Caroline Button
Counsellor
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
- Helen Keller
My area of expertise is disability. I am passionate about enabling and empowering individuals to live the best life they can despite the obstacles and experiences life has thrown at them. Acknowledging that at times, we all need a supportive professional to help find a way through the rollercoaster of life, to manage and overcome difficulties; to live with life's challenges; to mourn and recover from trauma and loss.
Services
What is Counselling?
Counselling is a type of talking therapy. It provides a safe and confidential space for you to talk about your issues and concerns by exploring your thoughts, feelings and behaviours so you can develop a better understanding of yourself and others.
A counsellor will not give you their opinions or advice, or prescribe medication. They will help you find your own solutions, whether it's effective change or finding ways to cope with ongoing difficulties.
I can also offer Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy helps people of all ages overcome challenges completing everyday tasks or activities - what we call occupations.
By looking at the relationship between the activities you do every day and the challenges you face in your environment, we find a practical, realistic personal plan of goals and adjustments to help your live a more balanced and meaningful life.
When: Weekly face-to-face or online sessions, daytime or evening, short-term or long-term.
Where: In person - a small private practice in a counselling room, adjacent to my home located in a quiet road in Shepperton near Walton Bridge. There is parking on my drive and my room is wheelchair accessible. I am a 15-minute walk from Shepperton High Street and the station and under 15 minutes from Walton on Thames town centre.
Where: Online – Predominantly on Zoom, plus other platforms on request.
Who: Adults, organisations, trainee counsellors.
Charges:
Initial Session: I offer a free 30 minute telephone consultation where we begin to explore your story and how counselling could help you at the time. It is an opportunity and to see if we can work together and to see if this is the right therapy for you. It provides you with an opportunity for you to ask any questions you might have. There is no obligation to go on working together after this conversation.
Thereafter £70 per hour, concessionary rates for students and blue light professionals (£50 per hour). Payments are made via BACS transfer or PayPal within 24 hours prior to the session. Cancellation policy – full amount if cancelled less than 24 hours before session unless exceptional circumstances or appointment rearranged for the same week.
