Carina Badger

Counsellor and therapist in Manchester and online

Hello, Im Carina (she/her). Im a BACP registered therapist and counsellor working in Chorlton and Didsbury, Manchester, and online.

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Profile

carinabadger.counselling.online

Phone

07859330187

Email

carinabadgerwellbeing@gmail.com

Website

carinabadgerwellbeing.com

About me and my practice

If youd like to understand yourself better, make a change, feel more at ease with yourself or get support during a challenging period, I can help. I firmly believe that you write your own life story. However, it can feel hard to face things alone or make sense of the challenges life can present.

My aim always is to be curious, human, professional and compassionate.

There are two main ways you can work with me:

- Sometimes clients are seeking a limited chunk of therapy to explore and sort out a specific issue. I offer short-term therapy over 10-12 weekly sessions where we identify the issues, set therapeutic goals and establish the expectations of what can be achieved in this timeframe. This may (if appropriate) involve more of a therapeutic coaching approach.

- More often, clients approach me with a more general sense of something not working out for them and they dont know where to begin. Or perhaps there is a specific issue, but it is too complex and deep-seated to be resolved in a few sessions. For this I offer a longer-term open-ended approach.

I prefer to work with clients on a face-to-face weekly basis wherever possible, but I appreciate that this may be challenging with your various commitments. If you would like to work with me and don't think a weekly approach would work for you, get in touch and we can see if we can find an arrangement that might work.

Experience

My training started in person-centred counselling. I have since undergone further study in transactional analysis. I holed a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy (Distinction) and the following certificates:

Certificate in Diversity within Contemporary Relationship Therapy: Working Alongside Trans, Non-Binary and Questioning Clients; Other Loves: Polyamory, Polygamy and Arranged Marriages; Kink; Bisexuality and Sexual Fluidity; Neurodivergence, Sex and Relationships

Certificate in Interpersonal Neurobiology: Polyvagal Theory and Beyond

Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

I undergo regular training to support my practice. Programmes I have completed include gender, sexuality and relationship diversity (GSRD) training, Weight Stigma and Fatphobia in the Therapy Room, counselling and psychotherapy for grief and loss.

Approaches:
Humanistic
Integrative
Person-Centred
Relationship therapy
Transactional Analysis
Walk and talk therapy

Professional Membership

MBACP

Professional Register

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Verified by Counsellingo on Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Fees

Sessions are £55. I have a concessionary rate at £40 per session although those slots are currently all full. Sessions after 7pm are at a higher rate. Please get in touch for further details

When I Work

I work Mondays to Thursdays

Therapeutic Approach

Humanistic Integrative Person-Centred Relationship therapy Transactional Analysis

Pronouns

she/her

Area

Greater Manchester

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