Counselling experience
I have been counselling professionally since 2008, with over 5,000 clinical hours and experience of working with over 400 people from many walks of life.
Biblical counselling in the UK
About Caroline
Compassionate, Scripture-rooted counsel for individuals, couples, children, and young people.
Welcome, I am glad you are here
2 Thessalonians 2:16 to 17
“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.”
My name is Caroline Kent. Since 2008, I have been walking alongside people in some of their deepest struggles, offering counsel grounded not in human wisdom, but in the living and sufficient Word of God. Whether you are facing anxiety, intrusive thoughts, grief, trauma, relationship difficulty, or spiritual confusion, my aim is to offer a safe and compassionate space where we look to Christ and Scripture for true hope and help.
What is Biblical counselling?
Biblical counselling looks to the wisdom and teaching of the Triune God, as revealed in the Holy Scriptures, to understand and address the complexities of the human heart. It is founded on the conviction that the One who made us and sustains us knows best how to help us.
This does not mean coldly listing sins or offering shallow answers to deep pain. It means opening our lives before God’s Word so that His truth may bring light, correction, comfort, freedom, and restoration in Christ.
Where secular counselling often looks within the self for strength or identity, Biblical counselling looks upward to the resources of our infinite God. We consider suffering, sin, fear, weakness, habits, relationships, thoughts, desires, and circumstances in the light of Scripture.
“Ho, every one that thirsteth,
come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money;
come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.”
Isaiah 55:1
Experience, training, and pastoral care
My work brings together professional counselling experience, theological conviction, safeguarding awareness, supervision, careful study, and a deep concern to offer compassionate soul care under the authority of Scripture.
Study and qualifications
My training includes Christian counselling qualifications, a BA in Theology and Religious Studies, a PGCE, and extensive personal and professional study in Biblical counselling, Puritan pastoral theology, and Reformed soul care.
Safeguarding and accountability
I am fully insured, enhanced DBS checked, committed to safeguarding and confidentiality, and work with supervision, theological accountability, and ongoing professional development.
Qualifications and background
- Level 4 Diploma in Christian Counselling, ACC and OCN, 2010.
- Level 3 and Level 2 Christian Counselling, ACC and CPCAB.
- BA (Hons) Theology and Religious Studies, Bristol University, including Medical and Behavioural Ethics.
- Former Lay Reader in the Church of England, now a Reformed Baptist.
- PGCE, Bishop Grosseteste, Lincoln.
- Five years of work as a primary school teacher, with over 20 years of one-to-one tutoring for young people and adults.
- Previous CPD in CBT, ACT, and MBCT, now used only where principles are carefully examined and brought under Scripture.
- Extensive personal and professional study in Biblical counselling, Puritan pastoral theology, and classical Reformed soul care.
My practice also draws on many years of practical ministry in church settings, personal suffering, and walking with the Lord through chronic illness. I have been married to my husband Jeremy since 1995, and we worship together in a Reformed Baptist church, holding to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith.
Biblical counselling and evidence-based wisdom
Some visitors will want to understand how Biblical counselling relates to modern therapeutic language, professional standards, and carefully tested wisdom. This section gathers those points together without repeating them elsewhere.
Timeless wisdom for the whole person
I no longer practise CBT, ACT, or MBCT in their secular forms, but I understand them well. The best elements of these approaches often echo truths that Scripture taught long before modern therapeutic frameworks were named. Cognitive restructuring reflects, in a partial way, the biblical call to be “transformed by the renewing of your mind” in Romans 12:2. Acceptance, rightly understood, belongs within humble submission to God’s providence. Present-moment awareness is deepened and purified when our minds are fixed upon the Lord, His works, and His Word.
What secular therapies may offer in part, Biblical counselling seeks to bring under the fuller light of God’s revelation. The aim is not merely symptom management, but heart transformation, renewed thinking, spiritual clarity, wise action, and growing conformity to Jesus Christ.
I am not an HCPC psychotherapist under statutory regulation. However, I bring academic training, counselling experience, safeguarding commitments, supervision, careful study, and a consciously biblical ethical framework to my work. My confidence does not rest in human theory alone, but in the God who made us, knows us, redeems His people, and speaks with perfect wisdom in His Word.
Psalm 19:7
“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.”
My approach in practice
These four themes gather together the main way I seek to work: Scripture first, God-centred attention, surrendered trust, and the renewing of the mind.
1. Biblical
We begin with the Word and stay with the Word, trusting that God’s wisdom surpasses human understanding.
2. Mindful, biblically defined
True mindfulness means remembering God, His covenant, His promises, and our dependence upon Him.
3. Acceptance and commitment through truth
Biblical acceptance means submitting to God’s sovereignty. Commitment means walking forward in obedience and trust.
4. Renewing the mind
The Holy Spirit uses truth to reshape how we think, feel, speak, respond, repent, trust, and live.
Ethics and accountability
My practice is governed by biblical convictions rooted in the sufficiency of Scripture, the centrality of Christ, the dignity of those made in God’s image, and the need for wise safeguarding and confidentiality. Counselling is not merely technique, but applied discipleship and careful soul care.
- The Bible is my final authority, 2 Timothy 3:16 to 17.
- Christ is central to healing and transformation, 2 Corinthians 5:17.
- Every person is to be treated with dignity and compassion, Genesis 1:27.
- Client confidentiality is protected, with appropriate legal and safeguarding exceptions.
- Suffering, sin, weakness, and responsibility are considered within a holistic biblical framework.
- I work under ongoing supervision and seek excellence in practice.
- I uphold biblical truths such as the sanctity of life and God’s design for marriage.
- I encourage growth in sanctification, wisdom, and faithfulness.
- I rely daily on the grace and wisdom of God, James 1:5.
Areas I commonly help with
These are included briefly here, with fuller explanation best placed on the Specialities page and in the Counselling Library.
Anxiety, fear, and panic
Intrusive thoughts and OCD
Religious scrupulosity
Trauma, PTSD, and CPTSD
Eating disorders and body dysmorphia
Guilt and shame
Grief and loss
Chronic illness, pain, and fatigue
Abuse recovery
Spiritual confusion and backsliding
Lack of assurance
Emotional literacy for young people
Neurodivergent support, including autism
Marriage and family conflict
Self-harm and despair
Parenting pressures
Why I no longer belong to the BACP or ACC
In the past, I was registered with the BACP and the ACC. I later withdrew because I could not in good conscience bind my counselling practice to frameworks that may require affirmations or assumptions which conflict with Scripture.
I do not practise coercive or manipulative therapy. I do not seek to pressure people into outcomes. I offer explicitly Biblical counselling to those who freely seek counsel under the authority of Scripture, helping them bring their questions, struggles, desires, fears, responsibilities, and hopes before the Lord.
This means my work is transparent. Those who come to me know that the counselling offered is biblical, Christ-centred, prayerful, compassionate, and governed by the Word of God.
A note for Christians engaging with authorities
Some Christians find themselves asked, encouraged, or required to engage with counselling, therapy, or support services through courts, schools, health services, social care, or family proceedings. In such situations, it is important to seek proper legal or professional advice where needed.
It may be appropriate to ask whether a therapeutic approach can be offered in a way that respects sincere Christian conscience, religious belief, informed consent, safeguarding duties, and the individual’s stated aims. Biblical counselling is a private, faith-based form of support, and it should be clearly explained and freely chosen.
Where a formal process is involved, requests should be made respectfully, carefully, and with evidence of the counsellor’s training, supervision, insurance, safeguarding commitment, and ethical framework.
Books and resources
Alongside counselling, I write biblical resources to help weary hearts think clearly, trust Christ, and apply God’s Word in ordinary and painful struggles.
How to Cast Your Care
Biblical help for chronic anxiety, intrusive thoughts, OCD, and scrupulosity, with pastoral warmth, theological clarity, and practical gospel hope.
View in book shopScience / Faith or Both?
A resource to help young people think clearly about science, faith, truth, Scripture, and the claims they meet in the modern world.
View in book shopWhat Time I Am Afraid
A gentle biblical workbook for anxious believers, designed to help fearful hearts through Scripture, reflection, and prayerful trust.
View in book shopTaking the next step
Whether you are looking for help for yourself, your child, your marriage, or a loved one, you are welcome to get in touch and explain a little of what is happening.
Counselling with Caroline is a biblical counselling service and is not an emergency or crisis service. In-person appointments are no longer possible due to Caroline’s physical disabilities. If someone is in immediate danger, please seek urgent local help.
