About me
My name is Kim Wylie and Paisley Counselling is my company, where I have a wonderful team of therapists working with me.
In choosing to work with me, you will benefit from my high level of experience as an integrative counsellor with training in various trauma modalities. My specialism is in supporting adult survivors of childhood trauma.
In both individual and couples work, I can support you by incorporating protective techniques which enable you to process your experiences without being flooded by intolerable emotions.
I like to work collaboratively, remaining attuned to each person’s needs throughout our work together.
I have a passion for helping people heal and I strongly believe that counselling can support you to achieve your aims and goals.
When thinking about taking the first courageous step towards change, it is common to feel daunted by the prospect.
Paisley Counselling offers a safe, non-judgemental, and confidential environment in which you will feel seen and heard.
We invite you to contact us to discuss the purpose of counselling as well as exploring how we can help you as an individual or as a couple.
Paisley Counselling - Our team
I work closely with our dedicated team of both experienced and trainee counsellors, who utilise a variety of counselling modalities and techniques including:
· Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM)
· Integrative counselling
· Person Centred
· Psychodynamic
· Transactional Analysis (T.A.)
In both face-to-face and online sessions, we work responsively and collaboratively with our clients to help you achieve your goals for therapy.
For more information and our team members' profiles, we invite you to visit our website and social media platforms (links in profile).
My work with individuals
My special interest is in helping clients who are living with trauma, whether it be recent or from the distant past.
The effects of trauma can manifest in various ways, including:
loss of a sense of self, low self-esteem, feelings of hopelessness, shame, anxiety, panic attacks, mistrust, self-harm, substance misuse, eating disorders, compulsive behaviour, headaches, irritability, depression, feeling numb, or feeling overwhelmed by emotions.
Furthermore, adverse experiences in childhood often impact our behaviour and relationships as adults.
As an unconscious strategy for safety, traumatic memories are often hidden. This enables you to cope and avoid overwhelm.
Unfortunately, these protections, once necessary for survival, often end up causing more harm than benefit.
I can help and support you to develop resources which allow you to process painful memories without being overwhelmed. You can then move towards release from the harmful effects of trauma.
My work with couples
There are many reasons why you, as a couple, may wish to come for counselling:
· Loss of connection between you.
· Unfaithfulness in your relationship,
· Loss of trust between you.
· Difficulties communicating with each other.
The Goal is Connection
My hope, when working with you as a couple wishing to work through your issues and stay together, is that you go on a journey where you learn to listen to each other and speak to each other without fear, and where your goal becomes connection to each other. When the goal is connection, then neither partner is trying to ‘win’; both partners are concerned with the other’s needs which creates a safe place for you both to bring your disagreements without being on the defensive or in attacking mode. When your goal is to connect, I believe that you can work through the most painful issues.
Couple counselling is a safe space for you to decide together if you wish to continue in the relationship.
If you choose to part then this can be navigated in a safe, respectful manner adhering to each other’s feelings and needs.
Counselling model for couples
I use an Integrative approach to couple counselling, utilising several different models and influences: from the work of Harville and Hendrix, Dr Sue Johnson, Gottman and the wonderful Esther Perel.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma in Counselling
Diploma in Couple Counselling
Comprehensive Resource Model - Basic/ Advanced and Core Self training.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Childhood trauma including physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £80.00
Additional information
Working with trainee counsellors
We choose our trainee counsellors very carefully, selecting mature people from high profile, professional backgrounds who are studying on reputable courses.
You can be confident that if you are seen by a trainee counsellor, you will be working with someone who is sufficiently trained and experienced to help you.
- Sessions with trainee counsellors last 60 minutes and cost £55.
(Telephone assessment prior to working with a student costs £55.)
All student counsellors are registered with a reputable professional body e.g. BACP/UKCP/COSCA/UKATA etc.
Working with associate counsellors
- Initial assessment and subsequent sessions with associate counsellors last 60 minutes and cost £70.
- Couple Counselling initial assessment and subsequent sessions with an associate counsellor last 90 minutes and cost £150.
All associate counsellors are registered with BACP/UKCP/COSCA/UKATA etc.
Working with Kim, our Practice Manager
- Individual initial assessment and subsequent sessions with Kim last 60 minutes and cost £80.
- Couple Counselling initial assessment and subsequent sessions Kim last 90 minutes and cost £180.
When I work
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Further information
Our team at Paisley Counselling are all checked via the PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) Scheme and members/student members of BACP/UKCP/COSCA
