About me
As you find yourself here then I suspect you’ve had enough of trying to work things out for yourself or perhaps feel that there is no one you can turn to who understands. Even surrounded by family and friends we can feel sad, lonely and isolated and yet from the moment we are born, we depend upon another person to notice and make sense of our feelings. Our way to independence and self-awareness begins by relating with another. And throughout life, particularly in times of difficulty, we may need to bounce off someone else in order to work out how we feel, what might be going on, sometimes even to work out who we are. This is when the therapeutic relationship can help.
I am an experienced psychotherapist registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council, practiced in working with anxiety (including OCD), depression, loss, loneliness, trauma, abuse and pain; and with issues surrounding identity and relationships. I offer open-ended psychotherapy for adults and will work attentively, analytically and intuitively to enable you to find your own way to a greater understanding of yourself and of how better to cope with whatever is troubling you.
I follow a psychodynamic approach, which seeks to make sense of the ways in which our earliest experiences in relationship shape the way we relate to ourselves and to other people throughout our lives. So together we can explore what’s going on for you now whilst also thinking about what has happened in the past and how early experiences and ways of relating may be unconsciously affecting how you feel, think and act today.
Whether you are feeling anxious or depressed, have suffered loss or trauma, are struggling in a relationship or are finding life tough for whatever reason, I will meet you in your experience of difficulty and help you to work with it and through it. Within the safety of the therapeutic space, you have the potential to find your way to a truer, more integrated sense of yourself and from there to make choices based on what feels right for you, no matter what constraints life may have placed upon you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered member of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC membership number: 25705) and the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP membership number: 374709)
I trained with Wessex Counselling and Psychotherapy, gaining a BPC-accredited qualification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
My initial training was with the Iron Mill College in Poole, where I qualified with an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling (accredited by the BACP). My Bachelors Degree is in English Literature.
I later completed an advanced Jungian clinical training with the Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP) in London and an advanced training in Supervision, also with the SAP.
Having worked for some years within a local counselling service, also with students at Southampton Solent University, I now work in private practice in a quiet, country lane just outside Lymington.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I am happy to offer an initial phone call free of charge.
My full session-fee is £70 and under certain circumstances I can offer concessions.
For more details please visit my website: www.vickykimm.com
Further information
Getting Started:
It's important that you find the right therapist for you, so I'd be happy to speak with you on the phone initially free of charge. That way I can get a sense of you and what's troubling you and you can gain an idea of me and how I work. If it then felt right to continue, I'd invite you to come and see me for an initial consultation.
After the initial consultation, if therapy with me feels the right way forward, then I would offer you a session at the same time and in the same room once or twice a week. Sessions last for 50 minutes.
As much as possible, I offer therapy in person but when this isn't possible, I am also able to offer therapy on Zoom.
My practice is in a tranquil country lane a few minutes in the car (or lovely bicycle ride) from Lymington. My practice room is in a secluded shepherd’s hut with a views over fields and is large enough for us to sit at a distance of six feet in order to be safe during the winter months of Covid and flu. There's a parking area right outside.
If you'd like to speak with me or to come and see me, please either call me on my mobile (07702 415500) or email me at vicky@vickykimm.com and I will return your messages within 24-hours. Please let me know how you would like to be contacted and feel free to leave a message on my mobile; it is a dedicated confidential line and nobody but myself has access to it.
Any further questions or concerns that you might have, I'll be happy to answer either on the phone or when we meet.
