

About Me

I am a fully qualified Systemic and Family Psychotherapist specialising in couples and relationships. I welcome all people and all forms of relationships, be they romantic, platonic, familial, or however you would like to describe them.

I practice out of the beautiful Practice Rooms in Broomhall in Sheffield. Appointments are Mondays 9am - 2pm and Wednesday evenings.

If you'd like to get in touch, please contact me for a brief conversation to see if this approach is right for you before we start. I look forward to hearing from you.

Instagram: @hazel.kent.therapy

I work with

• Children and young people
• Couples
• Families

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
• Family Therapist
• Systemic Family and Couple Psychotherapist
• Systemic Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Couple Issues
• Divorce
• Family
• Relationships
• Separation