Caroline is an experienced BACP-accredited therapist; she is trained in providing both long and short-term therapy to adults of all ages. Caroline currently offers individual sessions in person or by phone/video; she also offers reflective supervision to qualified counsellors and non-counselling professionals.

Caroline qualified in Integrative Psychotherapy which means that she draws upon ideas and techniques from different therapeutic modalities, primarily, humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapies.

In practice, this could mean helping you to spot unhelpful repeated patterns or behaviours (often linked to past experiences) and exploring options or strategies for change. It might also be about helping you to understand your inner conflicts or helping you to find a way to live with losses or changes which cannot be resolved.

Caroline often works with people who, to the outside world, may appear to be functioning well in spite of the problems they are facing. Underneath, they may be really struggling. Whatever brings you to therapy, her aim is to help relieve your distress by getting to the root cause of your difficulties.

Caroline can support with a wide range of issues including: depression; anxiety; bereavement and loss; relationship and identity problems; also life changes and transitions.

She has a particular interest and training in the following areas: Working with all kinds of loss and change. This includes supporting people bereaved by sudden or traumatic death; those navigating life changes such as long-term health conditions, redundancy or relationship breakdown; and carers who find themselves having to adjust to new roles and relationships. Work-related issues such as compassion fatigue and burnout; also difficulties linked to professional boundaries and organisational culture or change.

Work experience 
Caroline has worked as a therapist within the NHS and in several wellbeing services in the higher education sector, managing a university counselling service for a number of years. Caroline has also provided individual and group supervision to hospice and primary care
staff in the NHS.

Before retraining as a therapist, Caroline worked in a variety of communications roles in the private and public sectors. Having worked in large and often complex organisations, she understands the challenges and pressures which can come with these environments. She has also volunteered with Age UK, Alzheimer’s Society, Cruse Bereavement Support and the Samaritans.

Qualifications

MSc Integrative Psychotherapy
Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (NICE-recommended therapy)
Certificate in Supervision
Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

Memberships

Accredited member of the BACP, register number 26814
Bupa-recognised therapist, provider number 30049017

Price per session:
£70 (50 minutes)

Emma is a fully qualified and registered psychotherapist, and her practice encompasses a relationally integrative approach. Emma understands that coming to therapy isn’t always an easy step, it can often feel daunting opening up to someone you don’t know. One of her main aims in therapy is to build up a trusting, supportive, and compassionate therapeutic relationship with you. Emma finds it important to spend a bit of time getting to know each other at the beginning to help support you in feeling comfortable in the space before getting started.

Emma works in a collaborative and integrative way – which means she can incorporate aspects from different theoretical approaches into the work, to help figure out what works best for you depending on your preferences, your needs, and her training experience. Emma’s practice is built from a person-centred theoretical foundation – which means that your individuality is at the heart of the work together.

Fundamentally, Emma believes that you are the expert in your own life. She will always encourage you to voice your own perspective on your experiences, get to know how you really feel about a situation, empowering you to develop the skills that contribute towards growth, healing and change, and to support you in finding your way through to becoming more content with the relationship you have with yourself and others. Always going at a pace that is comfortable for you.

Experience

Emma has experience working in a variety of different settings, working with people experiencing an array of issues including anxiety, depression, low mood, low self-esteem, stress, anger management issues, relationship issues, and bereavement. Alongside working in private practice, EAP, and low-cost community services, Emma has had experience working as a helpline volunteer and counsellor at Cruse Bereavement Care and Bradford Bereavement Support, as well as volunteering at a busy homeless shelter in her local area.

Memberships

BACP Registered member

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Forensic Psychology
PG Cert Interpersonal and Counselling Skills
PG Dip Counselling and Psychotherapy

Therapy offered

Individual
In person
Online

Rate

£60 per session