Sofia Kariotaki (Individual-Couple Counsellor and Psychologist) Msc, MBACP

Manchester Greater Manchester M15
07565642678 http://www.counselling4umanchester.co.uk/ Click here to Email me

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Negotiable fee to reflect each person's income. Low cost couple counselling.

Hello and welcome to my website. I am an experienced integrative humanistic counsellor and a psychologist, with experience in working with depression, anxiety and phobias, loss and bereavement, trauma, terminal illness, self-esteem and confidence, sexuality, relationship issues, difficulties in the workplace, major life-changes, past abuse, existential issues etc.

I am able to provide both short-term, as well as long-term therapy, offering a welcoming, confidential and safe place for you to address and explore the difficulties you are currently experiencing.

I know that sometimes life can be hard and that there are moments that we feel hopeless, feeling that there is no one that we can speak to or can understand us.For these times of distress I am here to offer you a non judgemental space where you can feel safe to explore yourself and your concerns; a confidential place where you feel accepted and through the therapeutic process you will be able to find clarity and understanding and move towards creating a more balanced way forward in your life.

I see each person as a unique individual with their own needs and wants and this is how I see therapy. You are not your problem, but your unique self and having this in mind I focus on your story and your personal process to get closer to your internal world. For that reason I work in an integrative way, which means that I can draw on aspects of different approaches, following your own needs and what may suit you better, having as theoretical home base and philosophy the person centred and humanistic values. That means that I offer you a non-judgemental and non-directive environment where both of us, by establishing a deep therapeutic relationship, work together with whatever you wish to bring in therapy.

I know from personal experience that counselling can be a difficult experience where we may have to face our own personal demons. However, I hope that I can provide you a safe and empathic environment where you can do this personal journey and support you to get closer with your ‘real’ self and to achieve emotional well-being.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

I have a Psychology Degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a Master Degree in Counselling Psychology from Keele University. In addition I am a Counselling Psychologist in training, undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at the University of Manchester.

Additional Qualifications:

• Certificate in Essential Gestalt
• Doctorate training in Solution Focus Therapy
• Doctorate training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Relate Certificate in Couple Therapy (currently in training)
• Certificate in Children’s emotional well-being
• Certificate in Helping children tell their stories
• Certificate in Working with difference and diversity
• Certificate in Working with metaphor
• Certificate in Mindfulness Based Therapy.

Experience:
I am working as a psychologist at Christie Clinic providing therapy to cancer patients and their relatives.

Since 2009,I have worked as counsellor with Age Concern,counselling people over 60 and their carers.

Counsellor at the Family Counselling centre in Altrincham.

I have experience working with family residential services and adults with learning difficulties.

I also have experience in counselling children and young people through my work as a primary school counsellor.

I have experience in providing telephone and Skype counselling.

I work as a honorary lecturer at the University of Manchester and as a researcher.

Memberships

MBACP

Graduate Member of BPS

Enhanced CRB disclosure

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Couples Counselling
• Debt Management
• Dementia
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Family Issues
• Gender Identity
• HIV/AIDS
• Infertility
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Miscarriage
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Fees

As I feel that each person is unique with their own needs and wants I do not operate a fixed fee, rather I prefer to negotiate a fee individually to reflect each person's income.

Further Information

PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCES
Presentation of research paper at Keele University: Counselling Psychology Conference (2011).

Presentation of research paper at the University of Manchester, School of Education (2011)

• Online, email or telephone counselling available

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