Kim Mcfarland, BACP
Supportive counsellor for parenting and family concerns
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- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Grief
About Kim
Kim Mcfarland is a counsellor who focuses on parenting concerns and related family matters. She works with people dealing with relationship strain, grief, and major life changes. Kim speaks plainly and invites clients to use their own strengths to make small, steady changes.
Kim brings four years of professional counselling experience alongside a longer background in family and children's work across the United Kingdom. She holds BACP, which denotes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
That membership is part of how she stays connected with wider professional practice. In sessions she listens for patterns that affect family life and parenting roles. She uses that understanding to help clients identify practical steps they can try at home.
Conversations are collaborative and paced to what each person feels ready for. Her work covers attachment difficulties, blended family issues, and communication problems. She also supports people facing caregiver stress, isolation, money worries, pregnancy and childbirth adjustment, and the fallout of separation or divorce.
Kim draws on client-centred and solution-focused ideas to keep the work grounded and forward-looking. She also uses attachment-based and Internal Family Systems ideas to help people understand their internal reactions and relationships. Sessions can be used to talk through immediate problems or to work on longer term shifts in patterns and goals.
What Kim works with
Everything Kim lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kim helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kim lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How these approaches work online and what to expect
Attachment-based work helps people understand how early bonds shape present reactions and closeness in parenting and family life; it can be useful for managing connection struggles and rethinking interaction patterns. Client-centred work focuses on being listened to without judgement so people can find their own answers and regain confidence in parenting choices. Solution-focused therapy concentrates on practical, short-term steps and small goals that make daily life feel more manageable and help with immediate parenting or family problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk through your situation, goals and what feels workable, then try methods that suit you. That choice is collaborative and can be adjusted as you learn what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when being off-camera helps you focus. Messaging and live chat offer brief check-ins, written reflections and flexible ways to keep momentum between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Kim
What issues does Kim commonly help with?
She supports people with relationship strain, family difficulties, grief, parenting concerns and coping with major life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a collaborative, down-to-earth way that emphasises clients' own strengths and practical steps they can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Kim has four years of professional counselling experience and many more years working in family and children's roles across the UK.
What credentials and region are associated with this counsellor?
She holds BACP and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this counsellor?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How do I begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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