- Years in practice
- 6
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Gwennie
Gwennie Lewis is a down-to-earth counsellor who focuses on helping people who are parenting and managing relationship and emotional challenges. She aims to make it easier to talk about difficult feelings and to feel more confident in day-to-day choices. Gwennie uses plain language and a calm presence so parents can explain what’s happening and try practical ways to cope.
She draws on six years of work in the United Kingdom as an integrative counselling psychotherapist.
Background and approach
Her training includes a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, a Level 3 Certificate in Integrated Counselling and a Level 3 Diploma in Psychoanalytical Psychology. Gwennie is an individual member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society - NCPS and works alongside organisations that hold British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy membership.
In sessions she links current struggles to past experiences to help clients understand patterns. She commonly uses client-centred listening combined with cognitive behavioural techniques to name unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. Emotion-focused and attachment-informed ideas are also part of her approach when relationships and connection are central issues.
She has supported people through trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, depression and anxiety, and practical parenting concerns such as fostering and blended family matters. Gwennie also addresses stress, burnout and work-related strain, ADHD-related coping, and intimacy or communication problems.
Outside therapy she paints, watches films and has a long history of community involvement, including serving on school and local community boards and many years as a foster carer. Her style is accepting and non-judgemental, with a focus on creating a space where people feel heard and can try new ways of managing life.
What Gwennie works with
Everything Gwennie lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Gwennie helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gwennie lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting and relationship work
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns of connection and closeness, helping people understand how earlier relationships shape current responses and attachment needs. It often helps when trust, separation or bonding are part of the concern.Client-centred therapy centres on careful listening and acceptance. It gives people space to speak without judgement and supports them to find their own solutions and build confidence in their decisions.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and offers practical exercises to test and change them. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep issues and stress management.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Gwennie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences and everyday life. The first sessions often involve trying different tools and agreeing what feels most useful going forward.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make contact easier to fit into busy family life. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief check-ins or step-by-step coaching between sessions. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to sustain alongside parenting and work commitments.
Questions people ask about Gwennie
What concerns can be addressed here?
Gwennie works with a wide range of concerns including relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, parenting and foster care issues, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, addiction and grief.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is integrative and plainspoken, combining client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural and emotion-focused ideas to help name patterns and try practical responses.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working in the United Kingdom as an integrative counselling psychotherapist with many different presenting issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
Gwennie holds a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling and other diplomas and certificates, and is an individual member of NCPS. She practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be booked as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the client.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What is the process to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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