Caroline Sykes

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About me

Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays -  in person sessions in beautiful rooms at The Corner Rooms or walking sessions, both in Brighouse. Online and phone sessions also available. 

I work with adults and young people over 12 years old. 

About me and my practice

Feelings of not being enough, worrying about getting told off or making mistakes, paralysed by a strive for perfection, bullied by a harsh inner voice. Is life all about the doing and not so much the being?

Or tragedy, illness or difficulty can send shockwaves through your life leaving you wondering how you will cope and navigate this new landscape that you didn’t want or ask for.

Whether you’re navigating relationship struggles, difficult experiences or a persistent sense of ‘not enough’, our counselling sessions are a space to slow down and get curious about what is happening beneath the surface. Through ongoing conversations, we can explore patterns, pain and possibilities so you can build a deeper, more compassionate relationship with yourself and others.

As a person-centred counsellor, I’m here to be a mirror to your experiences, sending what I hear and see back to you, so that you can really hear, feel and experience yourself. It’s not my job to diagnose you or tell you what to do with your life but it is my job to make you feel welcome, accepted (however you show up) and understood so that you feel comfortable enough to open up and talk to me.

I’m a warm, open person who has navigated changing family relationships, making sense of the impact of my childhood on me, and my own experience of anxiety and depression. I’ve had a varied career, working in marketing in financial services and the public sector before living abroad and working as an English teacher. I re-trained in counselling while working in a primary school supporting children with their academic and emotional needs.

If you come to see me, you will always be at the centre of our time together. I’ll treat you with respect and hope that through our work together, you’ll move closer to the person you are and want to be.

It’s can feel like a strange process to choose and contact a counsellor – how do you know who to contact? There’s no substitute for your own experience and gut feeling, so the first step is to give it a go. If it doesn’t ‘feel’ right then we can talk about it, and it’s your choice whether to continue. I offer a free online or phone session of 20 minutes to help you decide if you’d like to start sessions together.

Training, qualifications & experience

Training

  • 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
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
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Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

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Fees

£55.00 per session

Concessions offered for

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When I work

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The Corner Rooms, 2 Parsonage Lane, Brighouse, HD6 1AT

Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX6

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

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