Carima Nolten


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About me
My name is Carima Nolten and I am a qualified trauma -informed Integrative Counsellor (MBACP) with a background in teaching with expertise in Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) and Neurodiversity. I have experience working with children, young people and adults in a variety of settings, including Primary and Secondary schools, Private Tutoring and Sports Coaching alongside the Healthcare and Corporate Sectors. I offer both face - to-face and online counselling to children and adults.
As a counsellor, I embrace a responsive, flexible and Trauma informed approach, drawing from a variety of different skills . I offer an empathic, non-judgemental and safe space for clients to explore and express feelings and thoughts around life experiences and challenges they may be facing in their own chosen way, whether it is through talking therapy or through various creative/play/art -based mediums.
When individuals feel overwhelmed by emotions or difficult circumstances, healthy development can become stuck, impacting learning, behaviour and overall wellbeing. Creative, Play and Art-based approaches are beneficial ways for people to process complex feelings and thoughts, by giving expression, movement, shape and colour to life experiences in a way that often words alone can't do.
Online counselling offers clients the opportunity to engage in an online therapeutic space , with the options of engaging with creative tools, and or through home-based creative materials.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Best wishes,
Carima
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualifications and experience include, but are not limited to the following:
Postgraduate Diploma - Counselling Children and Young People, UEL/Place2Be, level 7 (BACP registered); ACTO Level 1 Online and Telephone Counselling Certificate ; PGCE in Early Years and Foundation , University of South Africa (Cum Laude); Level 3 Award in Special Educational Needs; Initiatic Art Therapy & Guided Drawing Practitioner; Clayfield Therapy Practitioner.
Alongside private practice, I also manage a counselling service within a London school, where I support children through one-to one counselling and group work, while simultaneously embracing a whole school approach, offering support and psycho-education for teaching staff and parents.
I am skilled in Talking Therapy, Play Therapy, Sand-tray Therapy, Creative Arts-based Therapies and Sensorimotor Art Therapy to name a few.
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.
Accredited register membership

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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£65 per 50-minute face to face/ online sessions paid via Bank Transfer.
When I work
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Current availability:
Online availability -Thursdays AM, Fridays AM
In person session availability: Friday PM; Waiting list for Tuesday afternoons from 1 May 2025.