My name is Cara Ball and I am a qualified counsellor.

I have worked in health and educational settings, including as the Clinical Lead for Safeguarding for a large organisation.

I have worked with and supported people experiencing many types of emotional distress.

As a counsellor I have worked with adults with a range of issues including complicated relationships; abuse as a child; anxiety; suppression of self; need to please others; fears of the future, faith.

Adults struggling with bereavement, difficulties coping with grief and loss; complex grief; traumatic grief; stuck in grief.

I have supported children and young people (aged 7 years upward to 16 years old) with anxiety; eating problems; experience of abuse; grief; self-harm; relationship issues; harmful intrusive thoughts; OCD; family problems; academic fears; issues of gender identity; friendship problems; living arrangement concerns; potential of homelessness; divorce; separation of parents; living with ‘step-parents and step-siblings’; neurodiversity, ADHD, ASD.

I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and work in accordance with their ethical framework.

As well as my core training I have advanced training in working with

children and young people.

I hold an enhanced DBS certificate and have training in Safeguarding.

I have also trained in neurodiversity, including autism and ADHD.

I am a parent and know the ups and downs of family life.

I am truly passionate about improving the mental health of the people I work with and decreasing the shame.

My role is to support you to feel better and to assist

you to move forward with your life.

If you are unsure if I can help please call and we can

chat things through.

I look forward to hearing from you.

I also have a Diploma in Solution Focused

Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy and

a diploma in Clinical and Academic Hypnosis.

I am a Specialist Dentist in Special Care Dentistry,

having worked in the NHS for over 25 years.

I have been able to make a huge difference over many years to many individual's lives.

I am fully insured and am a registered member of the British Society of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Council of Hypnotherapy (NCH) and registered as a Specialist in Special Care Dentistry with the General Dental Council (GDC) and I adhere to all the professional codes of conduct.

For further information on my training and qualifications please contact me.

Dr Cara Ball BDS MSc FHEA PGCert Clin. Educ. DSFH MBACP