Therapy focused around you
Counselling, Psychotherapy and Healing
ABOUT ME
Hi, I'm Karen and I run Total Focus Therapy in Plymouth, Devon. I love nature, festivals, the arts and being outdoors, especially wild swimming and paddleboarding - anything involving the sea. I am an ex-teacher and SENCO and have a passion for writing.
(Take a look at my author website if you want to find out more.)
I have a reputation for:
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Empathy
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Intuition
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Compassion
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Kindness
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Knowledge
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Creativity
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Energy
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Nurture
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Patience
Struggling with some difficult experiences from the past, being truly heard for the first time made a massive difference to me. By having a safe space to explore uncomfortable thoughts and feelings, that I'd hidden for a long time, it helped me to feel validated and understood. In time, I found my passion, my voice and my purpose.​
This propelled me into counselling, psychotherapy, so I can help others in the same way.
​​I have lived experience of neurodiversity and many years of working with this both in and outside of sessions, helping people find coping strategies and superpowers. Yes, we all have them!
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I am also a spiritual person who believes we all have a purpose and are guided by the universe and our higher self, if we can just connect with it. In healing work and in counselling, I connect with this. In counselling, we call this 'our wise mind'.
I am an Accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, NCPS.
​​​​Find me on Psychology Today and on the Counselling Directory.
"We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed."
- Carl Rogers