ABOUT KIM
Kim Barden
BA (Hons), MIBWRT(Adv), Practitioner, Peer Group leader, Clinical Hypnotherapist — Founder of BWRT Surrey
You know that moment when someone finally exhales—the first real breath they’ve taken in months?
That’s the moment I work for.
I help people who are usually the strong ones: high-functioning professionals, business owners, the quietly overwhelmed. They’re smart, capable, and exhausted by old patterns that refuse to shift. My job is to make change feel simple again.
What Working With Me Feels Like
Clients tell me the same thing:
“I felt at ease straight away.”
My style is calm, direct and supportive. No jargon. No performance. Just a clean, structured process that gets you out of loops and back into yourself.
You won’t be asked to relive painful memories. You won’t be analysed. We focus on how your brain is firing now and create rapid, lasting change at the source.
Serving others isn’t something I stumbled into. It’s something I chose, again and again, as life shaped me into someone who can hold space deeply, work with precision, and help people find themselves again. Whether I’m working with anxiety, trauma, identity shifts, or deep emotional resets, my purpose is simple: to help people reclaim the calm, clarity, and confidence they deserve.
Why I Do This Work
My path into therapy started after my own life was knocked sideways by thyroid cancer in my mid thirties. That experience changed my relationship with fear, identity, and what “taking back control” actually feels like. It pushed me into the study of the mind—first NLP, then Hypnotherapy in Seoul, and eventually BWRT® in Dubai, where I found a method that matched how people really work: fast, precise, content-light and grounded in the brain’s actual code.
Since 2018 I’ve supported clients across the UK and worldwide to move past anxiety, trauma, phobias, OCD patterns, emotional triggers and high-pressure stress—without years of talking about the past.
My Qualifications & Training
- MIBWRT(Adv): Advanced BWRT® Practitioner trained directly by Terence Watts
- Clinical Hypnotherapist
- Peer Group Leader for BWRT® practitioners
- NLP Master Practitioner (Brisbane)
- Ongoing CPD across neuroscience, identity, trauma and behavioural change
- Private practice since 2018, online and in Guildford
- Check out my credentials with www.bwrt.org
- Insured with Holistic Insurance Service
- ICO
- DBS Cleared
What Makes BWRT Surrey Different
You’re not just booking sessions—you’re stepping into a process that’s been intentionally crafted end-to-end:
- Clear, reassuring onboarding
- Programmes designed for fast, sustainable change
- Neuroscience-based methods that don’t require emotional excavation
- Steady, empathic support from someone who has been doing this work for over a decade
- A therapeutic relationship built on trust, professionalism and genuine care
Ready when you are
If you’ve been carrying something for too long — anxiety, overthinking, old memories, or patterns that don’t shift — this may be the moment things start to turn.
You don’t have to do it alone.