Welcome

Karen

I became a counsellor in my early forties, having spent 20 years working in Banking and finance and the health industries. This means that I am able to bring a wealth of life experience to my counselling work, which I believe is very important for a counsellor. I currently have a private practice in Leigh-on-Sea and Southend-on-Sea in Essex and work as a Counsellor in a Secondary School.

I also work with companies such as Mind, YMCA, and The Police Firearms Association offering counselling and Supervision. I co-founded The Aspirations Program charity offering a twelve week abstinenced based recovery program for addiction which is trauma informed, the first of its kind in Southend. I also offer Supervision for Counsellors as well.

I am trained in integrative counselling this means I use a blend of approaches from CBT, psychodynamic, humanistic, Transactional Analysis to offer a full range of counselling techniques.

If you would like to consider counselling please contact me for a free initial consultation. I look forward to hearing from you.

Training

Certificate in Counselling Supervision
Practitioners Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
AQA Level 5 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
AQA Certificate in counselling skills

Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society I am a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) member Counsellor/Psychotherapist (www.bacp.co.uk).

I work within the BACP’s Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Nick

I am a professional Counsellor and Therapist, welcoming anyone seeking to help change their lives and improve upon their mental and spiritual well being. I have spent a considerable amount of time working with individuals to help them break the cycle of addiction and specialize in this area of work. Because of the complex nature of addiction issues I work well with a number of other complex issues and hope that my style of therapy will suite you.

I work integratively with different therapies on a one to one basis and will help design and implement a unique therapy suited toward my clients needs.

I adhere to the BACP statute of ethical practice, which can be found here (www.bacp.co.uk).

Therapy can be delivered on a one to one basis, couples or in groups depending on the client’s specific need. This can be arranged at time of assessment.

Please note that before a client can begin therapy, I am professionally obliged to carry out an initial assessment to determine how to work with them safely.

Training, qualifications & experience

Levels 1-5 integrative counselling
Addiction
Trauma related issues
Relationships
Anxiety
Depression
Phobias
Family dynamics