Caroline Ellison Counselling

Hi, I will support you with kindness, compassion, empathy and understanding. I am based in Fleet, Hampshire which is on the borders of Hampshire and Surrey and offer face to face or online counselling.

Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, overwhelm, bereavement, depression and low mood, trauma, family difficulties, building confidence and self-esteem, long term and life limiting illness, are a carer or generally just don’t feel good about yourself?

Whether you are looking to cope with a specific mental health issue, better manage unpleasant emotions or simply want to feel better about yourself, counselling can help. I will support your mental health with kindness, compassion, empathy and understanding.

I believe kindness, compassion and understanding are the cornerstones of life and as your counsellor will work collaboratively with you providing a safe, confidential space to talk, aiming to restore balance in life.

I work with adults and carers to support and improve their mental health and well-being, offering a welcoming, confidential counsellor service in Fleet, Hampshire. I work from a purpose built consulting room in my garden, separate from my home, to ensure that we have a confidential space for both online counselling and face-to-face counselling.

Free parking is available outside my house and I have a ramp for wheelchair access if required.

Counselling areas include (but not limited to):

• Anxiety Counselling
• Stress Counselling
• Bereavement Counselling
• Grief and Loss
• Depression and Low Mood Counselling
• Building Confidence and Self-esteem
• Coping with Overwhelm
• Couple Therapy
• Finding Direction and Purpose
• Family Difficulties
• Relationship Counselling
• Support for Long term and Life Limiting Illness
• Trauma
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia Counselling
• Counselling for Carers
• Cancer Counselling

Special Interest

I have a personal and special interest in grief and loss associated with those who are caring for a loved one or working as a carer for someone with long term and life limiting illness such as Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Cancer. This also includes counselling professional carers.

Get Started

If you have come this far and want to get in touch to talk about what you want with counselling please call or send me an email to set up an initial session. Your initial session is your first counselling session where we meet either online through Zoom or face-to-face and you will talk about what you want from counselling. If you are happy to continue we will arrange how often you want to come to counselling, for example, weekly or fortnightly and book your second session.

Cancer Counselling Experience

For 3 years I was a volunteer Counsellor in St Luke’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford, Surrey for the Fountain Centre, an independent charity supporting patients and carers affected by cancer.  Working with Carers and Patients with life limiting illness has been and continues to be some of the most rewarding work I have done. It is an honour and a privilege to do this work.

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Experience

My Mum has lived with Dementia since 2012 and I have watched her slowly disappear into a world of her own as the illness has stripped her cognitive function away piece-by-piece. All the time my Dad has been her carer and looked after her tirelessly and I have watched first hand what truly being in love means. This is one of the things that has inspired me as a counsellor to offer Alzheimer’s and Dementia Counselling. I want to support those who support others whether it be the ones they love or through the love of their job. It is hard to find a place to be safe, honest and true with your feelings as a carer. My goal is to offer you this space as your counsellor.

Qualifications

• CPCAB l4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
• CPCAB l3 Certificate Counselling Studies
• Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) Training Course- Applied Neuroscience for Treating Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
• Accredited Certificate 80 hour Online & Telephone Counselling 2.0
• BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
• DBS certificate
• Supporting & Counselling People Bereaved during the Covid-19 Pandemic
• Working with Bereavement and Complex Grief
• Treating Complex Trauma – Beyond Competency
• Cancer awareness Course with NHS
• Understanding and working with ADHD and/or Autistic Spectrum Traits
• Dealing with Distress: Working with Suicide and Self-Harm

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