Megan Karnes
Registered Member MBACP
Contact information
- Phone number
- 07511225525
- Website
- http://www.mentalhealthconsultacyuk.com/
Therapist - Islington
Features
- Flexible hours available
- Available for home visits
- Concessionary Rates
About me and my therapy practice
Megan Karnes, qualified Counsellor, understands that both internal and external issues create a uniquely experienced psychological distress that can benefit from exploration between counsellor/client or from the support of a group.
As a qualified Clinical Supervisor Megan understands that supervision provides an essential space for exploring client work, ensuring ethical issues are kept in the frame and supporting personally relevant material to be examined safely.
Megan has over ten years experience providing brief and long-term individual counselling, telephone, email and Skype support as well as facilitating local and national support groups.
While her training is grounded in Person Centered theory, her study includes Cognitive Behavioural (CBT), Object Relations/ Psychodynamic, Gestalt and Existential models. Her qualifications and memberships include BA (Hons) Counselling, Diploma Clinical Supervision and Consultancy, Primary Certificate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and is a registered Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Megan has provided counselling across a range of professional settings including primary care, addiction, bereavement, young people and in private practice.
What I can help with
Addictions, Eating disorders, Obsessions, OCD, Phobias, Self-harm, Abuse, Anxiety, Bereavement, Depression, Loss, Post-traumatic stress, Trauma, Business coaching, Career coaching, Life coaching, Personal development, ADD / ADHD, Asperger syndrome, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Disability, Health related issues, Cultural issues, Identity issues, Self esteem, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Women's issues, Anger management, Redundancy, Stress, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Brief therapy, CBT, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic
Clients I work with
Trainee, Adults, Children, Couples, EAP, Groups, Older adults, Organisations
How I deliver therapy
Home visits, Long-term face-to-face work, Online counselling, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone counselling, Time-limited
Supervisor - Islington
Features
- Flexible hours available
- Available for home visits
- Concessionary Rates
About me and my therapy practice
Clinical supervision provides a a reflective place to explore both self and practice. With over ten years years clinical supervision experience, Ms Karnes works to support holistic understanding and awareness that the practitioner, whether a professional counsellor or a trainee, can use to enrich their work and lives.
Megan provides clinical supervision to both trainee and professional counsellors.
Megan is currently a Counselling Supervisor for trainee counsellors at East London Out Project.
Megan is a Clinical Supervisor for both trainees and qualified counsellors at the UK National Charity she founded HoardingUK.
What I can help with
Addictions, Eating disorders, Obsessions, OCD, Phobias, Self-harm, Abuse, Anxiety, Bereavement, Depression, Loss, Post-traumatic stress, Trauma, Business coaching, Career coaching, Coaching supervision, Development coaching, Executive coaching, Leadership coaching, Life coaching, Personal development, ADD / ADHD, AIDS/HIV, Asperger syndrome, Cancer, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Disability, Health related issues, Cultural issues, Identity issues, Self esteem, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Women's issues, Relationships, Sex-related issues, Anger management, Redundancy, Stress, Work related issues
Types of therapy
CBT, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Psychodynamic, Relational
Clients I work with
Trainee, Adults, Older adults, Organisations
How I deliver therapy
Long-term face-to-face work, Online counselling, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone counselling, Time-limited
Trainer - Islington
Features
- Flexible hours available
- Concessionary Rates
About me and my therapy practice
Megan Karnes is experienced at delivering both in-house and external training.
As Director of HoardingUK she has designed and delivered one hour, two-hour, half day, one day and two day training to professionals and services users.
HoardingUK also delivers talks, attends support groups and promotes wellbeing throughout the mental health community.
At VoiceAbility, she has been given the Citizen Advocacy training as a project. This has involved designing and delivering a six month service user advocacy training programme.
Alongside this Megan has also developed Assertiveness Training for people who have usedmental health services.
Her roles have included awareness raising information days on Self Directed Support (SDS) for Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham.
She has also delivered external training to professionals and Service Users about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder during her work with OCD Action. At OCD Action designed and delivered the first in-house training programme in the charities fourteen year history. This training included University placement students, professionals, service users and volunteers.
Whether working collaboratively with B-eat; having a translated dialogue with AFTOC (French OCD Charity Conference); addressing 600 people at the Brent Service User Group conference; attending local and national groups; speaking at the University of Glasgow or Kent/Medway Trust, Ms Karnes has delivered vibrant, interactive, awareness raising training.