Kim Poyser, BACP

Kim Poyser is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and has five years of professional counselling experience. She works in the United Kingdom and offers practical support for stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, depression, coping with life changes, and issues related to codependency among other topics.

Kim uses a straightforward, person-centred way of working. Sessions focus on what matters now and on small, usable steps forward. She listens to the practical problems people bring and helps them clarify what they want to change. Conversations aim to be plain and focused rather than full of jargon.

Her background includes pastoral counselling in further and higher education and two decades in social care with young people and vulnerable adults. That experience included roles with a national children’s charity and online counselling work. She has also completed workshops and training on topics such as suicide, self-harm and mental health awareness.

In the room she draws on Client-Centred Therapy to follow each person’s pace and perspective. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, realistic steps that can make day-to-day life easier. These approaches are used to address a wide range of concerns including grief, intimacy issues, parenting stresses, and long-standing patterns such as people-pleasing or codependent behaviours.

Kim is DBS checked and insured. She aims to work with respect and sensitivity, and to shape conversations and plans around what each person brings to the session. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and an initial appointment are used to agree the next steps.

How her approaches work in online sessions