Karen Doyle

There are times when life can feel like an uphill struggle.

Are you feeling anxious but not sure why? Struggling with relationships or overwhelming feelings of sadness? Experiencing work related stress?  Maybe aspects from your past or repeated childhood patterns and behaviours are preventing you from moving on? You may have experienced a loss or a bereavement.

Sometimes we can be faced with challenges in life that prevent us from coping with everyday situations and when left unaddressed, will continue to have a negative impact on our well being, resulting in issues such as anxiety or panic disorder, depression, low self esteem or feelings of distress or hopelessness.

How can counselling help?

I'ts about investing in time for yourself to talk about and explore the thoughts, feelings and situations that are causing your distress or having a negative impact on your life and your relationships.  I am here to listen to and work with you, providing you with the support and the tools to enable you to navigate your way through your difficulties, increasing the awareness of your true self, the self that quite often gets lost along the way.  Armed with this new increased self awareness, you will be empowered to make choices and changes with more clarity and understanding.
I work with both adults and young people and from my private practice in Kings Langley, can provide you with a safe, confidential, non judgemental space.

How do I work?

I work from an integrative perspective which means I can call on different theoretical approaches in order to provide a treatment that is the most beneficial for you. This may involve taking a journey into your past, setting some future goals or expressing your feelings in a more creative way in the room.

I fully appreciate how difficult it can be to take that first step to talk to someone and offer an initial free 30 minute session where I will hopefully put your mind at ease. This can be carried out face to face or by telephone. I also encourage you to email me with any questions you may have prior to our initial session and aim to reply to all emails within 24 hours.

I offer an initial assessment for us to meet and find out a little bit about what has brought you to counselling and what you would like to achieve from our sessions together. This will also be an opportunity for you to see whether I am someone you would like to work with before committing yourself to counselling. This initial session is free and will take approx 30 mins. Alternatively, this can be carried out over the telephone if this is more convenient.

Thereafter, sessions are for a duration of 50mins on a weekly basis, at the cost of £55 per session. All sessions are to be paid for in full 24 hours prior to your session.

I ask for 48 hours notice to cancel or reschedule a session before full payment is due.

I offer a reduced rate for trainee counsellors.

Please feel free to call and leave a message or send me an email. I will aim to get back to you within 24 hours. All calls and emails are treated with complete confidentiality.

I am fully insured and I hold an enhanced DBS certificate

There is ample free parking provided