Kairos Consultancy (N.I.) - Counselling / Psychotherapy

Counselling / Psychotherapy

Counselling / Psychotherapy:

I am a BACP Registered Senior Accredited Counsellor / Psychotherapist (MBACP)
My competences and practice standards are recognised by BACP as being aligned to column C in the SCoPEd framework, i.e. column A+B+C competences (2025)

I have over 30 years experience as a practitioner with individuals and groups:

counselling / psychotherapy, promoting mental health and creativity;
working with those experiencing: stress, depression, mental health problems, loss / bereavement, relationship issues, attachment issues, identity issues, work-related problems, abuse, sexual issues, eating problems, trauma, vicarious stress / trauma, suicidal thoughts and feelings, self-harm, cancer care, palliative care etc.

I am a full member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

My approach and integrative framework is 'trauma-informed pluralistic art psychotherapy & psychotherapy'.

I adhere to the BACP's (2018) Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and the BACP's relevant competence frameworks.

What is Counselling / Psychotherapy?

"Therapy offers you a safe, confidential place to talk about your life and anything that may be confusing, painful or uncomfortable. It allows you to talk with someone who is trained to listen attentively and to help you improve things." (BACP)

For more details about counselling and psychotherapy, see the BACP's pages: about therapy

For more details about the BACP, see: about BACP.

I adhere to the BACP's (2019) Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions

Counselling / Psychotherapy - a coherent approach

My counselling / psychotherapy approach is pluralistic with a core which is person-centred, relational, collaborative and trauma-informed and informed by diverse theories, e.g. humanistic, systemic, environmental, psychodynamic / attachment, existential / transpersonal, & CBT.

Practice in counselling / psychotherapy requires "a coherent approach" (BACP, 2022, 2024). My 'coherent approach' is a coherent whole which has:

a CORE FOUNDATION of good governance (the roots) - laws, ethics (BACP), and governance related BACP competences and guidelines. Plus quality assurance and clinical governance processes. This core foundation supports and nourishes:
an integrative framework (the trunk & branches) which, in my case, is a synthesis of pluralistic counselling / psychotherapy (Cooper & McLeod, 2011, 2015; McLeod, 2015, 2018; McLeod & Sundet, 2016; Cooper & Dryden, 2016), trauma informed care principles (SAMHSA, 2014; Sweeney et al, 2016)., and Clarkson's (1995, 2003) five relationship integrative psychotherapeutic framework. This framework gives the guiding rationale for practice, i.e. for why, when and how I use and integrate the various:
diverse ELEMENTS (leaves / foliage) of evidence-based theories and their associated interventions and practice related competences.

This is based on a relational integrative model of health, grounded in eco-biopsychosocial and systemic models, earth-caring values, and common factors research. It is a humanistic approach, informed by other evidence-based theories such as psychodynamic and attachment, systems, ecopsychology etc. It also encompasses eco practice: promoting eco-creativity and a reciprocal caring relationship with and for the rest of Nature.

I mainly use a metaphor or symbol of a tree to represent coherent approach featuring a coherent whole with its governance CORE supporting and nourishing an integrative framework guiding the diverse ELEMENTS of evidence-based theories and associated practices.

See 'trauma-informed pluralistic art psychotherapy & psychotherapy' for more details.

Coherent approach

Tree metaphor:
a coherent whole
with a GOVERNANCE CORE
supporting an
INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK guiding
diverse ELEMENTS

Being with nature ('The Walks').Photograph (c) CS

Amethyst Tree Pearl. Artwork (c) CS

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