About me
My name is Caroline, and I am a counsellor, somatic therapist, and supervisor with over 27 years of experience supporting people through trauma, emotional difficulty, life transitions, and deeper processes of self-understanding.
I offer depth-oriented, relational counselling for people who sense that something important is moving beneath the surface and wants careful, skilled attention. This work is particularly suited to those who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in repeating patterns, as well as those who feel that talking alone no longer feels sufficient.
My approach is person-centred and grounded in the body. I understand that our experiences are held not only in thoughts and emotions, but also in the nervous system and the patterns we develop to cope and survive. Therapy can support a gentle return to these deeper layers, allowing what has been held, silenced, or out of reach to come into awareness and be met with care.
Alongside conversation, I may work with embodied awareness, breath, sensation, movement, imagery, and dream material, as well as creative or reflective practices where helpful. My work is also informed by transpersonal perspectives, meaning there can be space to explore questions of meaning, identity, and inner life, where this feels relevant to you.
I offer a steady, respectful therapeutic relationship in which you are supported to make sense of your experience, reconnect with your inner resources, and move towards greater authenticity, vitality, and a deeper sense of being at home within yourself and the world.
I offer individual sessions online and in person.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified person-centred counsellor, registered somatic therapist, and clinical supervisor with over 27 years of experience.
Over the years, I have continued to deepen my work through training in trauma, grief counselling, embodied practice, dream work, and the ethical use of therapeutic touch, including study with leading practitioners in the field of trauma. This supports me to work not only with what is spoken, but also with what is held in the body and carried beneath the surface of experience.
My experience includes working within a national helpline supporting suicide prevention and crisis response in Scotland, as well as helping to establish a counselling service within a college setting. I have worked with individuals and groups across private practice, charities, community projects, national training organisations, and institutional settings, including trauma work within justice environments in both the UK and the United States.
I am also registered with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), including their Children and Young People’s directory.
I am trained in somatic movement therapy and am currently studying holistic voice therapy, which continues to deepen my understanding of expression, embodiment, and the relationship between voice and healing.
My work supports people to gently reconnect with and befriend their bodies, developing greater awareness, safety, and trust in their own experience.
My writing has been published in Thresholds, the journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, where I explored the ethical use of therapeutic touch in somatic practice and introduced innerdance as a sound healing modality.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Somatic (body-aware) counselling
- Embodied and experiential approaches
- Dream work and imagery
- Transpersonal and depth-oriented work
- Creative and reflective practices
- Sound-informed therapeutic work
- Sensory awareness (including scent where appropriate)
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £80.00
Additional information
- I offer a free initial 30-minute call to explore whether working together feels right for you.
- I am open to working with EAP providers and funded sessions where appropriate.
Further information
Something has already begun if you are here, the moment you started to listen to yourself.
I offer an initial space for us to meet and explore whether working together feels right for you. The relationship is central to the work, and it is important that you feel comfortable, respected, and able to go at your own pace.
My approach is attentive, responsive, and led by you. There is no pressure to share more than feels right, and no expectation to work in any particular way. We may sit and talk, or include more embodied or reflective approaches where this feels supportive. Everything is guided by your needs, your consent, and what feels manageable for you.
Some people come for a short period of support, while others choose to work together more long-term. We can review this together as the work unfolds.
If you have any questions, or would like to arrange an initial session, you are very welcome to get in touch.
You do not need to arrive with certainty, only a willingness to listen to your own wisdom.
