Karola Weinand BA (Honours) (Psychosoc) , Dip Couns , MBACP

Karola Weinand Wem Shrewsbury Shropshire SY4	Additional Address Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1
tel: 07733482738 Click here to Email me

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Life may be stressful and overwhelming at times and you can feel troubled, isolated and lonely. Counselling can help you to off load and work through issues that affect your life in a diverse or detrimental way.
As every client is an individual the issues and problems you may bring will be completely different from anyone else and therefore the counselling has to be right for you. I offer short term solution focused, medium or long term counselling that offers in depth work that can help to make sense with issues in the present or from the past. Whatever your needs are - I will always strive to keep you safe in a supportive and confidential environment.

I am a qualified and experienced senior counsellor. I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
My approach is integrative which means that I draw from different approaches of counselling I am qualified in or have training with. My work is underpinned by Person Centred counselling that promotes empathy and unconditional acceptance for the client and the Psychodynamic traditions that helps to explore issues and emotions that might be hidden in the client’s unconscious.
My philosophy is that every person is unique and an individual and has the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Counselling therefore will be individually tailored to a client’s needs.
I am committed to work in a confidential, ethical and therefore sensitive ,non-judgemental and non-discriminatory way that encompasses issues that are of racial, cultural, religious, sexual nature and sexual differences. This list is not exhaustive.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

I am dedicated to provide the best possible service to my clients and I am committed to professional development. I therefore attend training courses on an ongoing basis.
At present I attend a Post Graduate Course in Counselling Supervision at the University of Chester.

Please find below qualifications and training courses I have attended below.

BA (Honours) Psychosocial Studies
Counselling Skills Certificate
Diploma in Counselling Level 4;
I have attended the following training:
Bereavement Counselling
Complicated Grieving
Young People and Bereavement Counselling
Alcohol Dependence Counselling
Motivational Interviewing
Attempting Suicide - Dorothy Row;
Affects of Alcohol in relation to Drugs
Adlerian Summer School:
Adler's Theory & Philosophy
Creative Counselling
Art in Alcohol Counselling
Self Development
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Introduction to Adult Mental Health
Dynamics of couples counselling
Personality Disorders
Gambling addiction counselling
Domestic Violence
Traumatic Interrupters to Healthy Child Development and Attachement
Post Graduate Counselling Supervision at the
University of Chester - ongoing

Within my private practice I am working with general issues and specific counselling areas as listed below. Some of these are in the field of depression, addictions and anxieties.

I also work as a counsellor for an agency for people with alcohol problems and an agency for people with gambling problems.

I also work with clients that are referred from 'Employee Assistance Program' agencies and Insurance companies.
However, most of my private clients self refer from the general public.
I also take referral from the NHS.

I have also worked for:
Doctors Surgery as a GP Counsellor
Bereavement Counsellor for CRUSE
Women’s Aid
Bourne Trust; assisting ex-offenders and their families
Alcohol Counselling Agency
Gambling Addiction Agency

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I offer personal therapy and self-developmental session to Student Counsellors on reduced fees.

You can e-mail me on my confidential e-mail address: kwcounselling@aol.com or use the e-mail facility on this listing to contact me. I will respond as soon as I am able to.

You can also contact me on my personal mobile 07733482738. All calls and text messages are treated with the strictest confidence. If I am not able to answer your call you can safely leave a message to which I will respond quickly to any queries you may have.
Related work within counselling:
I supervise other counsellors.
I facilitate a self help group for people with addictive behaviour

Fees

It is important to find the right counsellor for you so please do not hesitate and contact me by e-mail kwcounselling@aol.com , phone or text with any question you may have prior to your first appointment. I offer a 30 min consultation for free for clients who are not quite sure about counselling or need further information. Therefore, first sessions are booked for 1 1/2 hours with the option to have a full counselling session after the initial 30 min. consultation. My fee is £30.00 per 50-60 minutes session, payable at each session.
My fee is £40 for couples counselling
I offer a concessionary fee for £25.00 of individual counselling per session for:
people in receipt of benefits
student counsellors
students
I am happy to discuss a reduced fee if you are on a low income.

Further Information

I work with my clients at safe, secure and confidential counselling premises in Shrewsbury that are located in the town centre. Car parking is near by and in walking distance.

I also practice from my private residence which is located in the pretty town of Wem and is a 20 min drive north off Shrewsbury.
My private practice in Wem is a 5 minutes walk from the town centre and a 2 minutes walk from the train station. I ensure complete confidentiality and added privacy as the counselling area has a private entrance with self contained facilities that are located on the ground floor. Please see photograph above.
Disabled access is available.
I provide off street parking at my premises.
Wem is easily reachable by train and Bus.

The location of the counselling takes place in any of these premises and depends on the client convenience and needs.

Safety checks and Insurance:
Criminal Record Disclosure [ CRB ]
I am fully up to date CRB checked that allows me to work with vulnerable people.

I do have full Professional Liability Insurance.

Documentation disclosure available on request.