Karen Francis

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Counselling, Hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

Hinchley Wood And Surbiton, Surrey, KT10
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

I am qualified across a range of therapeutic disciplines and provide a flexible, down to earth, safe and confidential space to help you make sense of what is happening and gain crucial awareness. I also provide you with tools and techniques to help get you quickly back on your feet and gain the confidence to get back in control again!

I specialise in helping individuals deal with stress issues, anxiety and panic attacks, depression, relationship issues and addictions.

Counselling is an opportunity for you to talk to a professional therapist to help you gain awareness about yourself and your situation.  It is also an opportunity to identify what changes in life style could reduce any distress you feel and to work with your counsellor to explore how you can progress towards living in a way that is more satisfactory and resourceful to you.

I work in a very comfortable environment with plenty of free parking.

Training, qualifications & experience

BS (Hons) Business Studies
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Advanced Diploma in Hypnotherapy
Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy
Advanced Diploma in Counselling
Strengths Practitioner (Centre for Applied Psychology)
Master NLP Practitioner
Diploma in Sports Psychology
Trained Facilitator for Positive Parenting Workshops

As part of my training I spent a year with Place2be working with primary and secondary school children and also worked with a Crisis Centre helping individuals get back on their feet.  I also provide support for anti-bullying in schools and regularly carry out workshops aimed at primary and secondary school children to help them understand the impacts of bullying.  As a mother, I am passionate about providing enough support to parents to aid creating a positive family environment and run workshops local for parents with primary and secondary school children.

My 25 years experience as a Board Level Director in the corporate world has helped in working with business people who are trying to find that work/life balance and are stressed or have anxiety or generally feeling low.

Having played competitive sport to county level both in squash and golf I regularly run workshops and work with individuals to help sports people develop the mental toughness in order to succeed at the highest level.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).

Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).

Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.

Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.

All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I am a teenager behavioural expert and work with teenagers who have stress, anxiety, eating disorders, bullying, low self esteem and confidence issues.

Fees

Additional information

My fees vary from £ 45 to £ 75 depending on the nature of the problem.

I offer reduced rates for students and adults on low income.

When I work

I am available during week days, evenings and Saturdays

Further information

I work in a very down to earth way and draw not only on my academic background but also on my own life experiences which if I was to plot it out would probably look a bit like a heart monitor graph!  I am very committed to ensuring that you have a positive outcome from our sessions and provide support in between meeting up if you need to call or email me.

I am a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their code of ethics.

Karen Francis is also registered with Hypnotherapy Directory.

Hinchley Wood And Surbiton, Surrey, KT10

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Karen Francis
Karen Francis