Online Counselling, Psychotherapy and Imago Relationship Therapy
Rebuilding trust, understanding, and intimacy together.
Manchester based couples counselling:
helping you to resolve conflicts and reconnect.
What is Imago Relationship Therapy?
A safe space to explore and grow.
Imago Relationship Therapy, is based on the belief that we choose our partners due to the traits that they share - positive and negative - with our early care givers, they are our perfect Imago. During those early days when you felt as if you'd known each other forever - in a way, you had, due to their familiar traits. As your perfect Imago, your partner represented the means by which you unconsciously hoped to fulfil your unmet childhood needs.
Right now, you may feel completely incompatible. However, there is hope, if you are interested in having a conscious relationship. From the Imago perspective, conflict provides opportunities for healing and growth. We are wounded in relationship and we find healing, and our growth in relationship. Conscious relationships.
Making the decision to see a counsellor is a big step to take - but it can be a positive one. Please read on to find out more about how I could help you.
Common Relationship Challenges.
Life brings many challenges, and it is understandable that at times we might look for support in facing them. I specialise in working with couples who want to stay together, but are finding this a struggle. As an Imago Therapist, my role is to provide space and support, to enable you to examine your relationship and to make new, meaningful choices within it.
Some examples of issues you may want to work on:
- Affairs
- Communication Problems
- Feeling Unheard
- Unmet wants, needs, and desires
- Repeated Unhelpful Behaviours
I offer a chance to reflect on the difficulties or problems that you are experiencing, in a safe and confidential environment, with someone from outside your day-to-day life. Together we can explore your situation in a way that leads to fresh perspectives - and perhaps a new understanding of yourself. Counselling isn’t about giving you solutions or advice, but empowering you to make your own changes.
Why choose Imago Relationship Therapy?
Take the first step toward a stronger relationship.
The specific benefits of counselling and psychotherapy depend on your individual needs, but the general benefits include:
- An increased sense of control and direction as we work towards fulfilling your therapeutic goals.
- Better understanding of yourself and why you think, feel, and act in the way that you may have done for years.
- A change in perspective - increased ability to think clearly about your life, how and with whom you really want to live it.
- Feeling able to live through stressful situations without returning to former unhelpful, or self destructive habits.
- An increased ability for self acceptance and self compassion. You have a right to live, and you can grow, beyond the negative experiences and unhelpful messages of your past.
My approach
I am trained in Transactional Analysis and Imago Relationship Therapy.
My approach is warm and personalised, with a focus on addressing your communication differences, and the impact of mutual misunderstandings, i.e. bickering, ferocious arguments, withdrawal, and affairs, whilst repairing, and deepening your connection.
Using Imago Relationship Therapy, we will co-create an environment for you to be your safest selves. In place of blaming, shaming and criticism will be accountability, validation, and empathy which usually evokes a sense of safety. When you both feel safe, it will be easier to to co-create a space .where you can both be honest, you both feel heard, and valued.
If you are looking for a therapist who is well trained, experienced, and good at what they do, feel free to get in touch.
A personalised journey toward healing and connection.
About me
My name is Karen, and following a late diagnosis, I identify as neurodivergent, more specifically AuDHD. In practice, this means that I am good at thinking outside the box, and also at focusing on its contents!
I understand that it can be difficult acknowledging that you need to speak with a counsellor, after all, you may never have sought help before, let alone from a stranger. If you are neurodivergent, you may also be carrying the baggage of a lifetime of misunderstandings, about you and by you.
What can you expect from me?
You can expect me to see your worth, and treat you with respect.
You can expect me to be engaged and fully committed to our therapeutic relationship, working at your pace on the things that concern you.
You can expect ethical practice. I have regular supervision and also seek advice from the BACP when necessary. If I feel that I cannot meet your needs, I will say so, within the limits of my position, and do my best to help you to find another therapist.
Get in touch
Whether you want to address a specific trauma, or are struggling with undefined, uncomfortable feelings, I am here to support you. Together, we will focus on your goals, helping you to grow towards a life that feels right for you.
To start your journey, please include your availability, and I'll get back to you within 48 hours, often less.
Frequently asked questions
Currently I am based solely online.
Yes, I work with couples and individuals. Initially we will contract for 4 sessions, this can be increased, if you feel that you would like more support.
An initial assessment for couples and individuals, is 60 minutes.
Subsequent sessions are 60 minutes and 90 minutes.
There is the possibility to have longer sessions, or additional sessions during the same week: fees will be charged accordingly.
You can book a session by calling or sending an email.
60 minute sessions
Individuals: £65
Couples: £80
90 minute sessions
Individuals: £95
Couples: £110
My reduced fee spaces are currently taken.
All bookings remain provisional until you have paid.
Once we have agreed, the date and time of our FIRST session, I will hold that space for 24 hours to give you time to pay.
For subsequent sessions, I ask that you pay, 2 days before each session, via bank transfer.
Non-payment, for a first session, will be taken as a cancellation. For subsequent sessions, the cancellation policy applies.
Fee Increases
I experience increases in the associated costs of being a therapist, i.e. insurance, supervision, advertising etc. and this may be reflected in an increase in my fees, which I review annually.
Yes, currently I use the Zoom platform.
I've had clients who found that a single session was all that they needed to kick start the growth that they desired. More commonly, I have clients who prefer to work on a long term basis. Essentially, our work together will be tailored to your needs, and you'll have as many sessions as you need to achieve your desired outcome.
Short term work with individuals, is usually between 8 and 12 sessions.
For couples therapy, we usually agree to between 4 and 15 sessions, which can be adjusted, as required.
Long term work is open-ended, but punctuated by regular reviews.
Counselling and psychotherapy require commitment: to regular attendance, to being open, to processing outside of sessions. However, you are under no obligation to continue in therapy, and when you feel ready to end the contract, I ask that we do this in a planned way, so that we can tie up any loose ends.
I am an accredited member of the BACP - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (membership no. 00919098).