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Welcome to Kairos Consultancy

Dr Caryl Sibbett - through my consultancy based in Belfast, Northern Ireland,
I offer a range of professional services, including:
Supervision, Art Psychotherapy, Counselling, Ecotherapy, Eco-Supervision, Training, Research.

I'm a BACP Registered Senior Accredited Counsellor / Psychotherapist (Reg. MBACP Snr. Accred.),

an Art Psychotherapist (HCPC Reg.).

I am also a Fellow of BACP (FBACP) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

I have been practising as a therapist for over 25 years and have extensive experience in diverse settings, including mental health, palliative, forensic, statutory, voluntary and community contexts. My work includes:

Supervision and eco-supervision - clinical supervision / consultative support for counsellors, arts therapists, teachers, doctors & other professionals.
Counselling / Psychotherapy - for adults, children and young people
Art Psychotherapy - for adults, children and young people.
Ecotherapy - outdoor nature-based approaches promoting well-being and reciprocal caring relationship with and for nature.
Training relating to a range of counselling, art therapy, supervision and related topics.
Research on a range of topics related to therapy and well-being.

I have been teaching for over twenty years and have taught and led counselling and art psychotherapy courses at various levels, including Doctoral, Masters, Post Qualifying, Diploma and Certificate levels. I led the first Masters training in Art Therapy / Art Psychotherapy in Northern Ireland since its establishment in 2002, and this has continued to evolve. Currently, my teaching includes: tutor on a PQ Diploma in Counselling Children & Young People (CPCAB level 5), and tutor on a post-qualifying Certificate in Supervision (CPCAB level 6). I am advising the Belfast School of Art, Ulster University, on the development of a new MSc Art Therapy.

As a University Lecturer, my research has focused on topics including: pupils' emotional health and wellbeing, youth suicide postvention, anti-bullying initiatives, heads of year CPD needs, supervision of counselling in schools, youth work, art therapy, doctors' occupational health needs, GP training.

Core strands of my work include:

- promoting well-being, creativity and resilience;

- eARTherapy - promoting eco-creativity and developing a reciprocal caring relationship with and for nature.

Kairos Consultancy - offering creative opportunities.

Kairos - an opportune time and space where transformative change can occur.