Caroline Brown, Reg. MBACP, Individuals and Couples

About me

    Hello,  I am a qualified counsellor with eight years' experience in private practice, registered with B.A.C.P.  I provide effective, affordable counselling to couples and individuals.  Wondering if counselling can help you?  Please read on for a summary of how I work.

  Personal Counselling is a unique relationship which focuses on understanding and exploring what is concerning you, causing distress or confusion in your life.  It allows a private place to explore thoughts and emotions without the risk of pressure, judgment, or unwanted advice.  At times of difficulty, it helps to talk to someone whose intention is to understand and provide professional support.  When people feel anxious, depressed or overwhelmed it can be hard to see a clear path ahead.  Your sessions will help you to see your way ahead more clearly.  Counselling can help with things that are happening now and in resolving painful emotions from the past.

  Relationship difficulties -whether 'rough patches' or on-going - are normal but often cause unhappiness and resentment.  Couples come to see me with either repeating patterns of behaviour or because something has happened.  Often an issue in the relationship keeps repeating and the couple is at their wits end with how best to handle it. When you and your partner keep coming up against the same kind of problem it is a sign that a shift is needed.  Whether yours is a new relationship or is a long standing one, I can support you and your partner in understanding each other and to communicate more openly.  Often couples regularly seek counselling because something major has happened in their lives that has affected their relationship and both feel unequipped to deal with it.  Although problems can seem overwhelming, they rarely mean that the relationship has reached an end.  Even affairs can be overcome. I support couples in understanding each other and the hopes and fears that drive the way they behave.

I offer one to one support with wide-ranging issues, including:

* Anxiety,

* Low mood,

* Anger management,

* PTSD,

* Hoarding disorder,

* Restlessness and uncertainty,

* Family relationships,

* Obsessions and compulsive behaviour,

* Over-eating,

* Self-Esteem,

* Grief and loss.

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"Caroline helped me through a difficult, stressful few months after moving to Lincoln. She was very understanding and easy to talk to. I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs help with stress and depression or any other emotional problems."  - Chris, Lincoln.

"Having counselling helped me understand my partner better and why we kept having the same kind of problems.  I am much happier in my relationship and would recommend couple counselling to anyone." - Sue, Lincoln.

".. following the sessions we now have a greater understanding of each other ... the sessions with Caroline have been the key to enjoy being with each other again." - Anon. Lincoln

www.crestcounselling.co.uk.

Caroline Brown, Reg. Member of British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists                                                  
email: crestcounselling@uwclub.net