Recovery, made existential.
Private psychological care for individuals and families, offering therapy, intensive programmes, clinical case management and consulting.
Based in London, working online.
Led by Dr Stephanie Knight, Chartered Psychologist and Existential Psychotherapist.
Services
Kindly Services
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Kindly Therapy
Ongoing one-to-one existential psychotherapy and specialist addiction counselling.
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Kindly Rehab
Bespoke intensive programmes for people who need more structure and support than weekly therapy can provide.
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Kindly Care
Consulting and clinical case management with Dr Stephanie Knight, for individuals and families navigating complex treatment and care.
Specialist Areas
What we treat
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Addiction and compulsive behaviours
Addiction, substance misuse, gambling, gaming, compulsive sexual behaviour and pornography use, and chemsex.
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Eating disorders
Anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.
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Trauma and burnout
Including autistic and ADHD burnout.
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Existential crisis and self-loss
When the life you have been living no longer makes sense, and you are looking for clarity, purpose and direction.
Stephanie has particular experience working with addiction and substance use, compulsive behaviours, eating disorders and burnout where they intersect with ADHD and autism.
Find your service
What brings you here?
Choose the statement closest to your situation.
The Kindly approach
Clinically informed and existentially grounded.
Existential therapy forms the overarching approach at Kindly Now, and we draw on other evidence-based therapeutic approaches within it. For us, it reaches far beyond abstract questions of meaning and purpose. It is concerned, first and foremost, with how you are actually living in the world, with what you move towards and away from across every dimension of your life, and whether that reflects what you value.
Kindly Now is led by Stephanie personally. When someone’s care calls for additional expertise, she draws on a trusted network of specialists, and decides with the client who to involve and when.
Existential recovery
The recovery of oneself
Recovery, as we understand it, is never about going back to how we were or how life has been. It is about who we become in light of everything that has happened, and it is intentionally cultivated and lived across four dimensions of existence.
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Physical
The body and physical health, our daily rhythms and habits, and the environments we live in, including the natural world.
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Social
How we relate to others: family, intimacy, belonging and community.
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Personal
Our relationship with ourselves: identity, self-worth, the narratives we construct about our lives, and our hopes, dreams and personal projects.
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Spiritual
Meaning, values and purpose, and what makes a life feel worth living.
Founder
Dr Stephanie Knight
“I founded Kindly Now to create the kind of practice I would have wanted for myself many years ago.”
Doctorate
Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy
TRaining
The British existential tradition, under Professor Emmy van Deurzen
Research
How people cultivate and sustain long-term recovery from addiction
Experience
NHS, specialist addiction services and private practice
Clients
An international clientele
HCPC registered, PYL047512 · BPS Chartered, 521777
Testimonials
What clients say
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“Recovery is so much more than getting clean. The hardest part was learning how to live in the absence of my old habits. The work I did with Steph over the last year helped me build better habits and a completely different relationship with myself and others. I no longer run from struggle. I’ve learned to move through it, and that has changed everything.”
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“Steph has been the best therapist for me. She’s very direct, wise and kind, and the work we have done together has been transformative in so many ways.”
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“I wasn’t sure what to expect, but from the very first session I felt completely at ease. Stephanie is professional, deeply knowledgeable, and genuinely down to earth. She meets you exactly where you are… I came in not knowing how to move forward. I left knowing who I wanted to become and, for the first time, living in a way that made that possible.”
Getting started
How to get started
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Get in touch
Complete the enquiry form or email hello@kindlynow.com. We aim to respond within 24 hours.
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We arrange the right first step
Depending on the service, this may be an initial assessment for Kindly Therapy or Kindly Rehab, or a consulting session.
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A clear way forward
The service that fits is recommended to you. If another kind of care would serve you better first, you are signposted and supported to access it.
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Søren Kierkegaard
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
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Kindly Now is a private psychology practice led by Dr. Stephanie Knight, offering therapy, bespoke intensive programmes, clinical case management and consulting for individuals and families.
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Adults aged 18 and over experiencing addiction, substance misuse and compulsive behaviours, eating disorders, trauma and burnout, or existential crisis and self-loss. Every enquiry begins with an assessment of suitability, and where another kind of care is needed first, clients are signposted and supported to access it.
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Recovery includes recovery from addiction and compulsive behaviours, and it is also broader than that. It is the work of rebuilding a life after crisis, loss or a major change, and of learning to live differently when the old ways have stopped working.
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Existential therapy is a philosophically informed approach to psychotherapy. It looks at how a person is living, the choices available to them and what gives their life meaning, alongside the difficulties that brought them to therapy. Stephanie trained in the British existential tradition developed by Professor Emmy van Deurzen, which considers life across four dimensions: physical, social, personal and spiritual.
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Kindly Now is based in London. Sessions are held online, so you can work with Stephanie wherever you are. Consulting can be arranged in person on request.
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Kindly Therapy and Kindly Rehab both begin with an initial assessment, and fees for each service are set out on the relevant service page. Services and products are non-refundable.
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Kindly Now does not work directly with insurers at present. Invoices and letters can be provided so that you can claim the cost back from your insurer. Please check with your insurer beforehand that they will accept this for reimbursement.