About Kimberley
Kimberley Wheeler offers calm, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief and life changes. She presents herself as a warm, non-judgemental counsellor who listens closely and helps clients find their own solutions. Kim's first priority is building a trusting working relationship so people can speak honestly and at their own pace.
Kim is a Humanistic counsellor who also practices client-centred therapy. Sessions focus on the person in front of her rather than on labels.
How Kimberley works
Clients can expect someone who reflects their concerns back, asks gentle questions and helps uncover practical next steps. She has four years of counselling experience and has worked alongside people affected by cancer and those bereaved by suicide. That background informs how she supports people dealing with loss, illness, and the strong feelings that follow major life events.
Kim works with a broad range of concerns including low mood, self-esteem, relationship and family issues, parenting strains, career uncertainty, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related challenges. She also supports people with trauma and abuse, intimacy issues and identity matters including LGBT concerns. The sessions are collaborative and paced to each person.
Kim aims to create a space where clients feel heard and can try out new ways of coping. The focus is on practical change and clearer thinking as people move through difficult times.
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What Kimberley works with
The areas below are the ones Kimberley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- 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 client-centred therapy works online
Client-centred therapy is about being heard and understood. The counsellor offers empathic listening and gentle reflection so clients can make sense of their feelings and decide what matters most. This approach suits people facing anxiety, low mood, grief and life transitions.Humanistic counselling emphasises the whole person rather than a set of symptoms. Sessions focus on strengths, personal values and real-life choices to help people move forward from difficult experiences such as illness, loss or relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss goals, try a style that fits and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and the counsellor work together to decide whether to keep the same method or try different techniques over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video calls allow deeper face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options let people fit counselling around work, caregiving or busy schedules while keeping therapy consistent.
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