About us
Hello and welcome. I'm Carole, a qualified Integrative Psychotherapist and Counsellor with nearly 30 years of experience working with individuals and groups facing complex individual/relational needs and trauma. I support individuals, couples, and various relationship dynamics in navigating challenges and fostering positive change within a genuinely compassionate, empathic, and respectful environment.
Whether working individually or with relationships, my training and experience enable me to identify needs, build sincere rapport, and provide a wealth of strategies and tools to help you achieve the positive changes you desire. Recognizing that present pain often stems from past experiences, our sessions will involve exploring the root of the issues you're facing, but all in a trauma-informed way, so as not to further add to the burden. From there, we will focus on strategically moving forward together to realise your goals for Counselling.
My Specialisations:
I have a wealth of success in helping Couples/relationships and people with anxiety and depression and those feeling stuck. I also work with those experiencing the effects of trauma and utilise the Rewind Technique a Neuro Linguistic Programming-based intervention, to help people move on with their lives. In addition to the relationship models I learnt in My main qualifications; I am have also many hours of CPD in Imago Therapy, which greatly enhances my work with couples and relationships per sae. In all my work, with various presentations of need, I draw upon a diverse array of effective, evidence-based assessment tools and frameworks to ensure our sessions are tailored to your unique and holistic needs and ensuring that you receive the most suitable support on your journey toward healing and growth.
How I Work:
Initial contact
I respond to enquiries within 2 days*. (*PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER FOR MY REPLY IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE IN YOUR INBOX WITHIN THIS TIMESCALE).
Free Complementary Call
I believe in the importance of a strong therapeutic alliance, which is why I offer a complimentary 30-minute telephone consultation. This initial conversation allows us to discuss your goals and assess our compatibility. My incentive is to encourage and optimise people's chances of growth, so, if after our initial chat, we decide that another professional may better meet your needs, I will gladly provide a referral pathway to another recommended source of therapy.
Moving Forward
If we decide to move forward, I will send you the necessary paperwork and schedule our first session. During this session, we will conduct a comprehensive assessment to identify the most effective strategies for your personal growth. Together, we will create a customised plan that evolves as you do, with regular check-ins to monitor your progress and adjust our approach as necessary.
I am committed to providing a non-judgmental, confidential space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings, fostering the growth and healing you seek.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications: MBACP; IMAGO Relationship Therapy 96 hrs (Ongoing Training); Dip Integrative Counselling; Cert Online Counselling; Dip HG Post-Grad (Human Givens Psychotherapy Post-Graduate Diploma); Dip HG (Human Givens Psychotherapy Diploma); Dip Holistic Massage; Anatomy & Physiology; Cert Teaching (Teaching); Cert Basic Skills (Teaching); Cert Level 3 Training & Development (Teaching); Cert Ed (Certificate in Education); Youth Work Cert.
Training/CPD: 96 hrs of Imago Training; Intro to PT 1; Intro to Sensorimotor Therapy Trauma Treatment; Innovations in Treating Complex Trauma & PTSD; Working with Eating Disorders; Working with Borderline Personality Disorder; Online Counselling; Working with Children & Young People with Sexually Harmful Behaviours; Alcohol Screening & Advice; Behaviour Change: Physical Health; Dyslexia & Specific Learning Difficulties (5 Twilight Sessions); Safe around Sex; Child Sexual Abuse Awareness; Impact of Parental Substance Misuse on Children; Risk Assessment & Analysis; Protective Behaviours Basic & Practice; Young People & Substance Misuse; Child Sexual Exploitation: Identification & Intervention; Mindfulness (12-week Course); Working with Young People with Emerging Mental Health Problems; Motivational Interviewing (Basic & Advanced); Self-Harm & Suicide Ideation Awareness (CAMHS Twilight Training); Child Protection Conference Process; Child Protection Awareness for Community Groups; Drug & Alcohol Awareness; Safeguarding & Risk Analysis; Smoking Cessation Training; Intro to Attachment Based Practice with Adults; Application of Attachment Theory; Working with Young People with Attachment Disorders; Trauma Informed Care & Practice; Domestic Abuse & Impact on Children; Sexual Health Training (Tier 1 & 2); Stop Parenting Training; Pit Stop Parent Training; CAMHS Intro to Bereavement; Constructive Challenge in Conversations; Common Assessment Framework & Lead Professional Role; Child & Adolescent Development (0-16 yrs).
Psychotherapy Training: Working Therapeutically with Couples; Working with Troubled Teenagers; Cannabis Induced Caetextia; Fast Phobia Trauma Rewind; Creative Ways to Rewind Trauma; Therapeutic Use of Storytelling/Metaphor; Addiction: Understanding & Stopping Addictive Behaviour; Brief Therapy Skills for Addictions; Effective Counselling; Effective Brief Psychotherapy; Effective Anger Management; From Self-Harm to Self-Belief; From Stress to Psychosis; Effective Brief Psychotherapy: Strategies & Language Skills; How to Lift Depression; Children’s Unmet Emotional Needs; Guided Imagery for Therapeutic Change; Metaphor use for Healing; Anxiety Disorders: Understanding & Managing Without Drugs.
Experience Overview: As stated I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor and Human Givens Psychotherapist with extensive experience supporting individuals, couples and family/working relationships, in need of holistic, therapeutic support at a pace that suits them. I have been recognised within all my work as a ‘safe pair of hands,’ hence my Counselling provision’s name, 'Help at Hand'. I am also an effective Imago Relationship Counsellor.
Before Counselling, I worked many years with young people aged 10-25 and their families/Carers, addressing complex needs through one-to-one and group sessions for Young people/parent/carers and also utilising residential settings. My work then included delivering Solution-Focused therapy and Motivational Interviewing within Early Help initiatives, where I managed caseloads and collaborated with various agencies, including CAMHS, social services, and substance misuse organisations.
I am skilled in risk assessment and have a solid understanding of safeguarding and other relevant professional practices to keep clients and their information protected. My experience encompasses Counselling/Psychotherapy mentoring, and Teaching, focusing on issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, self-harm, and emotional regulation and relationship harmony. I have also coordinated youth programs and delivered training on holistic health and well-being.
With a commitment and the tools to facilitating positive change, I leverage both my professional expertise, passion regarding holistic health and personal experiences, to empower clients on their journey. I have feedback from many clients, underlining that I helped them to improve their wellbeing and reach their goals in a safe and sustainable way.
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.
The Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC) is a Christian professional membership organisation for those involved in counselling/psychotherapy and linked professions, i.e. pastoral care, coaching and spiritual direction, in the UK. The organisation is made up of various different membership categories, including Counsellor and Accredited, and requires all members working as counsellors to undertake Continuous Professional Development on a regular basis.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Other areas of counselling we deal with
Anxiety & Depression
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £112.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please note The Hampden Park face to face sessions incur an additional cost due to rental fees.
£55 for Individual Integrative Counselling per 60 min session online and face to face in Heathfield area and £65 at Hampden Park Facility face to face.
£70 for Relational Counselling per 60 min session per pair online and in Heathfield area face to face and £82 at Hampden Park Facility face to face.
Please note: Most Imago, relational sessions, are required to be 90 minutes long, but I have tried to cut costs and tailor things to 60mins. Sometimes you may feel that a dialogue does need more time and intervention. If this is the case for you, once you have experienced a 60 min session, I offer the 90 min sessions for £100* face to face in Heathfield area or online and £112 face to face in Hampden Park.
Further information
At certain times, I have my own Therapy Room based near Heathfield or I can utilise a room in Hampden Park, Eastbourne. Please Note: The Eastbourne Provision incurs an additional rental charge of £10/£12, so non concessionary Individual Counselling would be £65. Non concessionary Couples/relationship Counselling would be £82. Both venues are bright and airy for face to face Counselling. I also provide therapy remotely, online and for this there are no additional charges.
