MEET KIM BARDEN
BWRT Practitioner • Clinical Hypnotherapist
Helping You
Break Free from Anxiety,
Trauma and Limiting Beliefs
Combining BWRT®, Clinical Hypnotherapy and over a decade of experience to help people create meaningful, lasting change, both in Guildford and online across the UK.
BA (Hons)
MIBWRT® (Adv)
Clinical Hypnotherapist
BWRT® Peer Group Leader
Supporting People Ready for Change
I work with people who appear to be coping on the outside but privately feel overwhelmed, anxious or stuck.
Many are business owners, professionals, healthcare workers or people carrying responsibilities that others rely on.
Whether you're struggling with anxiety, trauma, self-doubt, procrastination or unhelpful habits, my aim is to help you regain clarity, confidence and control using practical, evidence-informed approaches.
My goal isn't to teach you to live with the problem.
It's to help your brain stop treating it as one.
Kim Barden
Qualifications & Professional Standards
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Academic Foundation
BA (Hons) Humanities
Understanding people, behaviour and communication.
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Clinical Hypnotherapy
Accredited Member & Clinical Supervisor
Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP)
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Advanced BWRT®
Advanced Member & Peer Group Leader
The Terence Watts Institute
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Continual Professional Development (CPD)
Professional Development
Neuroscience, identity, trauma and behavioural change.
• Private Practice Since 2018 • DBS Checked • Fully Insured • ICO Registered • BWRT® Peer Group Leader
My Journey
The experiences that shaped the way I help people today.
1. My Story
Why This Work Matters
Being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in my thirties changed how I understood fear, uncertainty and resilience. It showed me how quickly our minds can shift into survival mode and how that can affect confidence, identity and decision-making.
2. My Training
Building the Right Skills
That experience led me to study how the brain responds under pressure. From Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Clinical Hypnotherapy to Advanced BWRT®, I developed practical methods that help people create lasting psychological change.
3. Today
How I Help Clients
Today I work with professionals, business owners and individuals who want more than coping strategies. My focus is helping people regain clarity, confidence and control through calm, structured, evidence-informed therapy.
What Clients Can Expect
People often tell me they feel at ease within minutes. My role isn't to judge or analyse every detail of your past. It's to understand what's keeping you stuck today, then use practical, evidence-informed approaches to help your brain respond differently so you can move forward with confidence.