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Karen Thirtle BA (Hons) MSc Counselling Psychology

BPS Chartered Counselling Psychologist

I provide Face to Face Counselling, Psychology, Psychotherapy from £40.00

I offer fees on a sliding scale depending on your financial situation (no proof required).
Individuals: first session set at £45.00, subsequent appointments between £40.00 and £50.00.
Couples: first session set at £55.00, subsequent appointments between £50.00 and £60.00.
Approximate length of one appointment: 50 minutes
Approximate length of therapy: varies.
Languages: English
Nearest Train Station: Eastbourne.
I am in easy reach of: Eastbourne, Brighton, Hastings, Hove, Burgess Hill, Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Haywards Heath, Bexhill, Hailsham, Uckfield, Heathfield, Battle, Rye
Wheelchair access: Yes

Problems I offer Counselling, Psychology, Psychotherapy for

Abuse, Addiction to Love and Sex, Addictions, Anger, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bulimia, Bullying, Cancer, Career issues, Childhood issues, Chronic Fatigue (CFS) (ME), Codependence, Confidence issues, Couple relationships, Creativity, Cultural issues, Depression, Diabetes, Disability, Dissociation, Divorce, Domestic violence, Faith issues, Fear, Grief, History of mental illness, Hysteria, Identity, Impotency, Infertility, Inhibitions, Integration of experience, Internet addiction, Internet sexual compulsivity, Lack of meaning in life, Loneliness, Loss, Marriage (Marital relations), Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Mixed-race issues, Mother and baby issues, Obsessions, OCD, Panic attacks, Personal growth, Personal relationships, Personality difficulties, Personality disorders, Phobias, Physical illness, Post natal depression, Post traumatic stress, Pregnancy, Psychosexual issues, Psychosis, Psychosomatic symptoms, Racial abuse, Rape, Redundancy, Self-development, Self-esteem, Self-harm, Sexual abuse, Sexuality, Sleep problems, Smoking addiction, Social phobia, Spirituality, Stage fright, Stress, Transitions, Trauma, Trichotillomania, Unresolved issues, Work issues and relationships

Clinical Experience in Counselling, Psychology, Psychotherapy

I qualified as a counsellor in 1996 and have worked with many clients and a wide range of issues in private practice as well as in a Clinical Health Psychology Department of the NHS.

I have acquired most of my experience in the treatment of depression, self-issues, anxiety disorders and relationship issues.

In 2005, I attained chartership as a counselling psychologist and since then have been specialising in Clinical Health Psychology, working with the psychological impact of chronic illness.

I offer a first session as an assessment session which either informs a decision to offer therapy myself, or a recommendation for an alternative form of help.

How I Work

My work is informed by evidence-based research and practice-based evidence. I am trained and experienced in a variety of approaches and the one I select for an individual client is chosen according to the client's presenting issues, as well as his/her needs and personal preferences at the time of the initial assessment.

Much of my work is in brief therapies, but for some clients a longer-term and open-ended therapy is offered as the treatment of choice.

Generally, in brief therapies, the approach taken is more active and psycho-educational whereas in longer-term work the approach is more exploratory and insight-oriented than symptom or goal-focused.

At assessment the various options will be thoroughly discussed so that an informed decision can be made as to the most effective form of help that could be offered.

Clinical Training in Counselling, Psychology, Psychotherapy

I qualified as a counsellor at Northbrook College in 1996 after a two year Advanced Diploma in Counselling and Therapy, this was a postgraduate training following on from a BA Hons in Social Psychology from the University of Sussex. In 2004 I completed a Masters in Counselling Psychology, also at Sussex and in 2005 was awarded Chartership as a Counselling Psychologist by the British Psychological Society (BPS), a qualification at doctoral level.

Additional Information from Karen Thirtle

I am particularly interested in the study of health, subjective well-being and happiness. I am currently running Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy groups within the NHS and I am involved in ongoing research in these areas.

I am currently not taking on new clients
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Updated 11|02|2010