Caroline Foster

Many of the people who find their way to my practice have been functioning, coping, and managing for years — often very well — while sensing that something inside needs attention rather than endurance.

My work respects your strength. Therapy here is not about dismantling competence, but about offering a place where you no longer have to hold everything together alone.

Many of the people I work with have been capable, self-reliant, and responsible for much of their lives. They often hesitate before seeking therapy — not because they are unaware of their struggles, but because they are unaccustomed to being seen as needing support.

General Information

If, after reading my profile you have questions, please telephone me on 07790478311 for a free of charge and free of obligation conversation 

Contact

Telephone Enquiries : If you get my voicemail please leave your name and telephone number so I can call you back 

Email - please contact me through Counselling Directory and I will get back to you within 24hours.

About You

Sometimes we can find ourselves feeling misunderstood, out of place, or quietly alone — to others we may appear to be coping, but we know we need support.

I offer a thoughtful, integrative psychotherapy for adults who are navigating life, loss, change, or a growing sense that life no longer fits as it once did. This may include experiences that were forced rather than chosen — bereavement, relationship change, health shifts, or identity questions that emerge later in life.

Many people I work with are questioning neurodivergence, such as Autism or ADHD, or are coming to an understanding of themselves later than expected. Together, we can compassionately explore these questions at your pace, whether or not a formal diagnosis is part of your journey.

Therapy with me is collaborative and individually tailored. I pay close attention to your history, nervous system, and relational world, supporting you to make sense of what you are experiencing now — and to find steadier ground moving forward.

I welcome adults aged 18 and over, including those who are undiagnosed, newly aware, or exploring whether neurodivergence may be relevant to their experience.

About Therapy

Many of my clients have spent years adapting, compensating, and holding responsibility — for work, family, or others — while gradually losing a sense of ease within themselves. Therapy here is not about being pathologised or categorised, but about restoring clarity, steadiness, and self-trust. Whether your questions relate to neurodivergence, life transitions, or something harder to name, we begin where you are.

About me

I am an experienced, trauma informed and AS aware Private Practitioner who is also an approved provider for BUPA, Aviva and AXA Health, and others through the Healthcode Platform.

As a BACP and NCPS Accredited Practitioner in Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Accredited Clinical Supervision (Advanced), and Hypnotherapy, as well as having trained at London’s top College of Naturopathic Medicine, I have the training in Health Coaching and Gut Health to give you the best opportunity for long term wellbeing.

At the heart of my therapy is the safety and security of the therapeutic relationship between you, as a re-emerging identity, and myself as the therapist.

What am I able to offer my clients?

• Trauma Informed Practice
• ASD aware Practice
• Person to person conversational therapy - face to face or via mainstream recognised online media platforms E.g. Teams, telephone.  No contracting to intermediary digital platform facilitators such as Teladoc Health
• Subsidised and discounted Fees (Scroll down for further details) including Discretionary fee for those in financial hardship (limited places)
• Individual Consultation (up to 60 minutes)  £70
• Couples Consultation (up to 60 minutes) £85.00 (up to 90 minutes £100)
• Single Session Problem Solver (up to 90 minutes including a 30 minute pre consultation) for focused resolution of a suitable specific issue £120.00
• Short and medium term Therapy, and …
• Ongoing long term Therapy for experiences that require time to reach resolution
• Professional Health Coaching including support in making transformative changes to your experience of life, and supporting through long term medical treatment, dietary changes, well-being changes and work experience. 
• Progressive and deep relaxations
• Hypnotherapy for confidence and self worth
• Enhanced DBS Check
• BUPA, Aviva and AXA Health recognised provider, and others through Healthcode
• Individually Assessed/bespoke therapy for all clients
• A peaceful, relaxed and comfortable consulting room, with gentle lighting.
• Professional Personal Accreditation and Registration.
• Daily appointments 8.30am-8.30pm
• Security - no notes are kept on electronic devices, not shared with NHS nor employers.  Your notes are NOT at risk from cyber crime.

As a qualified hypnotherapist too, my clients can benefit from empowerment, relaxation and pain management as a stand-alone treatment, or as part of an ongoing therapeutic process.

If you would like to find out more, please call me direct on 07790478311 Or email me through this site. You can also find more information and video footage on my facebook page. 

If you would like a deeper understanding, read on…

What kind of therapy do I offer?
I am an Integrative Psychotherapist, working with my clients to actively and empathically understand the issues affecting them, including their existing environment and its impact, and help them to find their confidence and freedom. Integrative psychotherapy allows for unparalleled flexibility in approach. It offers the opportunity for communication between myself and you to be opened up in a conversational way that can help you to gain understanding and acceptance as you move into a brighter future, at a pace that is appropriate to you. Integrative therapy is wholly adaptable and can be reactive as well as proactive in the work you feel you need to do at any given consultation.  Psychoanalytically there is also the opportunity for exploring who you are and gaining a richer sense of self awareness, influences and expectations, which is especially important if in training as a therapist oneself.

So, what is an Integrative model? 
It is a type of training that allows a therapist to tailor the therapy more specifically to the client's needs. The therapist is trained in a number of theoretical areas, among them are theoretical areas such as transactional analysis (TA), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Gestalt, Person Centred Counselling.  Creativity can be applied in this therapeutic model and that allows for your creative expression to emerge too and to align with your regained sense of self, personal expression, and autonomy.

Integrative Psychotherapy means that different theories learned in training can be used independently or collectively, dependent upon your needs.  I have a natural and organic approach to my therapy inviting you to allow a free flow of thoughts shared into the therapeutic space,  and working together, conversationally, we find relief and understanding for you.   For example, If at the start, you have no desire to explore your childhood, then that is okay. If you then subsequently change your mind, that is okay too, and it can happen in a way which specifically meets your needs, because just as we have a unique DNA so our thoughts, teachings and memories are all unique too, and that means your therapy is as unique as you are.

At the heart of my therapy is the development of a faithful relationship between myself as the therapist, you as my client, and our developing understanding of your experience and your search for your agency in your truth. Therapy can bring some difficult subjects to the surface, known and otherwise unknown, but this exploration is part of your ability to make sense of your experiences, to come to terms with them and to understand them so that you can find comfort and value in your future.

Whichever therapeutic model is best suited to you, you will need to feel you can take the journey side by side with your therapist and feel that in the hardest of times they will know how best to help you make sense of it all.

As an integrative therapist I have the ability to apply the most effective approaches with your solution being my focus, supporting your unique requirements for transformation, acceptance, or simply understanding, and tailoring your sessions specifically to your needs as you progress.

Client Review

“Evening Caroline   I'm in the nuffield after having my hip op
You got me there  how good are you 
Also [physio] has been brill ….
Thanks so much for all your good work and effort 
If you have a Web site you can put me on”

Thanks to A Uniquely Holistic Approach

Health Coaching https://www.ukhealthcoaches.com/scope-of-practice

Buses:
There are regular buses to Little Eaton with stops within a three-minute walk

Parking:
FREE Street lit Roadside parking is readily available directly outside.

Access:
There are two shallow steps through from the roadside and a shallow threshold steps into the building.

Waiting:
There is no private waiting area, so I would ask please that you arrive promptly to your appointment

• General Support through medical referral period.
• Menopause and life changes.
• Men facing rejection or exploitation in marriage or long term relationships. Divorce and Fathers separated from their children.
• Living with cultural difference. Whether you are welcoming friends and family from different cultural backgrounds; first, second or third generation migrant; seeking refuge in Great Britain.
• Gut Health: Gut:Brain Connection
• Health Coaching https://www.ukhealthcoaches.com/scope-of-practice

Please ask about my discretionary fees they may apply to you too

If you wish to be part of my Practice Review, please state this in your enquiry.

Discretionary charges are agreed on an individual basis. Therapy can be tailored to your budget.

Limited spaces for those offering only what they can afford. Hardship fees discussed at assessment.
Cancellations: All scheduled consultations are charged at fee.   Rescheduled consults which can be taken within 3 days will not incur a cancellation charge (subject to availability) - because life happens 🫶

Hardship fees - As agreed (60 minute Consultation)

Discretionary fees start at £45.00 (60 minute Consultation)

Individuals: £70.00 (60 minute Consultation)

Couples: £85 (60 minute consultation)  £100 (up to 90minute consultation)

Single Session Problem Solver - Think Bright Future - £120 (90minutes consultation)

Hypnotherapy/Deep Relaxation: £70

Individual Supervision - Flexible to meet the needs of the Supervisee

Indicative fee scale:

1.5hrs in a single consultation £90

2 hrs per month over two consultations £120.00

I have introduced a half-day personalised "Understanding the Impact of Experiences and how to give them Value" - Half day 0930hrs - 1300hrs Saturday: £120 per person £180per couple.

Understanding the Impact of Experiences and how to give them Value - suitable for new parents, individuals, couples

Private Health Insurance consultations charged according to health care provider and plan up to a maximum of:

All Individual therapy: Max. £120.00 (50 minute consultation) when including Health Coaching

Couples:   Max. £160.00 (50 minute consultation) when including Health Coaching

Bespoke Consultation Arrangements - please enquire as to pricing for your requirements.

Why do I charge this way?
Making Psychotherapeutic Services accessible and helping my clients reach their desired outcome is important .  If I can do that by having discretion to offer a discounted fee I hope you will feel that I am achieving that. 

We request payment be made in cash at your appointment, or by direct transfer.  Credit Card payments can be made via PayPal (a 5% charge will be made for this service).