Poplar House
Welcome to Poplar House Psychotherapy
Systemic, Family and Couple Psychotherapy in Sale, South Manchester, Greater Manchester and Cheshire
Systemic, Family and Couple Psychotherapy in Sale
I work with families, couples and individuals—providing Systemic Psychotherapy to adults, children and young people.
My name is Karen Wright, I am a fully qualified Systemic Family and Couple Psychotherapist and a qualified Social Worker. I am registered with the UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy), AFT (Association for Family Therapy & Systemic Practice) and Social Work England.
Research shows Systemic Psychotherapy is helpful for children, young people, adults and older adults experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties and interpersonal issues and circumstances, across all age ranges from infants to old age.
My Approach
I offer relational psychotherapy, and I draw on many different models of systemic therapy in my practice. I bring warmth, humour and creativity to my work. I take a trauma-informed approach, ensuring the development of a safe therapeutic relationship. I work transparently and collaboratively with clients and utilise my knowledge of the current evidence base in my field. I also have specific training in the treatment of adolescent eating disorders, adolescent depression, couple therapy and attachment difficulties.
Session Information
My Services
I offer psychotherapy both online across the UK or in person at my practice room in Sale, Manchester with easy access from South Manchester, Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
Session length
An initial assessment session is slightly longer and takes 1.5-hour for our appointment. Individual sessions are 60-minutes. Generally, when working with families and couples, it is useful to have longer appointments of 90 minutes, less frequently.
Session Fees
Sessions cost £110 an hour. Please get in touch if you have any questions regarding my fees.
Cancellation of sessions with less than 48 hours’ notice will incur the full fee.
Location of In Person Practice office in Sale, Manchester
I work from my in-person practice office in Sale, Manchester with easy access from all Greater Manchester, South Manchester (Altrincham, Didsbury, Chorlton, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Hale) and Cheshire. My office is also accessible by public transport, a 7–10-minute walk from Brooklands Metro stop. Office address details will be provided after initial consultation.
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Frequently asked questions
Psychotherapists undergo a four-year, postgraduate, in-depth and experiential training in how to work with a variety of people with a wide range of emotional distress, mental health issues and difficulties. Psychotherapists are trained in one or more psychotherapy approaches. (UKCP)
I am registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and therefore bound by their guidelines as well as my professional bodies (UKCP & AFT). I have a separate privacy policy which I will need you to read and agree to at the start of therapy. The content of our sessions is confidential but there are limits of confidentiality to ensure clients safety and I will discuss these with you at our first meeting. If I work with family members/individuals separately and together I will not share information with you without gaining consent first. Parents need to appreciate that their child(ren) may need a confidential space where information is not shared, and this is similar for couples.
To ensure your safety, monitor my practice and in line with my professional registration, I receive regular clinical supervision but no identifying information about clients is shared with my supervisors.
I am a member of the UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and AFT (Association for Family Therapy & Systemic Practice). The high standards of the UKCP register are accredited by the Professional Standards Authority. I am bound by these professional bodies' codes of ethics and practice and subject to their complaint procedures. This includes adhering to their strict standards of clinical supervision of my practice and continued professional development.
The frequency and duration of the therapy will depend on the type of difficulty or problem you are facing and therefore is difficult to anticipate. Generally, I don't see people every week on a long-term basis as it is beneficial for you to have time in between appointments to practice being different with one another.
I may offer weekly or fortnightly sessions to start with to initiate some changes, then sessions may become less frequent. Some people prefer to work with an open contract, whereas others prefer to work with a fixed number of sessions, followed by a review, this is your choice.
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