Kangli Fu

Currently my working hours are: Monday (9am - 9pm), Friday (9am - 5pm) and Thursday evening (6.30pm - 9pm). Please contact me for detail.

My name is Kangli. I am a qualified, registered and professional Humanistic Gestalt Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Bilingual Therapist (English & Mandarin), also trained in CBT and Person Centred therapy. I work with clients from age above 11, including children, young people, adults and older adults.

The way I work is warm, authentic, non-judgemental and creative, adapting to individual needs. During our sessions, I offer a safe space where we can talk through your feelings, thoughts or experiences about how life affects you, and look at new perspectives or ways of relating. Sometimes, if you are willing, I can work with you in creative ways using a variety of media and methods. This can help clients to get in touch with their unconscious mind, which often is influential in people's decision making. My counselling room is a dedicated space for you to be you, or to search and discover your true self.

My main counselling approach is Gestalt. This means that I work with clients in a holistic way, helping clients developing self-awareness and encouraging the integration of their physical, sensory, emotional and intellectual experience, so that clients can find new viewpoints to problems to bring about positive changes in life. I help clients to identify and become aware of their unhelpful patterns and habits, whilst recognising how and where they may be stuck in their day to day life.

I also hold a pluralistic perspective in my approach. This means that I accept and value other therapeutic approaches that might benefit clients. For example, I have training in Person Centred Counselling, which helps me to listen to and respect clients’ own preferences and choices. I also have training in CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy so I can integrate some solution focused CBT techniques to help clients identify and challenge their negative thoughts and behaviours, and develop coping skills to manage problems.

Echo Forest Therapy is the name of my private practice. 

My therapy room is based in a quiet location in the Highfield area in Southampton, which is easily accessible via public transport. I offer in-person, online and telephone counselling, which can be either short-term or long-term counselling.

I could help with a range of issues that clients chose to bring, such as anxiety/stress, depression, self-harm, bereavement & loss, low self-esteem, trauma recovery, relationship, race, ethnicity and culture issue, neurodiverse related issue, long-term health issue and sexuality & gender issue. I also offer life coaching for people who's looking to explore another dimension of themselves, seek life goal, and pursue spiritual harmony.

I am bilingual and I can work in both English and Mandarin. Having lived in different countries and cultures, I have a deep understanding of the impact of being different and how it might affects people’s interaction with one another. I am familiar with different cultures and curious in learning more. Transitioning from one culture to another, transforming and integrating, managing feelings of lost, feelings of otherness, adapting and accepting changes, searching for a sense of belonging and new identity… these are examples of issues that can be explored and worked through within our sessions, especially for clients from ethnic minority background and multicultural clients.

I love nature and I especially appreciate the beauty of the deep forest. A forest is like our own mind – it can seem daunting and maze-like with many dark corners, but is ultimately full of wonders, beauty, peace and calmness. Echo Forest Therapy offer clients a safe space to seek their way through the mist of the forest, listening to the echo where the answer often lies within. 

Please visit my website (www.echoforesttherapy.co.uk) for more information.

I offer a free, no-obligation, 20 minutes telephone/online appointment to discuss your needs and therapy goals, and for you to ask any questions you may have so that you can decide whether I am the right counsellor for you. This will also help us to have a basic understanding of how and whether we can work together.

Following initial appointment, if we decided to work together, my standard session is normally 50 minutes in length. Weekly session is recommended. This can be in person, online or telephone session. I also offer longer or shorter session depending on clients' needs.