Kim McAllister Counselling Ltd

22/11/2025

👋 Hello lovely humans — it’s Kim here, your local purple-haired psychotherapist & play therapist 💜

If you’re new to my page, welcome!
I’m Kim — a warm, down-to-earth, slightly quirky therapist supporting children, teens and adults across South Ayrshire and beyond.

My approach is:
💜 Person-centred, gentle and collaborative
🎨 Creative and playful (especially for little ones)
🌱 Human, real and grounded — no jargon, no judgement
🧠 Trauma-informed and ethically rooted
☕ Always with a cosy, calming therapy room ready for you

A bit about me:
✨ MSc Health Psychology
✨ BSc (Hons) Psychology
✨ Dip. Counselling
✨ Accredited Registered Member – NCPS
✨ Registered Member – BACP
✨ Graduate Member – BPS (GMBPsS)
✨ Child & Young Person Therapist (CYPT)

I work with:
🌟 Anxiety & overwhelm
🌟 Low confidence / self-esteem
🌟 Emotional regulation for children
🌟 Life transitions, grief & stress
🌟 Anyone needing a safe space to breathe, talk, untangle or make sense of things

Sessions are available:
🏡 Face-to-face in my colourful, cosy Girvan therapy room
💻 Online for anyone in the UK

If you’re thinking about starting therapy — whether for yourself or your child — you’re very welcome to message the page. I’m here when you’re ready. 💜

01/10/2025

31/08/2025

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Teach your children age appropriate chores, skills and tasks. Life skills are essential to help them grow into self sufficient and well rounded adults.

21/08/2025

Police are appealing for the help of the public to trace 14-year-old Mia Nugent who is missing from Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire.

Mia was last seen in Kilbirnie around 10.15pm on Monday, 18 August, 2025.

Read more via link in comments below 👇

19/08/2025

Hyperactivity can be so many things… here at Kim McAllister Counselling, new coping skills and mindfulness strategies can be taught, alongside personally tailored talking therapy.

21/05/2025

You can now contact me through WhatsApp. Get in touch if you would like personally tailored talking therapy for yourself or your child.

19/05/2025

Do you or your child struggle with ADHD? I offer personally tailored talking and play therapy to anyone from age 3+. I provide a safe space to explore thoughts, feelings and emotions. I also offer new skills and techniques to live with neurodivergence.

12/04/2025

It is essential for children, young people and adults to take time out when they need to. Your mental health is just as important as your physical health.

When kids ask to stay home, parents should use it as an opportunity to check in and do a little detective work. Talking through your child’s reason for asking to take a break will help you get a better idea of what they’re going through and make it easier to decide if a mental health day is the best solution. Read the full article:
https://childmind.org/article/should-kids-take-mental-health-days/

28/02/2025

Talking to a qualified psychotherapist could be the key to leaving your past behind and opening the door to your future.

Person-Centred counselling/psychotherapy isn't just a method—it’s a revolution in how we understand and support human growth.

In the 1940s and 50s, Dr. Carl Rogers and his team took a radical approach: audio-recording therapy sessions to uncover what truly worked for clients. From this pioneering research emerged a comprehensive theory of trust in humanity's innate ability to thrive, known as the actualising tendency.

Unlike traditional methods, Person-Centred Therapy shifted the focus away from the therapist as the "expert." Instead, it built on six core conditions that create a safe and empowering environment for transformation:

Psychological contact between client and therapist.

The client's state of vulnerability or anxiety.

The therapist's authenticity (congruence).

Unconditional positive regard.

Empathic understanding.

Communication of empathy and regard, as perceived by the client.

Beyond Therapy

These principles don’t just apply to therapy—they’ve inspired better practices in teaching, management, childcare, and more. Wherever relationships thrive, the person-centred approach has something to offer.

Proven Through Research

With decades of validation (Cooper, Watson & Hölldampf, 2010; Elliott et al, 2013; Murphy & Joseph, 2016), the approach continues to evolve through the contributions of influential practitioners like Margaret Warner, Gary Prouty, and Kirshen Rundle.

Curious to learn more about this transformative way of being?

Dive deeper: https://www.the-pca.org.uk/about/what-is-it.html

27/02/2025

Find the best way for you to express all the thoughts and feelings you want to free your mind from. Talking to a therapist can help you process everything you try to keep inside.

You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.
- Maya Angelou