Cara Brophy

I am available Monday to Friday with limited availability on Saturdays. Please note I do not work Sundays. 

I work in a psycho-dynamically informed, pluralistic way. All my approaches are trauma informed.

Psycho-dynamically means I believe that our earlier experiences and our understanding and perception of these, can influence how we perceive ourselves and our present.

Pluralistic means I believe that there is no single therapeutic approach that works best for everyone. We can identify any particular method or approach that you feel might be helpful.This may involve me doing research or further training if need be!

I will support you in finding another therapist, or service, if I feel I am not qualified or experienced enough, to safely work with you.

CARA Counselling and Psychotherapy based in Fife. 

Compassionate, trauma informed counselling and psychotherapy, for adults across the UK.

If life has become overwhelming, you are not alone.

I offer my knowledge and experience to support you in addressing that which has caused you to consider therapeutic support.

Please be aware that I do not offer a crisis service. If you feel you need help immediately please dial 999 or NHS24 on 111. Alternatively, if you are a resident of Fife, please text Fife to 85258 for textual support / guidance.

I can offer weekly telephone or online based sessions. I hope to offer face to face sessions (in Fife) in the near future, please get in touch if this is something you would be interested in.

Our sessions will always be at the day and time we have agreed, via the method you feel most comfortable with.

Our sessions will always be confidential, unless you share something that puts you, or someone else, at risk of harm. This includes any disclosures of criminal activity and/or money laundering.

Our sessions will always progress at your pace.

After initial contact from you to arrange a session, I will make contact with you to briefly discuss your needs and confirm a session day/time. 

In our first session I will review a therapeutic contract with you, and we can explore any questions or worries you might have around this. I will ask you to complete a short questionnaire (known as a CORE10) to assess your overall well being. After this, if you feel ready, we will discuss what has brought you to therapy.

As appointments progress we will determine what you want to achieve from our time together. We will review this every 6 weeks, or as often as needed, to ensure you feel you are getting the most out of our sessions.

The ending of therapy is something we can plan for together during our work. At the end of therapy I will ask you to repeat the questionnaire you completed prior to us working together.

You are free to end therapy at any time without having to explain or justify yourself.