Carole Sanderson

For Counselling, Psychotherapy and EMDR: my working hours are; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5pm-8.00pm with some flexibility in the mornings for those who can't do evenings. 

Contact me on the number below or email me to arrange your free telephone assessment

0773 776 1570 (my phone is often on silent; so please leave a message if you'd like me to get back to you. Or, email me at info@carolesandersoncounselling.co.uk.) You can also message me on WhatsApp on 0773 776 1570. 

As an Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Psychotherapist; when I work on a one-to-one basis, I use a person centred approach. 

My personal strength is being able to listen well and get an insight into just what it is that you need from your counselling,  psychotherapy or hypnotherapy.  Typical timelines for treatment (although these vary from client to client) might be: Counselling-around 6 to 12 sessions; Psychotherapy-around 10 to 20 sessions (or more), EMDR; up to 10 sessions (usually 6-8) and Hypnotherapy-around 3 sessions (sometimes more but not very often.) 

These time-lines are a basic guide. How long your treatment last depends on you; your problem or difficulty, your budget, your availability and willingness to attend. Studies show that working online (or on the phone,) can be as effective as being seen in person and some people do both, depending on their circumstances. During the pandemic I worked exclusively online and on the phone with all of my clients and all were satisfied with their treatment and results. 

Many people report a noticeable improvement in the times explained above and often in less than that time. Your assessment (which is free of charge) will determine which treatment is more suitable for you and your problem or difficulty. It will determine how we can work together, how much it's likely to cost and when you can start. 

Do get in touch if you need more information around this. At worst, you can attend for a free assessment with no obligation to attend for therapy and you'll leave with information about what might work best for you and if you want to take things further. 

Mobile: 0773 776 1570 (Please leave a message or email me at info@carolesandersoncounselling.co.uk or text me on WhatsApp.) 

On a one-to-one basis; I work in a person-centred way.  This means meeting the needs of each individual in the session and not sticking to an agenda. 

As a therapist, I'm interested in you and how I can help you with your difficulties; we do an assessment lasting 50 minutes to one hour. 

We'll use some questionnaires during this session to gain insight into the level of your distress however unless absolutely necessary, we rarely do these again until the final session, because therapists understand that the time in the session is valuable and is for you to talk about your problems, understand what's happening in the moment, give you a voice and importantly; for you to know that you've been heard.

The first time we meet we'll do an assessment session. This is an information gathering process looking at the problem that troubles you most. There will be some questionnaires to complete but once done, we don't usually do these again until the final session.

I'll ask about your symptoms, the problem as you see it, whether you self-harm or intend to do so, medication and any health-care needs I should be aware for example, if you're diabetic or have a heart condition. I'll ask about whether you have support from friends or family and together, we'll jointly decide which is the best approach for you such as counselling or in the case of trauma, perhaps EMDR. 

If you do decide to go with EMDR the following one or two sessions will be directly linked to EMDR assessment which is quite a bit more in-depth.  Whatever your decision,  we look at where you want to start. The content of the sessions is driven by you and what you need.  You might decide to have the assessment session then take some time to think about what it is you need and come back at a later date.