Caroline Blackwood – Psychotherapist in training (MA, BCPC)
Welcome to my relational therapy practice in central Bristol. If you’re thinking about starting therapy, I’d be warmly interested to hear from you.
Get in touch with me – carolineblackwoodtherapy@gmail.com.
Helping you become the whole person that you are
- I combine expressive responsiveness with a sensitive attunement to your feelings and experiences.
- I’m naturally interested in people, and will be keen to hear what you bring.
- Using my emotional understanding and attention to the body, I will work with you towards greater self-awareness and new emotional experiences within the therapeutic relationship.
- Through this process, change can happen not only at the level of insight, but also at a deeper, felt level.
Cost
As a student in training I charge £25 per session, payable by bank transfer in advance.
Location
I practice from Vessel Spaces, 49 Park Street, Bristol BS1 5NT. There are bike racks close to
the entrance, metered on-street parking, and nearby car parks including Trenchard Street and
College Street.
Session times
Sessions last 50 minutes, held weekly at the same time and place.
Our first session is a chance for us both to meet and decide whether we feel suited to working together. If we continue, the number of sessions will depend on what you bring, and we can review this together as we go.
Get in touch with me – click here to email.
- About me
- I am a trainee psychotherapist, in my third year at the Bath Centre for Psychotherapy & Counselling (BCPC), studying for an MA in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy.
- Ethical commitments
- I am a student member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and abide by their Ethical Framework as well as BCPC’s Ethical Principles and Code of Practice.
- Training completed
- Foundation Certificate and first year of Psychotherapy MA – BCPC (2023-25)
- Level 3 in Counselling Studies – SGS College (2022)
- Clinical Experience
- Swan Project placement, offering long-term relational therapy to clients affected by addiction (2024-26)
- Listening volunteer for carers and the bereaved at St Peter’s Hospice (2023–24)
- Befriending at Womankind (2022-23)
- Volunteer for Saneline and Bristol Mindline (2005-08)
- Background
- I have worked for over 25 years as a lawyer across the private and public sector. In 2020 I began a transition to psychotherapy – a role that allows me to help others more directly, and use my emotional and creative capacities more fully.
- I have had counselling and therapy myself and have found them to enable a profound process of self-discovery, as well being a great support during some difficult times.
- I hold a BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Pembroke College, Oxford University.