About me
Hello. I’m so pleased you are considering counselling. It can be a really useful tool in overcoming depression, anxiety and worry.
Sometimes we just ‘get stuck’. It doesn’t matter what we do to overcome our problems, nothing seems to work. Or even more goes wrong. It can be useful to talk things through with someone who can empathise with you, will not judge you and will support you to find your way past the difficulties you are confronting.
It can be such a relief to just 'say it out loud' and not keep everything bottled up.
Person Centred Counselling is based on building a relationship of trust and openness between you and your counsellor. As your counsellor I will work with you to create a safe, confidential place for you to explore your situation and feelings. I will always treat you with respect, acceptance and genuineness.
You will be free to think out loud and express yourself truthfully without upsetting or offending anyone or revealing things to friends or family which you may prefer not to divulge.
I work with people from about 14 years upwards. I include young people amongst my clients as I believe it shows great courage on the part of the young person, their families and friends for them to acknowledge that they are experiencing a problem or difficulty, to face it and to seek support in dealing with it.
I am a qualified Person-Centred counsellor and a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and have been a practicing counsellor for over ten years. The BACP specify how I can work ethically with you and set out standards to guide my practice with you which you can look at by visiting: www.bacp.co.uk
I am also a qualified clinical supervisor, having undertaken the CPCAB level 6 qualification in counselling supervision in 2018. If you are looking for a supervisor please visit my page on Counselling Directory.
Currently, I offer flexible appointment hours from Monday to Thursday via Zoom or face to face at my therapy room in Harlech. I have availability between 9:00am with last appointments at 7:30 pm.
If you would like to browse a little more please visit my website: karenpeterscounselling.co.uk
Feel welcome to get in touch and ask any questions you may have about how counselling could help you to find a resolution to your situation.
With warm best wishes
Karen
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Diploma in Counselling and have practiced as a Person Centred counsellor since 2009.
I also have a CPCAB Level 6 qualification in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision. If you are looking for supervision I’d love to hear from you - please have a look at my separate page detailing my offer to you.
I am a Registered member of the BACP and work with people online via Skype, Zoom, Facetime or WhatsApp. If you prefer we can work by telephone instead.
I am an Action Learning Facilitator and will support you to develop an action plan if this would be helpful for you.
During the past ten years I have worked in private practice where I have been able to support people suffering with anxiety, depression, grief, low self esteem, poor self confidence and self worth, family breakdown, work insecurity, self doubt, self development, trauma, abuse and relationship difficulties.
Wanting to develop skills in work with younger clients I undertook counselling roles at a 6th form college where I specialised in work with 16-19 year olds and at a high school where my focus was working with clients from 11-16 years of age.
Working with colleagues from the voluntary sector I set up a community interest company to create opportunities for low cost counselling with experienced and qualified counsellors. For several years I led a counselling service supporting people with a cancer diagnosis, their families and loved ones and later, coordinated a project working with perpetrators of domestic abuse to better support their partners.
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to counsel older clients for whom change, grief and debility were current, lived experience. I have also worked within a project supporting people for whom addiction, the risk of homelessness and complete family breakdown were amongst their daily challenges.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I work with people from around 14 years onwards.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
My standard hourly rate for a counselling appointment is £50. I am happy to negotiate if this price puts counselling out of reach for you or will cause you difficulties.
I offer an initial telephone consultation of up to 20 minutes.
If you have to cancel an appointment with less than 24 hours notice you may be liable for the cost of the appointment.
Appointments are for one hour - unless we agree otherwise.
When I work
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Currently I am working both online and face to face.
I am happy to meet with you online in my ‘zoom room’ or in my therapy room in Harlech. Availability: Mon - Thursday 9:00am- 7:30pm.
