Philip Kemp

Philip Kemp, MBACP (Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), is a qualified Humanistic counsellor and psychotherapist practising from Brentwood in the United Kingdom.

He works from a humanistic, person-centred perspective and holds a belief in people’s innate capacity to cope and grow. Philip aims to offer a warm, non-judgmental yet appropriately challenging therapeutic space where clients can explore what matters to them, have their voice heard and have their confidentiality maintained.

Philip began his training within statutory and third sector settings, gaining counselling hours with The Outhouse (formerly Outhouse East) and the probation service (Essex CRC). He is a practising counsellor for HBBS Counselling and runs a private practice, Black Sheep Counselling & Psychotherapy, from his home in Brentwood. He offers video and telephone sessions, attends regular clinical supervision and continues to develop his practice through further training and research.

While his background is predominantly person-centred, Philip also applies creative techniques and draws on a range of approaches including CBT practices such as positive affirmations, gestalt experiments and existential therapy. He has worked with a variety of presenting issues including depression, bereavement, suicidal ideation, domestic violence, racial identity concerns and a range of LGBTQ+ matters including gender identity, gender expression and sexuality. Philip specialises in areas such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, career matters and coping with life changes, and he identifies as a non-religious, liberal therapist who works with gay and LGBT clients.