Counsellor profile
Kim O'Brien, BACP, NCPS
Counsellor - Relationships and Parenting
Continue with KimAbout
- Client-Centred work
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Trauma-focused care
About Kim
Kim O'Brien is a BACP and NCPS registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, past trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and intimacy-related issues. Her practice also addresses relationship and family concerns and parenting strains.
She draws on client-centred ideas that treat the person, not the problem. Sessions begin by listening to what feels most pressing. From there she and the client look at practical steps to reduce anxiety, manage cravings, or cope with painful memories.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) features when clients want clear strategies for thoughts and habits. That approach is used to tackle anxiety, low self-esteem, and unhelpful behaviour patterns linked to eating or substance use. Psychodynamic ideas are offered to help people understand recurring relationship patterns and family-of-origin issues.
Kim also uses trauma-focused work for those recovering from abuse or overwhelming events. She explains things plainly and helps people try small changes between sessions. Work on intimacy, attachment and abandonment concerns often combines talking about feelings with testing new ways of relating.
She accepts people who live outside the UK and works in English. If you are weighing up therapy, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire before booking a first session. This helps make the initial meeting straightforward.
How sessions work
How Kim uses therapeutic approaches in online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person says. It helps when someone needs to be heard and wants to find their own solutions with a counsellor's guidance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers short, practical tools to reduce anxiety, change unhelpful habits, or manage eating and substance use triggers. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kim will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try first, based on their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with practical CBT techniques, then exploring deeper relationship patterns with psychodynamic ideas. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Please confirm the exact session formats she currently offers before booking. Many people find remote sessions useful for shorter check-ins, avoiding travel time, or scheduling a session during a break from work. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, homework and the pace of work for remote meetings so therapy can fit alongside family and daily responsibilities.Areas of focus
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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What problems does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, eating issues, anger and self-esteem.
How would she approach therapy with me?
She starts from a client-centred stance, listening first and then offering practical steps. She may add CBT techniques or psychodynamic reflections depending on your needs.
How much experience does she have?
Kim has three years of professional experience working with adults on a range of concerns including trauma and addiction.
What are her credentials and location?
She is registered with BACP and NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can she work with people outside the UK or in other languages?
She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.