About me
Hello and welcome.
I am a counsellor and couples psychotherapist, working in an integrative way to provide short and long-term therapy to adult individuals and couples in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. My approach involves drawing upon a range of therapeutic models to best suit your needs, including CBT techniques, brief solution-focused therapy, person-centred counselling, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness techniques and creative strategies. Some clients can benefit from long term work, with exploration involving a deeper understanding of childhood attachment for example. Other clients prefer a more direct application of therapeutic models within fewer sessions.
I appreciate how daunting it is to take the first step, but I aim to ensure that you feel comfortable enough to begin your journey. If you are thinking about starting therapy, please contact me and together we can look at what has brought you to counselling.
Are you perhaps looking for someone to confide in? Perhaps somewhere where it feels safe to talk, express, and to explore? You may have reached a point in your life where you feel that you need help to deal with something, understand it, or come to terms with it. You may even feel unable to accurately pinpoint the reason behind your sense of unhappiness, or that feeling of being unable to cope. Sometimes, there isn't a name or heading for the way that you feel; yet you do have the inkling that now might be the right time to do something about it.
Counselling can offer you that opportunity, time and space, to reflect upon what has led you here. I’ve witnessed the transformation that happens in counselling, and seen it change lives. That means I’m passionate about offering that opportunity to support people.
I can help with issues such as anxiety, depression, relationships, low self/esteem, coping with life’s challenges, or how our early relationships affect us.
I have a very strong belief in the positive nature of all human beings, and the uniqueness and worth of everyone. I believe that you are the expert in your own internal world, and you are the only person who can decide what the meaning of your life is, and how you choose to live it. I don’t offer advice, but instead, hope to provide a warm and welcoming environment, free from judgement, where we can work together to overcome or become reconciled with whatever it is you’re facing; finding or building upon your existing resources, and seeking out new ways for you to move forward.
Training, qualifications & experience
I’m a qualified person-centred counsellor and I work in an integrative way, adapting to what might best suit your needs. I enjoy working with the healing power of nature, and offer outdoor therapy as part of my practice. My interest in the transpersonal, and spiritual philosophies also inform my work, together with my mindfulness training. I’m a registered BACP member, and an Accredited Registrant with the NCPS.
I have a background of work in health and social care and the charity sector, where I have supported people with a wide range of issues such as anxiety, depression, disability discrimination, grief, bereavement, and loss, relationship issues, the demands of being a full-time carer, and the experience of living with life-limiting, chronic, or critical illness. My counselling career to date includes working for MIND and with a specialist bereavement team offering counselling to adults, children, and young people. I have extensive experience working with children, young people, and adults in schools and alternative education settings across North Yorkshire. I have also provided low cost counselling to families, parents, guardians, children and young people in an agency in West Sussex. In my private practice, I work with adult individuals, as well as with couples to provide guidance and support within relationships. I have experience of working with neurodiverse clients.
My journey to the counselling profession began whilst working as a solicitor. I found I was drawn to people’s stories, motivations, personalities, and experiences. I have also worked in the fitness industry, as a personal trainer/instructor where I became fascinated by the mind-body connection, and how trauma and stress can affect our emotional make-up, our physical and mental health, and our overall well-being and wellness. This means I’m able to bring real world experiences to my therapeutic practice.
Qualifications
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling Level 4
- Counselling Studies Level 3
- Counselling Skills Level 2
- Certificate in Children and Young People’s Mental Health Level 2
- Advanced Personal Trainer Diploma Level 4
- Graduate Diploma in Law, (University of Nottingham)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Guildford College of Law) (LPC) (The Law Society non-practicing solicitor)
- BA (Hons) Law & Sociology (University of Hull)
- ongoing training in couples counselling
Training
- BACP Competencies Training Working with Children, Young People and Families
- Grassroots Suicide Awareness Training
- Introduction to Online and Telephone Working
- Working With Soul in Personal Development
- Understanding Depression and Anxiety
- Mental Health Recovery and Compassion
- Importance of Play and Assessing a Child’s Place in the World
- Hoarding Awareness for Emergency Front-Line Services
- Introduction to Trauma
- Working with Eating Disorders
- LGBTQ+ Awareness
- Self-harm Awareness
- CSE Awareness
- Trigger Orientated Therapy
- Police Firearms Officers Association (PFOA) approved counsellor
Testimonials:
' Caroline possess naturally, innate, rare and special talents of empathically and kindly understanding people. She listens to me carefully and takes time to understand my life experiences; those that have shaped me and then more recent or immediate challenges. She is able to clearly percive what is going on - often when I don't quite know what is happening myself. She has a gift for articulating her perceptions with understandable and insightful vocablary. She brings so much light to things I never quite understood. Yet she never judges - she just helps me to identify a different way forward - with hope and possibility. She is amazingly helpful. ' - S. (Client)
' Counselling with Caroline has been invaluable. She took the time to really learn my story, and find out what I had been through. It can be hard to speak to someone when you're at your absolute lowest, but she is a good listener. She does that without judging me, and she helps me to make my own decisions. Sometimes in life, it really feels like other people don't do either of those things' - D. (Client)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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.
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
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.
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 - £90.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free online 20 minute introductory session, without obligation. Any questions or concerns can also be made by email
I offer rates from £50 per 50 minute session for individuals, and £75 per 60 minute session or £90 per 90 minutes session for couples. I offer concessions to low income clients, and students. Outdoor therapy is charged at £60 for a 50 minute session.
Please contact me to discuss your individual circumstances.
I require 48 hours notice of cancellation, otherwise you will still need to pay for sessions missed. I accept payment by bank transfer.
When I work
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Further information
I offer a variety of options for sessions:
Remote counselling
This can be either on the telephone or online, and is a useful option since it can save travel time to sessions, and is accessible from anywhere in the UK. I offer telephone counselling using a landline, mobile, or via Whatsapp. Video counselling is available using Whatsapp or Teams. You will need a quiet, confidential space for both types of remote counselling, and access to the internet if you choose the online video option.
Face-to-face appointments
These happen in outdoor therapy sessions, or face to face in my therapy rooms, both with ample nearby parking.
I am also a Police Firearms Officers (PFOA) approved counsellor.
