About Kim
Kim Smith is a BACP counsellor who offers a calm, steady presence for people facing difficult times. She brings four years of practice and a degree in Integrative-Relational Counselling to her work. Kim aims to make sessions feel warm and straightforward so people can talk about what matters most to them.
She uses an integrative style, blending different therapeutic ideas to match each person's needs. Sessions focus on building a trusting relationship and on practical ways to manage day-to-day problems.
How Kim works
Kim sits alongside people as they make sense of loss, stress or major life changes. Common concerns she helps address include anxiety, depression, grief, parenting pressures, addiction and work-related strain. She also supports issues such as body image, eating and sleeping problems, anger, low self-esteem and difficulties with intimacy.
Kim pays attention to the impact of trauma, attachment wounds and chronic health challenges when these are part of someone's story. Her sessions are straightforward and person-centred. Kim believes the client is the expert in their own life and works collaboratively to find useful steps forward.
Conversations are paced to suit the individual, with practical strategies offered alongside reflective listening. Kim practises in the United Kingdom and works in English. People connect with her for video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
To begin, individuals complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability.
What Kim works with
The areas below are the ones Kim selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Kim’s approaches translate to online care
Kim commonly uses integrative and relational ideas in her work. Integrative counselling mixes useful techniques from different theories so sessions fit the person rather than a single method. This helps when people have mixed concerns such as anxiety paired with sleep problems or eating issues.Relational work focuses on the connection between counsellor and client. It helps people feel heard and understood while they talk through grief, trauma, attachment wounds or difficulties with intimacy. The relationship itself becomes a space for trying out new ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kim will discuss what you hope to change and try out methods that suit your goals and preferences. She adapts the way she works as you progress, checking in about what helps and what does not.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins and text-based messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or health needs while keeping continuity of support.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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