About me
Hello! I’m Caroline (DipHe Person-Centred Counselling, MBACP)
I provide online or face-to-face counselling for adults in the UK. My counselling space is based in Sholing, Southampton.
Over the past 10 years I have made a transition from working in illustration, teaching and workshop facilitation to counselling; all of this experience has informed my creative, collaborative and client-centred approach with the people I see in my practice.
Together we can work towards making sense of overwhelming, confusing or conflicting feelings at your own pace. I am dedicated to helping you find a greater level of self-acceptance and support you in building self-esteem while reducing stress and anxiety.
Outside of counselling I draw everyday and share my work through The Self-Care Bear Club. I love being in nature, especially if that involves long walks up big hills with my partner or looking after the garden. You’ll also often find me in local cafes with coffee and cake!
As well as my MA in Illustration, I hold a Level 5 Diploma of Higher Education in Person-Centred Counselling and am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I am dedicated to continuous personal and professional learning to inform my practice. For further information about this take a look at my experience.
You can find more information about my experience, fees, the counselling room, legal and ethical aspects and limits to confidentiality on my website but I am always happy to answer any further questions you may have over the phone or via email.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been running my own private practice since 2023 and before this worked within charities where I have provided individual counselling and group therapy.
I support clients who have wished to explore areas such as: childhood, adolescent and adult trauma, anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, domestic abuse, sexual violence, sexuality, gender identity, autism, physical health problems, stress, anger management, boundaries, grief, low self-esteem and relationships.
I hold a Level 5 Diploma of Higher Education in Person-Centred Counselling and am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), have Professional Liability Insurance and an Enhanced DBS check.
I am dedicated to continuous personal and professional development to inform and enhance my practice. As well as my counselling qualifications and necessary training around safeguarding, equality and diversity and data handling, I also have Certificates of Professional Development (CPD) in:
- Queer experiencing
- Using creativity as a therapeutic technique
- Running a private practice
- Trauma
- Relationship counselling
I support more structured forms of CDP with reading, listening to podcasts, watching documentaries, self-reflection, supervision, peer discussions, travelling, self-care, writing and drawing.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
If you decide, after our initial session, that you would like to go ahead with counselling most people choose to book weekly or bi-weekly sessions.
Sessions are paid for via bank transfer 24 hours in advance. Sessions can be cancelled as long as 24 hours notice is given, otherwise the missed session will be charged at the full rate.
If you’d like to go ahead and book an initial 30 minute session please get in touch.
Initial sessions cost £25 and gives us the opportunity to look at the Counselling Agreement together, ask questions and explore what’s brought you to therapy so you can decide whether you’d like to continue with full sessions.
Individual 50 minute sessions are charged at £45.
Some concessions may be available on request for those on a low income, students or keyworkers.
A block of 6 sessions costs £240. If you purchase a block of 6 sessions a discount of £30 is applied.
When I work
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I am able to see clients online or face-to-face from Monday to Thursday. On Mondays and Thursdays I work until 5pm and on Wednesdays and Thursdays I work until 8pm.
Further information
If you prefer face-to-face sessions, Grove Counselling is located in Sholing, Southampton and has free on-street parking as well as a secure space to store a bike or scooter. There are good bus and train links from the city centre and surrounding areas of Woolston, Hamble, Netley, Bursledon, Weston, Bitterne and wider area. A Voi e-scooter rank is also located at the top of the road.
