Kerry Hampton Counselling.
Trauma and Somatic Integrative Therapy.
Mbacp.dip.couns.

Name: Kerryhamptoncounselling. Trauma and Somatic (Mbacp.dip.couns)
Address: Westbury, ENG, BA13 3PE, GB
Telephone: 07827 027499

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Call or text ; 07827 027499

kerryhamptoncounselling@gmail.com

Feeling stuck? At a crossroads in your career or emotional life? As a Qualified Counselling Professional, I can help you understand and manage whatever life throws at you. I believe that you have the strength not just to survive, but to truly thrive.

'Am I living in a way which is deeply satisfying to me, and which truly expresses me?' Carl Rogers. (Person Centred Approach)

About Counselling.

Therapy offers a place of safety where you can share your deepest thoughts with a trained professional. I will help you to explore your feelings, your thoughts and your behaviours with compassion.

There may be old patterns that served you once, but are no longer effective, as well as possible relationship issues that need attention and care. In my experience, everyone can face difficulties in their lives; too often people suffer in silence, stay stuck or feel generally hopeless. When faced with the right environment, our difficulties can become a source of change and growth creating different outcomes and possibilities.

I endeavour to not give opinions or judgements, but I will guide you through your journey and be with you through the ups and downs that may arise, and help you to make sense of those occurrences, offering you an empathic, listening ear in a safe environment and completely at your pace.

Our therapeutic relationship will grow as you bravely let me into your world, and I will honour that privilege by helping you create a new toolbox of coping skills and guiding you to make effective changes to your life, thus becoming a newer version of you. This is the aim of counselling.

Call or Text: 07827027499

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Who am I and what can I offer?

Welcome to my practice! I’m Kerry, a warm and caring Qualified Integrative Counsellor based in Wiltshire. I work with both adults and young people, focusing on the whole person, emotional, physical, and mental. We can all feel a little lost sometimes, and I'm here to support you through challenges such as trauma, anxiety, and relationship issues. With a range of theoretical approaches, I offer psychoeducation and somatic techniques to help you find relief and understanding. Having experienced therapy myself, I truly empathize with the journey you’re on and can understand what a big step therapy is to take.

What next?.....

Welcome to your initial assessment session, where we'll connect online through Microsoft Teams or Google Meet for a complimentary 30 minutes. This is an opportunity for us to get to know each other better and our potential fit. During our first meeting, I’ll listen to your reasons for seeking therapy and your expectations moving forward. You'll also have the chance to ask any questions about my approach. If we both feel that we’d like to continue, we can agree on a weekly schedule that suits you. Rest assured, all sessions are private and confidential.

How will it work? What do I do as an integrative counsellor?

An Integrative therapist can use many therapies, perspectives and interventions, but your focus is not on what therapy I use, it is on what is presented to me about you and what you need. Rather than specializing in one traditional approach, I seek to combine aspects of different approaches to provide the most effective way of working. My attunement to you is the most important aspect to create a way that works in the most compatible and safe way for the individual that you are, whilst building our therapeutic relationship with trust and honour.

“Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul.” (Carl Jung,1875-1961)

Somatic

Somatic therapy is a body-centred approach to therapy that focuses on the connection between the mind and body to promote healing, particularly for trauma and stress-related conditions. It recognizes that emotions and experiences are often stored in the body and aims to release these through physical and emotional awareness. Techniques are used to help release pent-up trauma or stress stored in the body, completing the "stress cycle" that may have been interrupted during traumatic events. Tools such as breathwork, grounding, tapping, body scans etc are applied.

Person Centred Approach...

This approach places value on establishing a warm and empathic relationship between us. I help you understand how certain patterns and problems are present in your life, open up your thinking and possibilities to manage situations in a healthier way. It is based on the idea that you have your own resources to come up with your own solutions in a supportive environment and you are able to reach your maximum potential. You are the expert of you!

Psychodynamic ...

Identifies unconscious thought patterns that come from significant past experiences you had in your life, especially from your childhood, and are now getting in your way of moving forwards in some way. I will guide you in how to stop repeating the same old behaviours that once seemed helpful but are no longer serving you in your current stage of life.

Attachment Theory...

Focussing on the learned relationships and bonds we made and formed with our caregivers in the early years and how those may have impacted our relationships since. A belief that our early relationships moulded our relationships in our future. How do we relate in the present?

Psychoeducation...

Is a way of giving clients a better understanding of the mind-body connection, and how this can manifest in an array of symptoms. Bringing the client’s awareness to the physical symptoms and the connection with mind. The client can gain more power over their responses and reactions when they know how and why reactions occur.

Location

FRIDAY IN WESTBURY.

In a shared building along Warminster Road, Westbury, stands a small, cosy, secure room with access to parking.

This is the back entrance that you will enter.

The Counselling Room,

Office 11

Haynes House

Westbury,

BA13 3PE.

MONDAY TO THURSDAY IN HILPERTON.

I work at my home, where there is a cosy wooden cabin, in my garden, in Hilperton.

(Address given when contract formed).

You can share your world in confidentiality, safety and privacy.

Phone

Call or Text: 07827027499

Qualifications, Registers and Supervision

Somatic Trauma Therapy Incoming... CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Integrative therapy. L2 suicide and self harm. CPCAB Level 3 Counselling studies. CPCAB Level 2 Counselling skills. CPCAB short study entry. Shout crisis volunteer. Mental health first aider.(M.H.F.A) Agency charity work. D.B.S checked. Trauma informed status. BACP Cert of proficiency.

BACP Register.

As a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
I am committed to sustaining and advancing good practice. promoting and developing safe, ethical and competent practice in counselling and psychotherapy. All BACP members commit to working in accordance with the Ethical Framework as part of their terms and conditions of membership.

Continuing Professional Development.

Breathwork Trauma and Somatic work. Men, Intimacy and shame. Neuroscience L2 EY. Gabor M (Compassionate enquiry masterclass) Narcissism. Safeguarding. Diploma CPD children and young people. Childhood sexual abuse Addiction Diploma L3. Trauma Informed. Body and trauma. Polyvagal foundation. Nervous system and brain. Addiction. Divorce. Grief/Bereavement. Dysregulation. Abuse. Sexual abuse. Self harm. Suicide. Shame. Self esteem. Guilt. Affairs/Betrayal. Understanding diagnosis. P.T.S.D Depression. Anxiety. Loss and change. Diversity. Discrimination. Pregnancy loss. Infertility. Inner child. Inner critic. Attachment styles. Russian dolls. Feeling cards. Timelines. Sexuality. Mindfulness/Breathwork. Relational depth. Compassion. Releasing block emotions. Disassociation. D.I.D Triggers. Stuckness. Covid. Flashbacks. Grounding. Work issues.

Regular supervision.

is an ethical responsibility and professional requirement, as it protects you, the client, whilst allowing a safe space for your therapist to explore confidentially the work you do together. Respecting at all times ethical boundaries agreed upon with you when you contracted for the sessions.

Fees, cancellations and no shows.

Counselling is at its best, weekly. This is for progression, consistency, your commitment and effectiveness.
These sessions are an hour in length and at the same time and place every week. We will try our best to maintain this, but will also be mindful of life circumstances, that sometimes get in our way.

I charge £50 per hour, each session, but offer a reduced fee for students, and those in financial hardship. This is something we can negotiate together before our first assessment. The first assessment is 30 minutes online, no charge.

I operate a pre-payment system within my practice, to minimise last minute cancellations.

I require payment in advance via bank transfer on confirmation of your wish to attend.

For following sessions, payment will need to be made prior to your session time, usually before or during the session being attended.
Payment can be made by bank transfer.

No shows and cancellations/Lateness/ Too early or ending a session early.

If you cannot attend a scheduled session due to illness or other personal circumstances, I require a 24 hours notice of cancellation, as the timeslots that are allocated to you cannot easily be assigned to another client at short notice. In the event of a cancellation, I will try to reschedule your appointment for a later day within the same week, or at the weekend. I fully understand that illness or life circumstances, can not be timed, or chosen, for any of us, so will do my best in that knowledge. If a mutually agreed alternative cannot be found, I charge our agreed fee in full. All non-attendances with less than a 24 hours notice will also be charged. Scheduled breaks such as holidays will not be charged for if prebooked. Should I need to cancel a session due to illness or other unavoidable circumstances, I will endeavour to give you as much notice as possible, and I will offer you an alternative appointment within the same week or at the weekend. If a mutually convenient appointment cannot be agreed, your session fee will be put towards a later session or refunded if necessary. Should you arrive late for a session or decide to end a session before the scheduled time, my standard fee remains applicable. Too early. I cannot guarantee I would be ready to see you as previous clients may be with me, and entry is not available until I collect you. I advise that you are no earlier than 5 minutes, unless agreed otherwise. This also protects you from bumping into anyone else in the vicinity, keeping your confidentiality.