Kim Smith, BACP

Kim Smith is a BACP counsellor who aims to make therapy feel simple and accessible. She trained in integrative-relational counselling and brings four years of practice to her work. Kim offers a calm, warm space where people can speak honestly about what is worrying them.

Her practice focuses on practical conversations. She listens to a person’s story and helps them notice strengths they already have. Sessions are shaped by what each person needs rather than a single method. Kim emphasises the relationship between counsellor and client as the heart of change.

Kim has extra training in grief and bereavement, so she is prepared to support people facing loss and profound sadness. She also works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Other areas she addresses include parenting strain, career worries, sleep and eating difficulties, and coping with life changes.

Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. She explains ideas in plain language and helps set small, achievable goals. Over time the focus may shift from understanding what happened to trying different ways of coping and relating.

Sessions are aimed at adults and people aged 16 and over. Kim practises from the United Kingdom and conducts work in English. Prospective clients are invited to begin by using the Start Therapy pathway to see if she could be a good match.

How Kim uses therapeutic approaches in online work

Integrative-relational counselling brings together helpful ideas from more than one approach and focuses on the relationship between counsellor and client. In plain terms, this means sessions begin with listening to your story, then trying out ways of understanding and coping that suit you. This approach can help with lasting issues like low self-esteem, attachment concerns, and patterns in relationships.

Grief and bereavement work focuses on supporting people through loss. It offers space to talk about difficult feelings, remember what matters, and find ways to carry on that feel honest and manageable. This type of support is often paced to suit where someone is in their experience of loss.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kim will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those aims. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.

If you are considering remote sessions, please confirm which formats Kim currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also remove the need to be on camera if someone prefers audio only, which may suit quieter surroundings or lower bandwidth connections.