Gwennie Lewis

Gwennie Lewis is a down-to-earth, understanding and compassionate therapist who uses a holistic, integrative approach to support people through emotional challenges. She helps clients connect past experiences with present concerns and guides them toward greater confidence in recognising, expressing and managing their emotions.

Gwennie blends psychotherapy with Person Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and other complementary approaches to make the therapeutic process accessible and practical. Her aim is to help each person find the decisions and coping strategies that feel right for them.

She has worked in the United Kingdom for over six years as an integrative counselling psychotherapist and has significant experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, fostering and parenting concerns, motivation, self-esteem and confidence, among other issues.

In sessions Gwennie creates an open, safe space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgement. Clients are treated with acceptance and respect, and Gwennie emphasises mutual trust and openness so that people feel genuinely listened to and understood. She also acknowledges the courage it takes to begin therapy and offers supportive encouragement for that first step.

What Gwennie values most about counselling is the moment a client links a past experience with a current pattern of behaviour - a connection that can be transformative. She also appreciates how exploring one issue often opens other important areas for reflection and growth.

Outside of counselling she enjoys creative arts, including painting, and relaxing with films. Gwennie is active in her community and has served on several boards, including two schools, a Rape Crisis organisation and a local community centre. She was a foster mother for around ten years.

Gwennie’s qualifications include a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (advanced clinical training), a Level 3 Certificate in Integrated Counselling (certified training in integrated counselling), a Level 3 Diploma in Psychoanalytical Psychology (study in psychoanalytical theory) and a Certificate in CBT for Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Phobias. She holds individual membership of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and organisational membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She identifies as a female, non-religious therapist of color.