Karen Horrocks

Hello. I am a qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist, using Transactional Analysis (TA), working with clients over the past 24 years.

I appreciate how difficult it can be, in these uncertain times, to consider undertaking something new and daunting, such as therapy.

I work with clients face to face, online, via Skype or Zoom, or a combination of both. 

From my experience of working extensively online due to Covid, for ongoing personal safety of myself and my clients, I found working online to be a surprisingly effective way of working.

 I provide a confidential, comfortable space, in which to offer effective counselling and psychotherapeutic support to individuals and to couples.

My focus is upon helping clients to gain personal insight and understanding of their difficulties, working with them in how to move forward, and facilitating their growth, change and transformation.

I offer short-term, medium-term or long-term working together, which is decided upon by our having a mutual conversation about what you are seeking.

I have worked with a wide range of client concerns, including: depression/feeling low, bereavement & loss, low self-esteem, stress & anxiety, work-related issues, anger, self-harm, suicidal thoughts & feelings, sexuality-related issues, and relationship problems - especially communication difficulties.

My particular interest is in helping people who have suffered or are currently experiencing trauma.  I have worked with men and women from a range of backgrounds who have undergone mental, physical and sexual abuse, and/or who have found themselves impacted by devastating circumstances, past or present.  I also value working with couples around communication and relationship issues.

I use a Relational Approach, using the unique therapeutic relationship between me and each client as a way to help us mutually understand the personal dynamics of each person, the way they interact with themselves, and with the world.  We can then work out together what is working well, and what patterns of thinking, feeling and behavour are perhaps causing pain and distress, and need changing.  Our therapeutic relationship is also the means by which this change can be facilitated.

I find that TA offers a valuable "psychological toolkit" with which to help clients better understand their own thinking, feeling and behaviour, and that of others.  It also provides models and ways of how to start bringing about some form of personal change for themselves, and/or in their interactions with others.

Individuals   £70 (60 minutes)
Couples       £100 (75 minutes)

Payment Method:  Electronic transfer accepted

I am aware that people may manage a range of physical conditions, including the need to move frequently, get up and walk around, during sessions.  Or they may find lying flat on the floor most comfortable, particularly for managing back pain.

Please let me know what might potentially get in the way of you attending for therapy, if you prefer to meet in person, and we can discuss together how we might best address this.

There is also a toilet accessable for clients, on the ground floor.