Carina Badger

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

There are two main ways you can work with me:

Sometimes clients are seeking a limited chunk of therapy to explore and sort out a specific issue. I offer short-term therapy over 10-12 weekly sessions where we identify the issues, set therapeutic goals and establish the expectations of what can be achieved in this timeframe. This may (if appropriate) involve more of a therapeutic coaching approach.

More often, clients approach me with a more general sense of something not working out for them and they don’t know where to begin. Or perhaps there is a specific issue, but it is too complex and deep-seated to be resolved in a few sessions. For this I offer a longer-term open-ended approach.

I prefer to work with clients on a face-to-face weekly basis wherever possible, but I appreciate that this may be challenging with your various commitments. If you would like to work with me and don't think a weekly approach would work for you, get in touch and we can see if we can find an arrangement that might work.

Sexual identity:

Lesbian
Queer

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: No

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Personal pronouns: she/her

Experience and approach:

My training started in person-centred counselling. I have since undergone further study in transactional analysis (4 years, Postgraduate Diploma) and I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy and the following certificates:

Certificate in Diversity within Contemporary Relationship Therapy: Working Alongside Trans, Non-Binary and Questioning Clients; Other Loves: Polyamory, Polygamy and Arranged Marriages; Kink; Bisexuality and Sexual Fluidity; Neurodivergence, Sex and Relationships
Certificate in Interpersonal Neurobiology: Polyvagal Theory and Beyond
Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

I undergo regular training to support my practice. Programmes I have completed include gender, sexuality and relationship diversity (GSRD) training, Weight Stigma and Fatphobia in the Therapy Room, counselling and psychotherapy for grief and loss.

Approaches: