Kay Pace - Therapist
A Gentle Pace was founded by Kay Pace, an accredited and registered hypnotherapist.
Kay brings together clinical hypnotherapy, CBT-informed approaches and performance psychology, adapting her work to the individual, their goals and stage of development.
With a professional background in education, SEND and family mental health, she has spent more than a decade supporting children, adults and families.
Her additional professional training includes paediatric hypnotherapy, sports performance psychology and CBT. She is also an accredited Drawing & Talking, Sandplay and LEGO®-based therapy practitioner, with further training in relational and creative play-based therapeutic approaches.
Kay is a Member of the Royal Society for Public Health (MRSPH), reflecting her wider professional interest in prevention, health and wellbeing.
Kay Pace MHS, MRSPH
Joe Winn – Health Technician
Joe provides the health services available at A Gentle Pace and brings experience from previous roles within local hospitals and community pharmacy settings.
He is trained in ear assessment and wax removal, including microsuction, irrigation and manual techniques, and provides ear check-ups and follow-up ear care where appropriate.
Joe also facilitates our health testing services, including blood health checks, food intolerance and allergy testing, and gut microbiome testing, with samples analysed through established laboratory providers.
Our mole scanning service is provided in partnership with Map My Mole. Joe captures specialist dermoscopic images during the appointment, which are submitted securely for professional assessment and reporting.
Joe works within defined protocols and his scope of practice. Where findings require medical assessment, diagnosis or treatment, clients are appropriately directed to the relevant healthcare service.
Ear Care • Health Testing • Gut Health & Intolerance Testing • Mole Scanning
Joe Winn
Adult Therapy
Children & Young People
Health Services
Evidence-informed, goal-focused therapy tailored to you. Kay draws from clinical hypnotherapy, CBT-informed approaches and performance psychology within a calm, focused setting.
Health Services
Children & Young People
Health Services
Professional health services including ear care, health testing, gut health and intolerance testing, and mole scanning, with appropriate laboratory and specialist reporting pathways.
Children & Young People
Children & Young People
Children & Young People
Age-appropriate, play-informed therapeutic support including Drawing & Talking®, sandplay and regulation-focused work, with collaborative parent involvement where appropriate.
Our Premises
A Gentle Pace is based at Number 33 Business Centre, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, where we provide both therapy and health services.
Our private clinic room provides a comfortable, welcoming setting for adult and children's therapy, ear care, health testing and mole scanning. Free on-site parking is available, with reception support during business hours and convenient access from Newcastle and North Tyneside.
For some children's therapeutic work, we may suggest sessions at The Lighthouse Project in Byker, where we have access to a private, fully equipped therapeutic yurt and surrounding garden. This allows us to incorporate creative, sensory and purposeful outdoor approaches where these are appropriate to the child and the work.
The Lighthouse is also the delivery base for Family Mental Fitness North East CIC, our separate community-interest organisation providing preventative and early-intervention family wellbeing programmes across the region.. This site is the base for Family Mental Fitness North East CIC, a community interest company delivering structured mental health and wellbeing programmes across the region.
