Caroline Thomas
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About me
Coming to therapy can seem like a big step, but in my experience with clients, it is the beginning of a liberating time when past and present issues can be expressed and understood with emotions examined and transmuted.
Learning how to accept and navigate difficult life situations can be really beneficial, as you discover what choices are available to you in how to handle difficult emotions and thought patterns. Many of our core beliefs were formed when we were really young and not fully conscious of the choices we were making about the world and therapy gives you the chance to look at yourself and your situation in new ways.
Acceptance of self as we really are is one of the most powerful approaches to healing as beyond the conditioned and constant chatter of our mind lies a true experience of ourselves
It is this authenticity that I will explore with you in order for you to realise and experience yourself fully and create the life choices that are right for you.
Training, qualifications & experience
My training to date (PG Diploma Level 7) has been in Emotion Focused Therapy and Gestalt. This employs a person-centred, humanistic approach to therapy and involves establishing a strong and safe therapeutic relationship between therapist and client to discover the truth of any situation.
Curiosity and choice are central to this type of therapy as well as unconditional acceptance of oneself - exactly how you are, not how you think you should be.
I work with a variety of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and identity issues and have counselled young people during my training as a young person’s counsellor with the Exchange at Gower College.
During the pandemic, I focused on bereavement and loss therapy in my private practice and also volunteered with the bereavement charity Cruse.
I work in a variety of ways with clients as besides employing traditional psychotherapeutic approaches I also draw on a range of meditation and Jungian archetype techniques and offer guided shamanic drum journeys as well as a wide range of energy/sound healing modalities as an accredited Natural Shamanism practitioner.
I also hold an MA on "My Experience of Imagination and Connection: A phenomenological journey through shamanic embodiment practices exploring how Neo-shamanic journeying techniques can be employed in psychotherapy as a tool for deep self-exploration".
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Fees
£45.00 - £55.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
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