Kim Forbes, BACP

Kim Forbes is a counsellor who blends person-centred work with practical approaches. She holds BACP accreditation and has five years' experience helping people who feel stuck, anxious or overwhelmed. Kim focuses on creating a respectful, warm space where clients can begin to make change at their own pace.

She offers straightforward, compassionate support for a wide range of concerns. These include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, body image and eating or sleeping difficulties. Kim also helps with career stress, compassion fatigue and life transitions such as separation and divorce.

In sessions she uses tools from cognitive behavioural work and acceptance and commitment therapy alongside attachment-focused and emotion-focused ideas. Conversations aim to identify patterns that cause pain and to test small, manageable changes in day to day life. She keeps language plain and practical so clients can use what they learn straightaway.

Kim also works with issues linked to attachment, abandonment, codependency and communication problems. She supports people dealing with the impact of trauma, dissociation or caregiver stress, and those coping with medical challenges such as cancer.

Kim sees people in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. She provides a calm, non-judgemental presence and encourages clients to take the next practical step toward feeling better.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Kim draws on cognitive behavioural therapy and attachment-based ideas to guide online work. Cognitive behavioural therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and test practical behaviour changes that can reduce anxiety and depression. Attachment-based therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape current reactions, which can help with intimacy and commitment issues.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kim will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try. She checks in as therapy progresses and adjusts the approach so it fits the client's needs and what is working in practice.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations, phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera, and messaging or live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins or when schedules are tight. These options help people fit therapy around work, family or travel commitments while still accessing a consistent therapeutic relationship with a registered or accredited professional.