Gwennie Lewis , NCPS

Gwennie Lewis is a warm and down-to-earth counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, trauma, parenting challenges and anxiety. She uses an open, non-judgemental manner so clients can talk about difficult feelings and begin to make sense of their reactions. Gwennie’s style is straightforward and empathetic, aimed at helping people feel more confident managing emotions and making choices that fit their lives.

She draws on several ways of working, including attachment-focused ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques. This means she will link past experiences with present problems and offer practical steps to try between sessions. Conversations are guided by the client’s pace and priorities rather than a fixed agenda.

Gwennie has worked in the United Kingdom for over six years as an integrative counselling psychotherapist. Her background includes training at Level 5 in psychotherapeutic counselling and a certificate in CBT for depression and anxiety. She has particular experience with trauma, abuse, fostering and parenting issues, low self-esteem, addiction concerns and grief.

Clients can expect sessions that aim to make them feel heard and valued. Gwennie has also contributed to community boards and spent about ten years as a foster mother, which informs her understanding of adoption and foster care matters. She balances clinical work with creative interests such as painting and film.

Gwennie holds individual membership of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society, and her work is informed by person-centred and psychodynamic ideas as well as cognitive approaches.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape current reactions; it can help with intimacy problems, attachment issues and trust. Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of each session, offering a non-judgemental space where the client leads the topics and pace. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behaviours into smaller parts and offers practical exercises to test and change them, useful for anxiety, depression and sleeping problems.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will explore your goals, personal history and preferences together with you, and adapt methods as needed. That might mean leaning more on attachment ideas in some weeks and using practical CBT tasks in others, depending on what helps you make progress.

Online therapy offers flexibility for different lifestyles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick reflections or people who find typing easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, parenting and other commitments while keeping the focus on emotional change and problem solving.