Hello, I'm Carolyn

I’m a Level 2 trained Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist, hypnotherapist and mindfulness teacher based in Farnham.

I believe that healing begins when we feel genuinely heard and understood.

My approach brings together my training in Internal Family Systems therapy and over 30 years of mindfulness practice.

I offer a compassionate space where all parts of you are welcome, and where we can explore what might help you move towards greater ease and connection.

View my training and credentials on the IFS UK Directory

What matters to me in therapy

At the heart of my work as an IFS therapist is a deep belief in the healing power of being truly listened to and understood.
Through my therapeutic work with adults, young people and parents, I have come to appreciate how much we carry beneath the surface of our everyday lives – feelings, fears, protective patterns and parts of ourselves that may have been holding pain for many years.

My experience of working with trauma, grief and the challenges of relationships and parenting has deepened my trust in the IFS approach. I have seen how, when we meet our inner world with curiosity and compassion rather than judgement, something begins to soften and change.

**What matters most to me is creating a space where every part of you can feel welcome, heard and understood.**

My journey into therapy

My first therapeutic training was in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy. I found hypnosis fascinating because of the way it can help us access parts of our experience that aren’t always available through conscious thinking.

I later discovered Internal Family Systems and something clicked into place.

IFS offered a way of understanding the complexity of being human that made sense to me. Instead of trying to get rid of the parts of ourselves that we don’t like, IFS invites us to become curious about them.

Mindfulness and the Body

I’ve practised mindfulness for more than 30 years, and this has become an important part of how I work. My meditation teachers have been Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield and Gil Fronsdal.  My training to be a Mindfulness Meditation teacher was an important step on this journey to connection and healing.

Our inner lives aren’t just made up of thoughts. We experience things in our bodies too – tightness, heaviness, agitation, numbness, warmth, energy and movement.

I pay attention to these experiences because they can offer another doorway into understanding what is happening inside us.

My work is therefore both compassionate and embodied. We don’t have to analyse everything. Sometimes we simply need to slow down enough to notice what is here.

 

Perhaps we could work together?

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