Rechelle Carroll

I understand the complexity of human emotions and relationships and am myself a parent and survivor of early childhood trauma experience. I provide holistic, understanding, non-judgmental care, to help adjust (and grow!) to life challenges.

I have worked in a variety of settings in the mental health field; and I am also in private practice. I'm an experienced counsellor with a BA Social Work and post graduate training in Psychotherapy and many other counselling modalities. I am also a Shamanic Practitioner initiated into the Munay Ki Rites of Peru; and work with transpersonal psychology alongside my every day practice  I specialise in a variety of evidence-based practices selected to meet individuals’ needs including EMDR, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Family Systems Theory, Parts Work, Attachment Theory, Psychotherapy, Trauma-Informed Care, CBT, Mindfulness and Meditation, Polyvagal / Nervous Systems Theory and Solution Focussed Therapy. 
 

I adopt a holistic approach to my work, addressing the WHOLE person. I help my clients to manage debilitating trauma experiences; creating a greater sense of safety and presence for those I work alongside. 

In addition to my Shamanic training and spiritual based practices, I am inspired by the concept of 400-year-old Japanese art of Kintsugi (golden repair). It is an ancient pottery repair method that honors the artifact's unique history by emphasizing, not hiding, a break. It means literally, 'to join with gold'. In Zen aesthetics, the broken pieces of an accidentally-smashed pot should be carefully picked up, re-assembled, and glued together with gold.

Kintsugi teaches us to make the most of what already is, to highlight the beauty of who we are, flaws and all, rather than leaving us yearning for newer, better, bigger. From a psychological and human experience perspective, it teaches us to build trust and intimacy in our relationships and foster mutual understanding with others.