Kim Speake, BACP

Kim Speake welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or challenges in close relationships. She writes plainly and listens carefully, helping people find small, practical steps they can try between sessions. Kim works in English and accepts clients from the United Kingdom and internationals who prefer online contact.

She has three years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Kim aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can speak openly about painful experiences. Her style is warm and direct, with an emphasis on building trust and clarity about goals.

Kim supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, addiction, eating and sleeping issues, and intimacy-related concerns. She also helps with parenting stress, compassion fatigue, anger, and problems with self-esteem. Other areas she addresses include attachment and abandonment worries, communication and commitment difficulties, and coping with life changes such as separation or loss.

Sessions commonly look at practical coping strategies, ways to understand patterns in relationships, and skills to manage strong emotions. Kim helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding in daily life. She encourages gradual changes that fit each person’s pace and circumstances.

People who want straightforward support with clear steps tend to work well with Kim. She asks about what matters most to you, sets collaborative aims, and reviews progress as you go. To begin, you complete a short matching questionnaire and choose a session time that suits you.

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Kim uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building coping skills. One common approach helps people spot and challenge negative thoughts, then test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and low mood. This tends to suit concerns like stress, anxiety and depression. Another approach concentrates on understanding attachment and relationship patterns, helping people recognise repeating dynamics and experiment with different ways to connect and set boundaries; this can help with intimacy, abandonment worries and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss what feels most useful, try methods collaboratively, and adapt over time based on what helps you meet your goals. Clients help set priorities and shape each phase of therapy so it fits their needs and pace.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are good for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions need less bandwidth and suit shorter check-ins, live chat lets you type in the moment and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.