Karen Bowie
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About me
I want to offer a safe secure experience of helping you un-tangle difficult thoughts and experiences. I am a Person Centred Counsellor and believe with the aid of active listening everyone has the ability to grow and flourish. I graduated from the University of Aberdeen. I am a volunteer counsellor with ACIS in Aberdeen for almost 3 years. I feel it is now time to focus on my own private practice.
I have over 20 years experience working with both children and adults and have experience in working with people dealing with depression, anxiety, self harm, abuse and trauma, as well as other difficult issues. i am confident in supporting those who have experience childhood abuse and trauma recovery with both children and adults.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Graduate Certificate in Child care and Protection
- Graduate certificate in Practice Teaching
- PG Diploma in Social Work
- PG Diploma in Person Centred Counselling
- PG Graduate specialist Certificate in counselling Children 4-18 years
- 22 years fostering children and young people
- 15 years working in a charity providing abuse and trauma recovery to children and adults
- 4 years Volunteer counsellor
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£40.00 - £50.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£40 per 50 mins therapeutic play
£50 per 50 mins adults
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There is some flexibility but usually weekly sessions
Further information
Initial meeting and assessment free
Completed ISS specialist certificate children and young people August-December 2022
