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Counsellor & Psychotherapist based in Horsham, West Sussex, with an emphasis on women’s wellbeing All of which was stopping me from moving forward.

Prior to training to be a Therapist I spent 20+ year working in the Holistic Wellness Industry, this gave me a huge insight into just how much people can need someone to listen and hear their story. Which led me to the realisation I needed to understand my own story a little more. What emerged was a voyage of personal development, lots of training accompanied by a ADHD diagnosis in middle age. What emerged was what I am today, a Counsellor with a real passion for helping those who are perhaps as 'stuck' as I once was, hauling a suitcase baggage around not only from my past, but also generational baggage. Having worked for a Womens Counselling Charity I have experience and a passion for working with women and the issues faced on a daily basis with an emphasis on Menopause and Peri Menopause as well as the emotional connections we have to food and our bodies.

01/11/2025

Spending the day attending seed talks ADHD in Women Summit. For myself and for my clients… my work with women with ADHD is one of the things I’m most proud of in my career. Anything I can learn that helps me and more importantly my clients is invaluable.

18/09/2025

So I've been thinking about adding a blog to my website, the musings of Caroline kind of thing! Its really got me thinking about me as a therapist.

It's something I remember having to do at Uni in one of my many dreaded essays - What is my personal philosophy as a therapist?

Its really got my mind whirring! My default is to link it to my main modality - the past to present links, how the past impacts the present. But then I realise just how much I have moved into parts work. That almost visual representation of all the versions if us that make up the psyche, that to me feels like such a simple way of exploring the past.

I'm often asked by clients what parts work means? What is Psychology of Selves and Internal Family Systems?

Whilst they vary slightly, I find myself drawn to IFS in so many ways. It makes sense to me, I use it most days to understand myself and the people around me.

When emotionally triggered which part is in charge, is it the adult 'Self' the compassionate part at our core the core undamaged essence of me. Or is it one of my protective parts?

Is it a manager - the critical perfectionist aiming to prevent pain and rejection before it happens. Or firefighter? The reactive, put out the fire often through impulsive or extreme measures in order to try and protect when painful memories are starting to break through - the exiles, the wounded child, seeping through to remind us just how much this feeling hurts. Often hidden away as the feelings are so overwhelming. But if they can be 'unburdened' they can become a playful, sensitive part of the system that means the protectors don't need to try and protect, your nervous system can reset and become more neutral, not ready to jump into fight and flight, or freeze and flop.

17/04/2025

The Dorking office is ready, I've been mainly using it as an office, but I'm looking forward to seeing clients here. Choosing my own decor and furniture has been quite an interesting process, to see how much me i can inject into a space that will be calm and welcoming. Big thanks to Vintage Chairs Reimagined for my lovely refurbished 1950's Cintique chairs, they are so comfortable.

I'm currently full in Horsham, but happy to see clients in Horsham and surrounding areas online or here in Dorking - it's not that far away at all.

For anyone in and around Dorking, I have space for new clients on Wednesday afternoons and all day Thursday, with more availibility coming soon.

03/03/2025

Happy to reveal that I am now offering in person Counselling and Psychotherapy sessions from my new office in Dorking, Surrey.

It’s in a converted watermill and the sound of the water running under the building is one of the calmest things I’ve heard. Running water is my calm, reflective sound. Exciting times ahead, MY office it’s such an incredible feeling.

I’ll be offering sessions on a Thursday to start with, with other availability to come soon.

19/02/2025

Having taken some time out from client work over January, I've been on a bit of a journey of self empowerment, and its given me enthusiasm to grow my practice, the realisation that being a Psychotherapist is what I want to focus on, doing what I love. Being invited into my clients emotional worlds is such a privilege.

With that exciting times ahead, I've bitten the bullet and rented my very own office space... I'll still be available to see clients Monday and Tuesday in Horsham, but now I will also working a couple of days a week in Dorking starting with offering sessions Thursdays 10.00 - 17.30 from the beginning of March.

16/04/2024

How can you recognise when your battery is nearing 0% and it’s time to recharge?

08/03/2024

I was recently reading a blog on pink therapy that made me feel like my work was so worthwhile, totally affirming my personal philosophy as a therapist.

I’ve linked it below, but in a nutshell, it talks about if similarly to the rise in the LGBTQ+ clients seeking out affirming gender/sexuality/relationship matched therapists. Is there now a need for Neurodivergent clients to be able to seek out an openly neurodivergent therapist, even match to a therapist with similar diagnosis to your own?

Obviously, my answer is a huge YES. If they want it then 100% YES, YES, YES! Through my own therapy journey I recognised that there were things I spoke about that even the most experienced therapist would really have little idea of how hard it is to try and function as a neurodivergent in a neurotypical world! I strongly believe that lived experience and a truly empathic understanding is invaluable when sitting with a client who has to exist in a world where they need to mask (whilst actually feeling like they are drowning), unable to open up, because their internal voice is telling them even the therapist may judge!

It was always a bone of contention for me during Counselling training how therapists are taught that self-disclosure is something to be done with caution. In my head the very loud ADHD voice (the ‘too much’ stop talking now Caroline voice) was literally screaming, how can I be in a relationship with someone I know nothing about, I wouldn’t match on a dating site with someone I knew nothing about, and if counselling is a unique relationship between two people, then don’t I want my clients to know who they are sitting with each week?

And after all, as many ND people realise, when someone is telling you what’s going on for them and you have a FRANTIC need to tell them about that same thing happened to you, it’s NOT making it about you rather than them. That’s us showing just how much we understand, just how much we can relate to that situation, it’s the war cry of ‘HEY I GET YOU’. It comes from a place of absolute Empathy rather that disregard, it’s validation - Hey I’m one of your tribe…

I know that concept isn’t for everyone, there’s 1000’s of therapists out there who don’t feel the need to tell people who they are, just what they offer and that is also more than OK. It’s about having the choice. But clients don’t always have that choice when therapists are not open with who they are.

I’m proud to say that I’m an openly neurodivergent therapist, and if that’s what you really want from a therapist then that’s what you should have.

Here’s the link for anyone interested in reading it.

https://pinktherapy.com/do-neurodiverse-people-need-neurodiverse-therapists/

02/02/2024

It’s so refreshing to have an actual medical insight into how fat phobia impacts on not only people’s mental health but also mortality!

30/01/2024

If you are interested in seeing me in Haslemere you can either contact me directly or book me through the Eaves… if I don’t have availability I highly recommend all the other therapists available there. I’m also able to book ad-hoc sessions at Godalming and Guildford if Haslemere doesn’t work for you.

05/01/2024

It’s time to face the New Year 2024, what will it bring?

As I look towards going back to client work. I’m reminded that the ‘work’ is never fully finished…

And as a wise woman once said we should ‘trust the process’

I’ve just added Tuesday evening to my diary in Horsham and have a few spaces at Haslemere on a Thursday afternoon. Please get in touch if you’d like to find out more.

16/11/2023

I’ve been surprising myself lately! When I first qualified I was pretty sure I’d only ever work with female clients - my experience was with female clients after all. But I quickly came to realise that actually it doesn’t really matter my clients gender the need is the same, but actually because of the society we live in it’s actually much harder for men to reach out for therapy!

There are so many ‘shoulds’ placed on men’s shoulders. So many conditions that for whatever reason don’t include men should be able to ask for help, men should be able to experience and show their emotions.

Why is it expected that men will just cope and be capable in very stressful and emotional situations?

I see any client reaching out for my support as being strong, but it saddens me that it feels even harder for men because they often wait until they just can’t cope anymore.

Something that a lot of men have been drip fed is that it’s unacceptable to show vulnerability, that vulnerable = weak, but I would argue without vulnerability how do we have connection?

As the amazing Brené Brown says Vulnerability is not weakness it’s our greatest measure of courage…

So if you are feeling overwhelmed and ‘full’ that you don’t have any capacity left, just remember….

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Horsham
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Monday

1pm - 8pm

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http://www.ckcounsellingpsychotherapy.com/

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