Karen Horrocks
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About me
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.
Training, qualifications & experience
Having trained at Metanoia Institute, London, I am a Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA) in the field of Psychotherapy, and gained my:
MSc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (November 2018)
Clincial Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (November 2018)
Diploma in Counselling using Transactional Analysis (November 2004).
I have over 18 years experience of running my own private practice in the UK, as well as having almost 4 years prior experience of working with clients in a local GP practice. For several years I taught adult groups on a number of 10 week courses in Basic Counselling Skiils, as well as a Foundation Year in Counselling (CPCAB) at a local Adult Education Centre. I also ran a number of workshops, including Assertiveness and Building Self Esteem, for both staff and client groups.
Previously, working as a Counsellor & Trainee Psychotherapist for nearly 5 years in New Zealand, within a Counselling Agency and within my own private practice, I also gained personal insight into some of the rigours and challenges relocation can bring.
Professional Memberships:
Registered Member of The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP)
The International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA)
International Association of Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA)
European Asssociation of Transactional Analysis (EATA)
United Kingdom Association for Transactional Analysis (UKATA)
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £100.00
Additional information
Individuals £70 (60 minutes)
Couples £100 (75 minutes)
Payment Method: Electronic transfer accepted
When I work
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Further information
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.