Karen Whittaker

Hi, my name is Karen, and I am grateful that you have taken a little time to discover a bit about me.

I am a person-centred counsellor and can offer you a safe, confidential space in which you can talk about and explore the things that are troubling you. I understand that it is sometimes difficult to talk about personal and sensitive issues, but I am trained to listen to you and provide the safe space you need to explore what is happening in your own time. 

If you are feeling anxious, confused, overwhelmed, or just unclear about what is happening then I can provide counselling that can give you the opportunity to gain a better understanding of what is happening and why.  

I am a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist with experience of working with many kinds of problems. I know some clients may find it helpful to explore their past, their childhood experiences, relationships with parents, siblings, family members or other significant figures in their lives, to help shed light on their current problems, difficult relationships, or unhelpful beliefs about themselves.

I provide a professional therapeutic service that allows you to explore positive solutions at your own pace in a non-judgmental environment. I believe the therapeutic relationship between client and counsellor is key to the counselling process and I will support you throughout by assisting you in finding your own unique way of managing or changing a situation. 

I offer short-term work as well as long-term psychotherapy. Our initial appointment can give us the opportunity to discuss what will work best for you and during this free 20-minute introductory consultation we can discuss how we can work together, and I can answer any questions you have regarding counselling.   
 
How Counselling can help

There are traumatic times in our lives when our normal coping strategies fail us, when situations overwhelm us, perhaps a bereavement, losing a job, relationship breakdown, change in circumstances, and we need help to make sense of it. It may be that we notice we are going round the same cycle over and over and wonder how it happens, that we become anxious or depressed and demotivated.

Counselling can help us to get a new perspective and to find our own way forward.

Alternatively, it may be that you have found time to devote to personal development and growth and there are issues you wish to clarify or discuss.

I work face-to-face, online and via the telephone. 

Sessions are changed at £50 per session.

I also offer a free twenty minute introductory call to see if you would like to work with me.