Dr Li-Faye Lim




👋 Meet Dr Lim



Li-Faye is a clinical psychologist with 12 years of experience providing psychological therapies to adults, older adults, young people and their parents, carers and family members. She is currently employed as a Clinical Psychologist within the NHS alongside her private practice.

Li-Faye provides a safe, non-judgemental space. Her warmth and compassion will help you feel at ease. She embraces all differences, especially having worked in different parts of the world with different cultures and beliefs. Li-Faye also has a good understanding of the particular stresses of corporate working life, having changed careers to psychology after 5 years in various business and finance roles in a major multi-national corporation in London. As a parent, she has lived experience of the particular challenges and stressors faced by both full-time parents and working parents. She is also experienced in supporting parents and carers in her work in the NHS.


Therapy Models

Li-Faye is trained in a wide variety of therapeutic models that enable her to quickly understand problems and help clients to make sense of their experiences and work towards their personal therapy goals, including:

  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Systemic and Family Therapy
  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT)
  • Mindfulness-based approaches

Current Research Publications


Association between anxiety and hypertension in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 131, 96-119.
Lim, L. F., Solmi, M., & Cortese, S. (2021).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S014976342100381X


Sensitivity to change in the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory: Comparing the standard and revised versions in two cohorts of different severity.

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 9, 16-23.
Veale, D., Lim, L. F., Nathan, S. L., & Gledhill, L. J. (2016).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211364916300045

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Initial telephone consultation (15 minutes) - Free
  • Individual psychological therapy - £125 per 50 minute session
  • Formal letter to GP or other healthcare professional - hourly rate

Yes. Li-Faye is registered with WPA, Cigna, Aviva, AXA PPP and Vitality.

If the insurance does not cover the full fees, clients can still be taken on if they cover the shortfall.

Yes, she does. She works predominantly online, but has some face-to-face slots in Southampton and surrounding areas. Telephone sessions can be very helpful as an alternative or in addition to online work. All modes of therapy are chargeable at the same rate.

Li-Faye has extensive experience working with people across the age range - adults, older adults and young people. For young people aged 0-5, work is predominantly with parents. For young people age 6+, work can be both individual with the young person and with parents too.

Yes. She has extensive experience working with the interaction between physical health and mental health, for example in injuries, and in acute and chronic illnesses and physical health conditions.

Yes. She has experience working with people from different backgrounds, whether it is culture, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ability, appearance, class and education.