About BAM Therapy
Meet Dr Kayleigh Darch
Psychologist-led mental health and wellbeing services online, in Devon and the UK. A Clinical Psychologist who treats body and mind as inseparable — trained to doctoral level, registered with the HCPC, and as comfortable on the cushion as in the consulting room.
The practitioner
Body and mind, treated together
I'm Dr Kayleigh Darch, an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist, and I deliver all services personally.
I have been practising yoga since 2005 and teaching since 2016, specialising in clinically-informed and evidence-based integrative yoga that blends psychology with yoga. You'll work directly with me from first email to final session. No referrals on, no associate handover.
From a colleague
“Kayleigh brings so much warmth, understanding, and compassion to her work. As a highly experienced, trauma informed clinical psychologist, she is able to draw on a range of therapeutic models, thoughtfully adapting them to meet you where you are.”
Areas of support
Areas of support include:
I offer psychological therapy and clinically-informed yoga across a wide range of difficulties.
- Addiction
- Abuse
- Anger management
- Anxiety & worry
- Bipolar
- Burnout, stress & overwhelm
- Chronic pain
- Coping skills
- Depression & mood problems
- Eating & exercise problems
- Grief, loss & bereavement
- Life transitions
- LGBTQ+ issues
- Neurodiversity, autism & ADHD
- OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)
- Personality patterns & complex emotional needs
- Relationships & communication issues
- Self-esteem, self-identity & self-criticism
- Sleep & insomnia
- Spirituality
- Suicidality & self-harm
- Trauma including PTSD & complex-PTSD
- Unshared experiences & psychosis
Trauma-informed throughout
All of the therapies are trauma-informed which means that they:
- Centre upon an understanding of the ways that exposure to trauma shapes a person on multiple levels
- Actively support, encourage, and develop psychological, emotional and physical safety
- Provide practices and experiences that support healing and post-traumatic growth
- Respond to trauma experiences appropriately and work in ways to prevent re-traumatisation
Dr Kayleigh Darch
Roles & expertise
Clinical Psychologist (DClinPsy)
I am a Clinical Psychologist trained to doctoral level with significant experiences working in NHS & private sectors since 2009. I am registered with the HCPC and highly experienced in offering compassionate, confidential and effective therapy. I have worked with trauma over my entire career and have clinical expertise, training and skills with a range of evidence-based psychological models, including compassion-focused therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, trauma-focused CBT and mindfulness-based interventions. This means I am able to draw upon different therapeutic approaches to offer individualised and person-centred therapy based on your circumstances, goals and needs.
Experienced Yoga Teacher
I have been practising yoga since 2005 and teaching since 2016. Ashtanga Vinyasa and yin yoga form the foundations of my personal practice and the yoga offerings. I hold over 2000 hours of teaching experience with individuals, groups, businesses, and charity organisations. I offer yoga that is accessible to everybody and focuses on developing self-awareness, self-compassion and self-acceptance. The wellbeing yoga I offer can range from energising and strengthening yoga to gentle, restorative and grounding yoga practices.
Yoga Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
I specialise in clinically-informed integrative yoga for mental health and wellbeing that blends psychology and yoga. I hold advanced training in Yoga CBT and have experience of offering this in different settings including with community groups, individuals, and staff groups. From this training and experiences, I have developed clinically-informed yoga programmes that fuse other psychological approaches with yoga.
Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher
To enrich the psychology-enhanced yoga offerings, I completed specialist training in trauma-informed yoga. I qualified as an Accredited Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher in 2023 through the completion of a 100-hour advanced yoga teaching certificate. My personal trauma-informed yoga journey has supported the development of my approach which joins together the worlds of psychology and yoga.
Training & qualifications
Core qualifications
Every credential here is current and verifiable.
2010–2013
DClinPsy
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London
2005–2008
BSc (Hons) First Class
Psychology & Education, Cardiff University
2015–2016
RYT200
Registered Yoga Teacher, Ashtanga Yoga Glastonbury
2022–2023
Trauma-Informed Yoga
Certified by Yoga Pros: Trauma Therapy Manchester
2023–2024
Yin Yoga Teacher
Certified by Yoga Pros: Amy Yoga
2000+ hrs
EYT
Experienced Yoga Teacher, Yoga Pros
Registration: HCPC reg. PYL30133 (verify on the HCPC public register) · Yoga Pros · Verified by Psychology Today
Recognised insurers
Recognised by Bupa, Aviva and WPA
Kayleigh is a recognised provider for three of the UK's private medical insurers, so therapy with her can often be funded through your policy rather than paid for directly.
Bupa
Recognised & fee assured
Kayleigh is a Bupa-recognised, fee-assured Clinical Psychologist. Bupa is the only one of these insurers with a public consultant directory, so you can check her listing yourself before you book.
Aviva
Recognised provider
Kayleigh is a recognised provider for Aviva. Aviva does not publish a public directory of recognised practitioners, so her listing cannot be linked from here — Aviva members can confirm her recognition and their own cover by signing in to MyAviva or calling the number on their policy documents.
WPA
Recognised provider
Kayleigh is a recognised provider for WPA. WPA does not publish a public directory of recognised practitioners either, so her listing cannot be linked from here — WPA members can confirm her recognition and their own cover through the My WPA customer portal or their policy helpline.
Continued learning
Recent advanced certificates & specialist trainings
2025
Essential Supervision Skills
Dr Paul Grantham, SDS Seminars & British Psychological Society
2025
Trauma-focused CBT
Dr Nadine Keen, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
2025
Structured Problem Solving
Paula Conneely, Bespoke Mental Health
2025
Trauma-informed Care for Mental Health
Dr Amy Hardy, Bespoke Mental Health
2024
CBTp for Negative Symptoms
Dr Aaron Brinen, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre
2023
The Body Keeps the Score: 2-Day Trauma Conference
Dr Bessel van der Kolk, Pesi UK
2022
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT): Essential Clinical Skills
Dr Christine Dunkley, British Isles DBT Training
2022
Yoga Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Y-CBT)
Dr Manjit Khalsa & Julie Greiner-Ferris, University of Albany, New York
Recent continued professional development activities
Safeguarding Adults Level 3 & Safeguarding Children Level 3 (2026)
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
CBTp with Persecutory Beliefs (2026)
Prof Dan Freeman, OCRU Webinar Series
Decoding Delusions (2025)
Doug Turkingdon, ISPS International
Compassionate Leadership Workshop (2024)
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Trauma-Informed Care in Third Sector Services (2022)
Psychological Professions Network South West (PPN-SW)
South West CBTp Specialist Interest Group (2020 to present)
Cross-NHS Trust Specialist Interest Network Forum
Trauma-Informed Care in Psychological Services (2021)
Psychological Professions Network South West (PPN-SW)
Yoga for Stress and Trauma (2021)
Victoria Cunningham, Stretch Body Mind Academy & Yoga Pros Training Academy
Becoming Safely Embodied (2021)
Deirdre Fay & Dr Stan Steindl, Compassion in a T-shirt
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Working Towards Equity in the Psychological Professions (2021)
Psychological Professions Network South West (PPN-SW)
Understanding Parental Couple Conflict (2021)
Honor Rhodes, Tavistock Relationships
CBT with Asylum Seekers and Refugees (2021)
Roger Edwards, Asylum Seeker & Refugee Mental Health Team Plymouth
Working with Distress: Self-harm and Suicide (2020)
Carolyn Spring
Touched by Trauma (2020)
Schwartz Round, RD&E
COVID-19 Psychological First Aid (2020)
Future Learn
HCPC Registered
Yoga Pros
Trauma-Informed Yoga
Yoga CBT Certified