About me
I am a Systemic Family Therapist, Psychotherapist and Supervisor. I love the work I do. It is a pleasure to help people (adults, young people, couples, families) sort out the issues that are causing them difficulty/concern. These issues may include mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, self esteem or felling overwhelmed and unable to cope. I also work with relationship difficulties, anger management, bereavement, issues related to trauma, disability or pain management, employment issues and stress management.
Together we work to help you find solutions that enables you resolve the difficulties that have brought you to therapy. I do my best to work in a style and at a pace that suits you. I believe my job is to help you develop the skills and understandings that will enable you to either solve problems as they arise or become less effected by past experiences. Together we can discover ways to rebuild hope for a better future.
Why not give me a call or send me an email and we can set up a free meeting to discuss what help you are looking for. I offer face to face sessions or online sessions. I can work with people individually or as couple/family sessions. Due to space limitations I am only able to have a max of 4 people at face to face meetings.
Training, qualifications & experience
I bring over 30 years experience of providing high quality therapy services. I am a fully trained child, adult, family and couples therapist.
- I am fully accredited and registered with UKCP.
- I am Senior Accredited with BACP.
- I have training to Masters level in Psychology and still hold Chartered Psychologist Status in Ireland.
- I am fully qualified as a Systemic Family Therapist.
- I have additional training as a trauma therapist and a solution focused therapist.
- I have Post Graduate diplomas in: Narrative therapy, Social and vocational rehabilitation and Supervision.
- I hold the European Certificate in Psychotherapy.
- I have further training in a number of different areas including counselling for depression. Managing chronic health conditions and working with loss and Grief.
- I have Published articles and presented my work at conferences in UK, Ireland, Canada and Japan.
- I am currently doing an additional intensive training in Systemic Supervision.
In my career to date, I have set up counselling services, managed government counselling services and worked as a trauma therapist for adults who experienced sexual abuse. I also worked as a therapist and manager in disability services. Since moving to the UK I have worked
- in a hospice.
- in the NHS.
- as a senior therapist and manager in a sexual trauma centre.
- as a Supervisor of other therapists.
- as part of BUPA's internal mental health team.
- independently as a supervisor and family therapist.
If we work together, We will find solutions/understandings to the problems that brought you to therapy. Our work together would be focused on allowing you to develop skills and solutions that help you move forward with your life in the way you want to. Because I have extensive training in different modalities I am able to work in a way that best fits with you and your needs.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
- chronic pain
- disability and life limiting conditions
- general health issues
- end of life
- Trauma and abuse
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
Therapy - £70 per hour. £80 per couple or family.
Concession rates are not always available as I only have a limited space.
Supervision - £60 per hour Minimum. I am able to invoice your employer for the whole fee or part of it.
When I work
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Further information
I have recently published my work with trauma in the July 2023 edition of Context (family therapy) and Sept 2023 Issue of Therapy Today. (BACP)
Oulton. K., & Saunders A.(2023) Conversations about cat Superpowers: Inviting clients with trauma histories into a reflective therapeutic space. How sharing clinical notes allows clients to increase their wellbeing. A tale of 24 sessions. Context. 188. 38-39
Oulton. K & Saunders A. (2023) Helping Ariel Notice other stories. Therapy Today. Sept. Issue 7. vol 32. 32-35.
I have also presented this work at conferences in the UK, France, Japan and Canada.
