Carmen Marin

Hello! My name is Carmen and I am working as a private practitioner.

I am still working at the moment offering online and telephone sessions which can be resumed to face to face, if you wish to do so.  Couple of weeks ago, I returned to face to face but some of my clients decided to stay online because for many is more convenient than face to face sessions because there is no parking, travelling, being late......

You can have counselling sessions live streamed in your own house (or your own car). If you are having a difficult time at the moment with what it is going on in the world or with your previous difficulties and you could do with some extra support, drop me a message to see how I can help.

It is proved that online and telephone sessions as efficient as face to face because are based on honesty, building a relationship, empathy and 100% emotional support. Some people find it easier to talk over the phone, some wants to see each other. All the sessions are conducted in my private office in the same way like face to face.

We can do different patterns of face to face, online and telephone depends on your circumstances when our session is due. 

My practice:

I am an experienced therapist working in a private practice, with a wide range of clients, issues, situations and circumstances. I worked before in schools, drug and alcohol rehab and occupational health (EAP and assessments).

I absolutely love what I do. I consider it a tremendous privilege to have helped and worked alongside so many people who have undergone personal growth and development, making sustainable changes to their lives for the better.

Our first session will be based on knowing you, find out your goals for therapy and of course we will discuss all the admin things which can be sometimes difficult. 

I am a supervisor in training. I finished my face to face training and at the minute I am nearly to the end of my online supervision course. 

In my first session with a supervisee we will discuss about boundaries, contract, experience, ethical framework, qualifications, what is supervision, and what the supervisee needs from our sessions.

My view it is that the sessions are for supervisee to use in the way they ‘wish’ from discussing each client, from looking at ‘hot’ topics, to reflect on their own process and how this is affecting their client, to look at what techniques they used (CBT), to reflect on what skills they need to use with their clients and how to accommodate different clients with different needs. Also, in our sessions we could talk about the supervisee, if something happened to them, we are looking at the ways of how these is affecting their practice.

In our sessions may come the need to talk about to set a private practice and what are the challenges for the supervisee and future clients in these settings.

I qualified as a counsellor / psychotherapist in 2006 and have worked for over 15 years as a counsellor, psychotherapist and teacher. I am an Accredited Member of BACP and Graduate Member of BPS. I can offer Person Centred Therapy, Integrative Therapies, Systemic Therapy (Couple and Family) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). I am an experienced therapist working in private practice at the moment, with a wide range of clients, issues, situations and circumstances. I worked before in schools, drug and alcohol rehab – voluntary placement, occupational health (EAP and assessments) and private practice. I have a special interest on Relationship / Couple Therapy, Trauma Therapy, Loss / Grief Therapy, Anxiety and Depression Therapy. My aim is to be open, fair and to give everyone an equal service, recognizing and valuing different needs and approaches.

I charge £50 an hour for all supervision sessions, whether face to face, via phone or Zoom. 

We will discuss about what do you need from a supervisor, I will explain to you how I am working. I will answer all the questions you have and we will agree on how to carry on our next sessions.