Gwennie Lewis, NCPS

Gwennie Lewis offers straightforward, down-to-earth support for people facing relationship strain, anxiety, low mood and parenting stress. She focuses on helping clients make sense of how past experiences link to today’s difficulties and build confidence in managing strong emotions. Gwennie welcomes honest conversation and aims to create a space where people feel heard and accepted.

She uses an integrative approach that blends psychotherapeutic methods with person-centred work and cognitive behavioural tools. That means sessions can include talking through painful memories, learning simple ways to change unhelpful thoughts, and practising new ways of relating to others. The emphasis is practical and paced to the client’s needs.

Gwennie has worked in the UK for six years as a counselling psychotherapist. Her background includes support for trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction concerns, parenting and fostering challenges, mood disorders and the everyday stresses of life. She also lists focus areas such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, and domestic violence among others.

Her training includes a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Level 3 certificates in Integrated Counselling and Psychoanalytical Psychology, and a certificate in CBT for depression, anxiety, panic attacks and phobias. She holds individual membership with NCPS (National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society) and her organisation is a member of BACP.

Outside therapy work she enjoys painting and films and has long been involved in community boards and fostering. To begin clients are asked to select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.

How Gwennie’s approaches work in online therapy

Gwennie combines person-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy in a way that focuses on what the client wants to change. Person-centred therapy means the counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace, which helps people feel understood and more willing to try new ways of thinking or behaving. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) involves noticing thought patterns and testing practical ways to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first, then adapt as you learn what helps. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are normal and expected.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also be useful for people who prefer talking without face-to-face meetings or who need to arrange appointments around caring or work commitments.