Caroline Blackwood

I'm Caroline, a psychotherapist in training. If you’re thinking about starting therapy, I'd be warmly interested to hear from you. In my work, I aim to offer a wholehearted, present-moment meeting between us, alongside being a consistent and caring presence over time. A bit more information:

• I combine expressive responsiveness with a sensitive attunement to your feelings and experiences.
• I’m naturally interested in people, and will be keen to hear what you bring.
• Using my emotional understanding and attention to the body, I will work with you towards greater self-awareness and new emotional experiences within the therapeutic relationship.
• Through this process, change can happen not only at the level of insight, but also at a deeper, felt level.

I am in my fourth year at BCPC, studying for an MA in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy. I have completed the Foundation Course at BCPC, and also have a Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies from SGS College.

I have the following clinical experience:

• I am on placement at the Swan Project in Bristol, offering long-term relational therapy to clients affected by addiction
• I volunteered with St Peter’s Hospice (2023–24), offering listening and support to carers and people who had been bereaved
• I did a befriending at Womankind Bristol (2022-23)
• I volunteered taking calls on Saneline and Bristol Mindline (2005-08)

I have worked for over 25 years as a lawyer across both the private and public sector.

I hold a BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Pembroke College, Oxford University.