paws for thought therapy
London
AN ACCREDITED MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORKER/CONSELLOR AND HER DOG... HI! Welcome
to Paws for Thought Counselling I am Karen and I will be your mental health
counsellor, Tilly says woof too. I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers and Medicare, I
graduated from the University of New England with a Bachelor of Criminology and
Master of Social work. I have had a long and varied career in working with
mental health, such as working as a youth worker with Father Chris Riley and
Youth of the Streets, and various NGOs, the Tamworth Youth and public health
system in Tamworth. I have spent much of my social working career working with
young people, in various roles and this is the happiest part of my job, watching
young people grow and blossom into themselves. I am an experienced Sexual
Assault Counsellor, and I can provide services through Victim Services. I am
passionate about providing grief and loss and trauma counselling and helping
clients overcome depression and anxiety. I have training in: Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Narrative Therapy Mediation Adult
survivor of child sexual assault - female Adult survivor of child sexual assault
- male Recent sexual assault - adult Recent sexual assault - child Physical
assault Domestic and family violence Clients with a history of mental illness
History of drug and/or alcohol use Have a cognitive impairment Clients who
identify as LGBTQIA+ Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Young people (16-21
years)
