Barry Carpenter
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About me
Hello there! I'm Barry. How lovely to meet you!
So, let's talk about you.
Perhaps you've experienced a painful break up from a romantic relationship and are left hurt, confused, scared even and are feeling totally lost and unsure of how to move forward. Sometimes we just don't want to let go! The anxiety of it all can be through the roof and can really leave you questioning yourself and leave you feeling small with next to no self worth, destroying confidence.
Perhaps you've experienced a painful break up from a romantic relationship and are left hurt, confused, scared even and are feeling totally lost and unsure of how to move forward. Sometimes we just don't want to let go! The anxiety of it all can be through the roof and can really leave you questioning yourself and leave you feeling small with next to no self worth, destroying confidence.
Now, here comes the long winded bit- stay with me!
Together, we can explore your anxiety by talking about it, how if feel's, what it's about & where it's coming from, allowing you to pin point the triggers & take control of it for good, whether it's stemming from a relationship or from other factors. Perhaps it's been there for years or it's a new feeling which has arisen, with you questioning why.
If it's attachment anxiety then we can explore your past relationships and look at where the fear and distrust and fear of connection began, allowing you an understanding of why your patterns are repeated and how to separate the past relationships from the present, be they family, friends or romantic relationships. Or perhaps it's a break up where you're feeling lost, unloved and struggling to heal. Whatever it is we can work together to ensure you reach a much more comfortable place in self.
With Self image issues we can explore where it stems from, be it past knocks or criticism's which we can pin point where your lack of confidence and self esteem comes from and together we can strive to change your psychological narrative so you can be happy with who you are and be free from those internal voices that tell you that 'You're not good enough,'
Regardless of what it is, we will work together to help you separate, discover and FEEL your potential and allow you to be happy and proud of who stares back at you in the mirror.
Counselling with Barry
Who I am as Barry is who I am as a counsellor; warm, relaxed, friendly, occasionally funny & human.
With me, you can be you!
All in a safe & non judgmental space where I will listen, reflect & allow you to express yourself with zero judgement & full understanding, within a therapeutic relationship that is 100% about you.
What is Counselling?
Counselling to me is about evolving, taking that journey towards inner peace and being content with your life. After all, we don't always want to tell every Tom, Dick or Harry what's going on with us, and we may even worry that we will be judged or misunderstood, which can be a daunting concept. Not only that, but how many times have we all heard our best friend tell us that we will be 'okay,' or that we should just 'break up' with them. They may mean well, but does this really help you?
I offer a brief consultation phone call which allows us to talk and for us to get a sense of one another and to see whether you wish to work with me.
At the moment I am only offering online counselling via Zoom and telephone counselling due to room based restrictions.
I will look forward to meeting with you!
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified psychotherapist and supervisor with over nine years of clinical experience. I proudly trained with 'The Counselling Foundation' in Bedfordshire and have obtained:
Over 3000 Clinical Hours experience
Foundation skills certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling (The Counselling Foundation)
2 Year National Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling (The Counselling Foundation)
2 Year Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling (The Counselling Foundation)
Advanced Certificate in Clinical Counselling Supervision Including Online and Telephone Working with 'Counselling Tutor.'
Completion of Dr Dan Siegel's 'How Attachment, Trauma & Temperament Shape Personality Workshop.'
Ongoing Continuing Professional Development with Neurodiversity in counselling.
I have a good deal of experience working with self esteem issues, anxiety, relationship and attachment issues, identity complex issues as well anger, guilt, loss and healing based problems.
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£50.00 - £60.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- All sessions run for the duration of 50 minutes
- £50 per face to face session
- £50 Zoom Counselling
- £50 Telephone Counselling
- £60 per face to face session for for couples
- £60 Zoom counselling for couples
- Concessional rates available for students
When I work
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My hours are flexible and can change at any time so please enquire should there be a preferred time that doesn't allign with the above.
Further information
Having recently relocated to Hastings I am in the process of setting up my safe and comfortable work environment to work face to face with my clients, so at this moment in time I am providing both online and telephone counselling from privacy of my home.
