Kim Lewin

I am currently have availability and am taking on new clients. I work Monday to Friday between 9 am and 7pm. My hours of work will remain the same over the summer holiday period.

I am a fully qualified BACP registered Person-Centred psychotherapist, specialising in working with children and young people (MA) also holding a Creative, Expressive Therapies BA (hons) degree. I have over 20 years of experience of working with diverse populations of children and young people and hold the importance of empowerment and equality central to my work.

Previously I have worked within education and healthcare settings, using the creative arts as therapeutic support for children, young people and adults. More recently I have provided a counselling service within a provision for students who have been excluded from mainstream education and also within a charity which specialises in providing Psychotherapy for children and young people that have been sexually abused.

Person-Centred psychotherapy is based on the belief that humans have the capacity to develop themselves through facilitative, empathic communication and expression. This is invited in to therapy sessions in a variety of ways including the use of arts, movement and conversation. Therapy sessions are client-led, allowing you to explore aspects of yourself within a safe and supportive environment.

I also have experience working with adults who are neurodiverse, from marginalised groups or have mental/physical differences and believe that person-centred psychotherapy has the ability to facilitate healing, growth and change across the lifespan.

Currently I am offering face to face, online and telephone sessions.

Person centred therapy is about creating a safe supportive relationship without being judged. Together we can explore the areas of your life that feel important to you.

Thinking about how you have become who you are and what areas you would like support in changing. I use the creative arts to help with this process, I incorporate learning about your body and nervous system which helps with areas such as anxiety, intrusive thoughts and dissociation. The creative arts can empower you to explore areas where words are not enough and can also be part of your journey in Processing trauma memories safely.

Body focused techniques such as stretching, breathing and sensory objects are useful in creating a sense of security in your body and re connecting with your self when living with anxiety.

If you are a child or young person the creative arts and movement during session give you a wide selection of communication tools that can help you to express yourself and not feel under so much pressure to know how to process your feelings in to words.

This way of working can be useful to you if you are neuro diverse, have complex trauma or simply enjoy using the arts and creativity as part of your daily life.

Please get in touch if you would like to find out more.

pour first session will include the completion of our client/therapist contract where we will outline how we will work together. This will take around 10 minutes and will be at the start of the session. Following this we will move in to a person-centred session, usually centred around talking, but the use of the arts will be available.