About me
I’m Caroline, a BACP Accredited Counsellor/Therapist. I work in an integrative way while remaining firmly rooted in person-centred values.
Our starting point is our relationship, two people meeting and exploring together what you’re bringing. Rather than diagnosing, analysing or fixing you, I’ll offer empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence. When you are met with these conditions, at your own pace, you can begin to hear your own voice again. You begin to remember who you are underneath all the roles and expectations and pain.
Depending on where you want to go, we might deepen the work to process and integrate past experiences, we might look forward at changes you’d like to make and we’ll always keep an eye on how it feels right now, for you.
I offer a brief initial video chat or phone call at no cost and we can discuss whether to make an appointment. If we agree that counselling with me is not the best option for you, I will do my best to direct you to alternative sources of help, and to recommend another counsellor if you wish.
Working with Children and Young People
As with adults, I bring my person-centred roots into my work with children and young people along with ideas from other therapeutic models. Our work might be playing games together, using the space for creativity or for talking things through – all of these can be therapeutically helpful – offering a child or young person time and space to make their own choices in a safe, calm, warm, welcoming place.
My work with children and young people can cover grief and loss, family changes, identity - it's a space to get to know and express feelings, thoughts, and make sense of behaviours.
I worked for over 9 years in a primary school as a support worker. I was a counsellor for teenagers in Bradford for 2 years, and I now work as a counsellor with 5 – 17 year olds in a charity in Greater Manchester.
My room has space for creativity and play, as well as a comfortable sofa for talking.
Finding the right counsellor for you
To find out if we could work well together, I offer a brief initial video chat or phone call at no cost and we can discuss whether to make an appointment. If we agree that counselling with me is not the best option for you, I will do my best to direct you to alternative sources of help, and to recommend another counsellor if you wish.
What will change in counselling?
Since every counselling journey is unique, we can’t know for sure what will happen for you, but we can certainly think about what may happen. For example, you may start to feel more compassion towards yourself. You may realise that the past’s hold on you has loosened and past experiences no longer define you. You may find yourself accepting some parts of you despite not liking them, and changing others. You may notice a shift in your relationships with the people around you. You may become more attuned to your own thoughts and feelings and to others’, discover new meanings, find new goals. You may have a clearer idea of what’s important to you, and make changes to create a life that serves you better.
At the end of the day, I believe that with the right support, we all have the ability to grow, and heal. Therapy isn’t about fixing you — it’s about giving you the space and support to understand yourself better, so you can find your own way through.
Drop me a line and we can have a chat about how we can work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
I’m an accredited member of the BACP, which goes beyond standard registration. Registration confirms a counsellor has met the essential training requirements, while accreditation is an additional level of recognition that involves a deeper review of experience, professionalism, and ethical practice. It reflects my commitment to ongoing learning and supervision, offering you added reassurance that my work has been thoroughly assessed and meets a higher level of professional standard.
Qualifications
- BSc Psychology (British Psychological Society Accredited) Warwick University
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Online and Telephone Counselling - Counselling Tutor
- Level 5 CPCAB Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
- APT Accredited Level 2 Compassion Focused Therapy
- Level 2 Awareness of Mental Health Problems
- Understanding Suicide and Self-harm
- Working with trauma
- Yoga and breathwork Foundation course
Young People
- Level 5 CPCAB Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
- Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Young People
Experience
- Cruse Bereavement Care - bereavement counselling.
- Unmasked Mental Health - counsellor working with anxiety, depression. abuse, bereavement and relationships.
- As well as private practice work, I work as a Counsellor with children and young people for Early Break in Bury.
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.
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.
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Fees
£60.00 per session
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