About Mei
Mei Yan Jim is a counsellor who aims to help people manage anxiety, stress and relationship worries. She speaks Mandarin and Cantonese and works with clients in the United Kingdom and internationally. Mei focuses on practical steps you can use day to day and listens without judgment.
She trained with postgraduate study in counselling and applied psychology and has three years of practice experience. Mei draws on humanistic roots and combines ideas from client-centred work, psychodynamic thinking and mindfulness practices.
Background and approach
She adapts each session to the person in front of her rather than following a fixed script. In sessions she starts by hearing what matters most to you and then helps you set short-term goals. Conversations aim to make emotions easier to name and understand.
She uses gentle questioning, reflective listening and experiential exercises to help you notice patterns and try new responses. Mei can support people facing family and parenting pressures, difficulties after separation, problems with attachment, and the everyday strain of balancing responsibilities. She also helps with eating and body-image concerns, feelings of guilt and shame, and challenges tied to immigration or caregiving stress.
Therapy can include breathing and mindfulness practices to manage physical tension. Narrative techniques are used to reframe stories people tell about themselves. Over time these small changes aim to reduce anxiety and increase clarity about next steps.
If you prefer working online, Mei offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. She uses a matching process to help you find the right fit and tailors the pace to your needs.
Approaches and online options that suit daily life
Client-centred therapy focuses on what matters to you and builds on your own strengths. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and helps you set practical goals so problems feel more manageable.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift patterns in close relationships by naming feelings and changing unhelpful interactions. It is useful for relationship strain and attachment worries.
Mindfulness therapy uses simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce physical tension and interrupt cycles of worry. These practices are offered alongside conversation so you can try calming techniques between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mei will collaborate with you to choose methods that match your needs, goals and preferences. She may combine elements from different approaches and will explain why a particular activity or line of questioning could help.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you meet face to face when discussing emotional topics is important. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when you prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around work, family or travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- Mandarin, Cantonese
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