Kim Zepler, BACP

Kim Zepler is a qualified and registered humanistic counsellor based in Dorset who works in a conversational, client-led way that centers on each person’s experience and needs. She is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which is the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists, and she brings a warm, compassionate presence to her work.

Her humanistic practice means she does not give direct advice or share personal opinions; instead she supports people to explore their feelings, clarify their thoughts and discover their own next steps. Kim works with a wide range of life challenges, from everyday stress and anxiety linked to work, study and relationships to deeper struggles around loss and change.

She understands that loss can take many forms beyond bereavement, including friendship breakdowns, family estrangement, moving home, changes in health, job loss or children leaving home. These experiences can leave people feeling unsettled, uncertain about identity and unsure where they fit in the world, and Kim helps clients make sense of those shifts.

Her practice is trauma informed and she is comfortable supporting people after traumatic or sudden events such as death by suicide, serious illness or life-altering accidents. She has experience working with physical, emotional, financial and historical abuse.

Kim integrates Person-Centred therapy with elements of Gestalt and Transactional Analysis, and she can introduce creative exercises and a little mindfulness when appropriate. Therapy with her may involve gentle, challenging self-enquiry and can be short term or longer term depending on need. She has a playful imagination and a sense of humour and presents as genuine and human in the therapeutic relationship.