Carina Holden
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About me
I am a specialist in anxiety treatment and management with a research background looking into the effects of people pleasing on mental health.
Whether you have been living with anxiety for a lifetime or have noticed acute and severe episodes recently, there are strategies and techniques specific to your needs that we will work on together to move you forward. Some of the anxieties I specialise in are:
- Health
- Social
- Generalised
- Panic attacks
- Phobias
- Separation
- OCD
- Workplace/performance
I am an integrative psychotherapist meaning that I pull from several approaches to create a tailored and wholistic therapeutic space for you.
Psychodynamic - the past can contribute in huge ways to our experience of today so by looking back at elements of your upbringing, past relationships and significant events it can help to gain an understanding of where your anxiety might stem from and what possible triggers could be.
Person-Centred - We will always go at a comfortable pace for you and work with what you feel safe to bring to the sessions. While I will suggest certain areas or topics to discuss at times, the sessions are always within your control.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - CBT will help us to move you forward through your anxiety. Through thought strategies, worksheets and homeworks we will work together to tackle your anxiety and move you to a new happier and more peaceful space.
Please reach out to book a free consultation and find out a bit more about starting your journey to more mental freedom.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully qualified Psychotherapist with an MSc and PGDip in Counselling and Psychotherapy as well as a BSc in Psychology; I am also a registered member of the BACP. My specialist area and what I gained my MSc in is the detrimental effects of people pleasing/putting the needs of others above our own.
- Guilt & Shame, the Trauma Glue (June 2024)
- Counselling with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Oct 2019)
- Creative Therapies Conference (Oct 2019)
- Narrative Therapy Seminar (June 2019)
- Transactional Analysis Seminar (April 2019)
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
£45.00 - £55.00
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Daytime appointments are charged at £45 and evening appointments at £55
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Further information
Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
