Imagine you have a puzzle in front of you. It’s almost complete but you still need to find some missing pieces and slot them into place. It’s the same way in which I work. My role as your Therapist is to help you locate the missing pieces you can’t find or are just too hard to look for, so we can slot them into your life puzzle and hopefully, get to a point whereby you can see the finished picture.

I’m Carrie, an experienced General & Medical Gestalt Psychotherapist. I have worked for the NHS within the Gastro-Colorectal field and now privately. I’m also affiliated with the Internal Pouch & Ileostomy Association, am regularly invited as a guest speaker at conferences and on Podcasts, had articles published and am currently in the process of writing a book.

Clients I see have encountered a diverse range of physical and psychological issues including:-

– anxiety and fear-based worries
– worries surrounding physical/sexual relationships
– financial and work-related concerns
– bereavement/grief/loss (people/animals)
– trauma-based fear
– gender dysphoria
– bullying/harassment
– end of life counselling
– loneliness/isolation
– low self-esteem
– physical/sexual/coercive abuse
– concerns about body image (weight-related)
– issues around shame
– living with a Bowel Disease, e.g. Colitis, Crohn’s, Diverticulitis, IBS, etc
– concerns about body image (surgically-related/weight-related)
– living with an ostomy (stoma) – ileostomy/colostomy/urostomy
– family dynamics in the immediate family following surgery
– pre-/post-surgical uncertainties
– Cancer diagnoses/other medical diagnoses
– vulnerability (pre-/post-surgery)
– sexual intimacy (pre-/post-surgery)

You’ve taken the first step, so let me help you on the rest of your journey.