About me
(Face to Face in Crediton | Nationwide remotely)
Seeking support can feel like a big step, whether you’re facing a specific challenge, feeling stuck, or wanting to understand yourself more deeply. My aim is to offer a space where you feel genuinely welcomed, heard and understood, and safe enough to bring your whole self—thoughts, feelings, questions and confusions included. I’ve witnessed many times that, with the right conditions, people have an incredible capacity to find their own way through difficulties. My role isn’t to “fix” you, but to walk alongside you as you reconnect with your inner resources, wisdom and resilience.
Alongside my broader counselling work, I am also a qualified adoption counsellor and hold a Certificate in Adoption Counselling, provided by the Albany Centre in partnership with Barnardo’s. This training enables me to offer sensitive, informed support around adoption-related issues, including identity, attachment, loss, contact and the complex emotions that can arise for adopted adults, birth families and adoptive families.
Whatever your reasons for coming to therapy are; at the heart of my practice is genuine care, respect and curiosity. I’m interested in you—your story, your experiences and your inner world—and offer a non-judgmental environment where all parts of you are welcome. I’m passionate about supporting people to reconnect with their sense of personal agency, so that choices are made from self-awareness and alignment rather than fear or habit. I’m also comfortable exploring deeper existential themes, such as identity, purpose, isolation and the reality of life’s finiteness, believing that facing these openly can bring clarity, freedom and meaning.
Whether you’re experiencing anxiety, low mood, self-doubt, relationship difficulties, loss, life transitions or simply want to know yourself better, we can explore it together at a pace that feels right for you. My approach is warm, collaborative and tailored to your needs—there is no “right” way to be in our sessions, only your way. If you’re curious about working together, I’d be glad to offer an initial conversation. Reaching out can be the first step toward a more grounded, empowered and meaningful life, and you don’t have to do it alone.
If this sounds like something you would like to follow up on then I am here for you on the contact details provided. You may also like to visit my website - www.patrickcartercounselling.com
Warm regards
Patrick
Training, qualifications & experience
- SEG Awards ABC Level 2 in Counselling Concepts
- Advanced Certificate in Counselling Skills (Level 3)
- SEG Awards Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Diploma with distinction in Existential Counselling
- Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling
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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£50.00 per session
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