Karen Minikin MSc PTSTA UKCP Reg MBACP(Accred)

Profile

I am a counsellor and psychotherapist accredited with the BACP and UKCP and a trainer of counselling and psychotherapy at Metanoia Institute in Ealing, London. I provide individual and group supervision for counsellors and psychotherapists. I also oversee and supervise a low cost counselling and psychotherapy service.

When clients first come, I focus primarily on understanding what is causing difficulty and seeing if I might be somebody who the client can communicate with and relate to. This is important in building trust between us. In terms of my experience, I work with many conditions, including depression, anxiety, loss, relationship difficulties, trauma and identity such as cultural, racial and sexual identities. In my approach, I draw on transactional analysis and psychoanalytical ideas using them integratively and relationally to suit my clients' needs.  

Training, Qualifications & Experience

BA (Hons) in Counselling
MSc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy
Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA)
Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (PTSTA)
MBACP (Accred)
UKCP Registered
UKRC Counsellor

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bullying
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Psychosexual Therapy
• Relationship Issues
• Schizophrenia
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Culture and diversity

Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Transactional Analysis

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

£45.00 for psychotherapy and supervision
£20.00 (for the low cost service)

Further Information

I have also worked as an organisational development consultant for fifteen years, prior to that I was a customer and management trainer for an airline and a secondary school teacher. Drawing on this experience means, I have an understanding of the challenges and potential conflicts facing people in organisations that can lead to work related stress and reactive depression.

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