Karen | Counsellor/ Individuals/Couples & Families

Counselling Scunthorpe - Individuals - Couples - Families

Hello, and welcome, I am Karen a qualified Integrated counsellor, trained to work with couples, individuals, and families particularly specialising in couples and family counselling. I am an accredited member of the NCPS and always work within their ethical framework. My previous career consisted of 35 years working within the NHS, working as a nurse midwife and health visitor.  I currently also work locally where I offer counselling covering a wide range of concerns.  

 

Over the past 25 years, I have also volunteered for Sands (Stillbirth and Neonatal Society) offering support to individuals, couples, and families who have tragically suffered baby loss. I set up the local Sands group in this area to offer support for local families 8 years ago due to there being no local support at the time. I am passionate and value the importance of listening to and validating client's concerns, personally holding experiences of the devastating effects this can have on parents and families.

Couple and Family counselling

I am experienced and consider myself privileged to work with couples and families, I hold a master’s degree in relational counselling. Working with couples and families requires a trusting and open therapeutic relationship and I know how difficult it can be to attend counselling and share your relationship difficulties. I will help you by offering a calm, genuine, empathic, trusting approach.

 

Relationships are not always easy and sometimes it is hard to realise that indeed we require some help from someone experienced in this area and not known to you. It is a privilege for me to be part of your journey, guiding you to heal your most important relationships. It is so easy to ‘brush issues under the carpet’ but much easier in the long term if you can ‘brush them on the table’, I can help you with this process, working with you to engage in shared meanings and suggest a more appropriate way to do this. It may be that there is conflict, communication difficulties, reduced connections, intimacy, infidelity or possibly you are both ‘stuck’ and need some help to identify why. Sometimes couples attend when they feel they are unable to rebuild their relationship and I can help in the process of separation or divorce if this is their chosen path.

I offer a safe, confidential, non-judgemental space for people to share their concerns openly. I am a calm, empathic, genuine, and warm individual and my overall passion is to help people to overcome the difficulties and concerns they are experiencing. I believe that everyone can explore inner resources with the help of a counsellor and achieve positive changes to relieve their concerns and improve their general well-being and relationships.

I have a wide range of experience working with couples and families facing a variety of issues including communication problems, Infidelity, conflicts, culturally related issues, and family issues. All first sessions will comprise an initial assessment to enable us together to plan future goals.

 

My approach

I am an integrative counsellor adopting different theories to suit the client’s needs. I particularly adopt a systemic approach. Meaning I explore the influences of family, community and wider society which make up the individuals we are and can impact our relationships.  

 

I believe that there are so many challenges in life today which can ultimately affect relationships causing concerns and difficulties, which people find overwhelming and unable to manage without help. I work openly and explore the concerns people present to find other options to move forward. I seek to do this by assessing, listening, communicating, and incorporating the use of different theoretical approaches ultimately exploring inner resources to promote beneficial change. I am trained to use a variety of theories including systemic, solution-focused, person-centred, and transactional analysis. Goals for therapy will be discussed and planned together, working to achieve the changes you require.

 

Ultimately Counselling is your journey, and I will guide and help people by using my skills, and knowledge to achieve your ultimate goals. I am passionate about the work I do and realise what a difficult step this can be, causing nervousness and anxiety, however, I believe that I can help you to move forward, build confidence and enable you through the counselling process to address whatever issues you may have.

 

I have previously worked at Relate and as an associate working with couples and families in a different locality.  I continually access professional development courses to expand my knowledge base to provide the best possible counselling service for people. I particularly specialise in Couples and family counselling and baby loss. I also work with individuals, particularly focusing on anxiety, depression, post-natal depression, and addictions.

Charges:

Individuals:   55.00

Couples:        65.00

Families:        70.00

 

 

If you would like to know more or book an appointment, please send me a message.