Cara Bowler
About me
A warm welcome to my profile 🌸
If you or someone you know if struggling with life, it can be really useful to speak to someone that’s completely impartial.
I offer a safe, warm, confidential and a not one shoe fits all approach to counselling and supervision.
For me therapeutic support starts with building a safe and trusting relationship, it is after this is established the work can take place. I understand putting your trust in someone is a big step but it’s an important step for therapy to work.
Please also be mindful that not every therapist works the same and although we all follow a strict ethical guidelines we all work very differently, be curious when starting with a new therapist and ask questions as you need to make sure you find the right therapist for you and your needs.
I like to offer a reduced fee for an assessment session so that we can ensure suitability.
It’s important you are supported to the best of the therapist ability.
It’s a great advantage when looking for private therapy as you have the freedom to choose your therapist rather than being allocated a therapist.
Always try to go with your intuition and gut feeling when searching for a therapist or supervisor.
Thank you for looking at my profile and good luck on this new journey.
Training, qualifications & experience
Level 6 CPCAB Supervision
Degree in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
Telephone Counselling skills Training with Sarah Hart
Diploma in CBT
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
Level 3 Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
Level 2 Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
Domestic abuse awareness
Trauma Focused - CBT
Sand Tray Training 6hrs CPD
Place2be Volunteer Introductory
Place2be Safeguarding Training
Level 3 First Aid at work
Mental Health First Aid
CACHE level 2 Certificate for the Children and Young Peoples Workforce (QCF)
Home-Start Early Communication Training
Home-Start Post-Natal Illness
Home-Start Working with Children with Special Needs
Safe Guarding Children and Adults
Certificate Of Service - recognition of Commitment
Certificate of Achievement by Youth and Connections
Certificate of Achievement YMCA
I also currently work for Embrace, offering therapy to children that have been victims of crime, Bedfordshire Open door and MIND-BLMK as school counselling coordinator.
Member organisations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
EAP/Health Insurance Providers
Additional information
£30 supervision (reduced cost for trainees) £60 group supervision x 4
£45 for individual Adults
£70 for couples or families
£30 for Armed forces, key workers & psychotherapy/counselling students.
£40 for young people. 6-18years (if in therapy at reduced rate and young person turns 19+ you will still receive therapy at the reduced rate)
A session runs for 50 minutes.
I offer both short-term and long-term counselling.
I ask for 24 hours notice of cancellation.
Skype and telephone sessions will need to be paid in advance.
One to One session can be paid on the day via cash or bank transfer.
Cheques are not accepted, apologies for any inconvenience.
Availability
Monday-Thursday 8am - 16.00pm 19.15pm - 21.00pm Saturday 8.00 - 18. 00pm
