Kinnari Kansara
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About me
Hello. I am Kinnari.
I am an experienced and qualified counsellor and have 30+ years of working as a counsellor. In counselling my aim is to provide a safe and confidential space in which you can explore different aspects of your life, experiences and emotional and social well-being. I believe that the counselling space provides an essential place for anyone who wants to invest in their personal growth.
I am an integrative therapist using the foundation of person-centred counselling to enhance my work in the ways that best suit individuals. I am a specialist in working with experiences of trauma and have three decades of work experience with people in recovery from a range of traumatic experiences in their lives. For people who have suffered significant trauma and loss, counselling offers you a safe space to express yourself and work towards a more satisfying life.
As a therapist, my experience includes working in charities working with women, refugees, mental health, substance abuse, young people and those affected by the criminal justice system. I offer both one to one work as well as group therapy. This has included providing therapy to help people deal with anxiety, depression,, problematic eating, trauma, loss, relationship difficulties and domestic and sexual abuse. I have also worked in the field of adoption providing counselling to birth parents as well as adopted adults. In particular I have worked with contesting birth parents and also trans-racially and trans-nationally adopted people. My aim in adoption counselling is to offer a safe space to explore the meaning and experience of being adopted to individuals from their own perspective.
I am an accredited and registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Pychotherapy. I offer brief and long-term private counselling on once or twice a week basis. I am also a clinical supervisor and offer individual and group supervision. I am also a group therapist and facilitate therapeutic groups for women survivors of childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence and eating disorders.
I am within a few minutes walk from bus 86. There are local tram services and parking is available in the immediate vicinity.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:
Counselling and Supervision in rape crisis centres - ongoing.
Counselling women who have been affected by the Criminal Justice System.
Counselling women during the Pre-Trial period of Rape and Sexual Assault.
Individual counselling and supervision in a range of organisations
Managing and supervision experience of professionals working in the Violence Against Women and Girls Sector
Group Supervision in Counselling Services with trainee and qualified counsellors and psychotherapists
Group Therapy for survivors of domestic abuse and childhood sexual abuse.
Group Therapy with women survivors with substance abuse.
Group Therapy with women who have mild to medium eating disorders
Personal development groups
Training for staff on Trauma informed practice.
Training for staff on managing and supporting clients with high risk presentations of Suicide and Self-Harm.
Organisational Reflective Practice.
Developing and implementing safe administrative and management systems for counselling services.
Developing counselling policies and procedures in a range of counselling and mental health organisations.
Training and Qualifications:
Diploma in Psychopathology - Theory and Practice, Confer, January 2023
MSc. Development and Planning (Social Development Practice), UCL, 2002
Online Mentalization Based Therapy, Anna Freud Centre, 2018
Level 6 Certificate in Counselling Supervision, Mary Ward Centre, 2016
Diploma in Applied Group Analytic Skills, Westminister Pastoral Foundation, 2000
Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, Manchester College, 1990
BA. Sociology, Essex University, 1983
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Relationship difficulties
- Loss
- Trans-racial and trans-national adoption
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.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £95.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£65.00. Organisations £70 to £95.00 depending on short term or long term contract.
Clinical supervision for agencies range from £75 to £95
price will be negotiated to take account of financial circumstances.
When I work
Availability changes - so please do contact me to discuss.
Further information
I offer face to face counselling as well as online, zoom and video calling. I am also able to provide phone counselling.
