About me
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Imagine you have a puzzle in front of you. It’s almost complete but you still need to find some missing pieces and slot them into place. It’s the same way in which I work. My role as your Therapist is to help you locate the missing pieces you can’t find or are just too hard to look for, so we can slot them into your life puzzle and hopefully, get to a point whereby you can see the finished picture from a better perspective.
I'm Carrie, an experienced General & Ostomy Gestalt Psychotherapist. Clients I see have encountered a diverse range of physical and psychological issues including:-
- anxiety and fear-based worries
- worries surrounding physical/sexual relationships
- financial and work-related concerns
- bereavement/grief/loss (people/animals)
- trauma-based fear
- gender dysphoria
- bullying/harassment
- end of life counselling
- loneliness/isolation
- low self-esteem
- physical/sexual/coercive abuse
- concerns about body image (weight-related)
- issues around shame
- living with a Bowel Disease, e.g. Colitis, Crohn’s, Diverticulitis, IBS, etc
- concerns about body image (surgically-related/weight-related)
- living with an ostomy (stoma) - ileostomy/colostomy/urostomy
- family dynamics in the immediate family following surgery
- pre-/post-surgical uncertainties
- Cancer diagnoses/other medical diagnoses
- vulnerability (pre-/post-surgery)
- sexual intimacy (pre-/post-surgery)
You've taken the first step, so let me help you on the rest of your journey.
Training, qualifications & experience
I studied at Hertfordshire University and The Albany Centre and have worked with a diverse range of clients, from the young to the elderly.
I worked at a Women's Centre supporting the mental health and well-being of women over the age of 18 who suffered from coercive, physical and/or sexual abuse. I worked at Mosaic Counselling Services in St Albans with clients who brought a range of general and medical issues. I'm also linked to the NHS as a Medical Counsellor specialising in Bowel Disease and was recently invited to work with the Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association.
As well as the Counselling Directory, I'm a member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists) and the CMA (Complementary Medical Association).
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Medical Counselling specialising in IBD - all types of bowel disease, relationship issues and physical/sexual problems due to this, coping with an ostomy, cancer diagnoses, body dysmorphia/image, etc.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
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I don't work over weekends or Bank Holidays. I am flexible in that I see clients on certain days of the week in the evening. I don't work between Xmas & New Year.
Further information
I've been interviewed on Podcasts, written various articles, am regularly invited to speak at conferences within the UK and am in the process of writing a book.
I work from my self-contained Therapy Room in Borehamwood and remotely via Zoom.
