Karen Waller

I will not be available November & December 2020.

I am trained relationship counsellor working online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  I have been agency trained with regard to online working, with a follow up course through the BACP and Open University. I am now qualified as an online Cyber Therapist with ACTO competences.

My main theoretical model is Emotionally Focused Therapy, together with Clarkson's Therapeutic Relational model. 

I work with all couples whatever their beliefs, as it is their relationship that is the heart of the counselling.

EFT is a short term approach whose goal is the reconnection between partners. The building of a safe haven in the relationship is our primary task. We focus on primary needs to feel secure which we feel underlie most couple conflicts.

Couples will learn to recognise their negative cycle of repeating patterns and learn to communicate with each other in the room  gaining trust and understanding of what lies beneath the couple's interactions that cause so much pain.

The first session is an assessment with the couple to meet you and find out why you would like to come to couples counselling and to tell you a little bit about EFT and how it works. First sessions are free. I work using the Zoom platform only.