Carole Bradshaw
Director, Core Process Psychotherapist
BSc (Hons), MA (Mindfulness Psychotherapy), UKCP registered
Carole Bradshaw
Director, Core Process Psychotherapist
BSc (Hons), MA (Mindfulness Psychotherapy), UKCP registered
Carole Bradshaw
Director, Core Process Psychotherapist
BSc (Hons), MA (Mindfulness Psychotherapy), UKCP registered
Areas of expertise
- Interpersonal relationship difficulties
- Complex trauma; shock and dissociation
- Overwhelming emotions: explosive anger, intense feelings, and self-harming behaviours
- Grief and loss, existential crisis
- Cross-cultural and complex transitions
“I aspire to give people a safe, supportive space where they can not only be heard but they can be met – deeply acknowledged – and fully received as they are.”
Carole Bradshaw is a UK trained and registered Core Process Psychotherapist with clients in Hong Kong, the UK and across the globe. Carole offers a safe space for you to be heard and acknowledged as you are. She helps you explore current personal challenges, which may range from navigating relationships and trauma to a general sense of dissatisfaction in your life.
To better understand and heal what is occurring in the present, Carole supports you to bring in, where relevant, past experiences, unconscious processes, early attachments, and relational patterns.
By bringing awareness to your history and your present, in the container of a safe, compassionate relationship, it becomes possible to recover and accept those parts of ourselves that may have been repressed. This allows movement towards healing of old wounds, shifting of unhelpful patterns and a reconnection with your authentic self.
“Suffering is an inevitable part of life; we each have our own challenges, from personal histories and unconscious patterns that can obscure the possibility of good mental health. My intention is to cultivate a safe and trusting relationship from which you can heal the fragmented parts of yourself, and reclaim wholeness, with awareness and compassion.”
Carole tailors her approach to your needs. Core process psychotherapy aids understanding of ourselves by exploring our early and current relationships, as well as looking at our felt, bodily experience, and transpersonal psychology: the spiritual part of us that extends beyond our conscious personality and self.
The spiritual aspect of Carole’s approach is nourished by the 20 years she spent immersed in yoga and Buddhist practise. She was called to yoga after experiencing existential dissatisfaction: even though she had a high powered, successful job, and all the ‘things’ that ‘should’ make you happy, she felt empty and dissatisfied.
This journey has given Carole an embodied sense of what it means to feel empty and seek meaning. Yoga helped bring some of the fragmented parts of herself home, answered the question of existential dissatisfaction and gave her a sense of inner peace. But the yoga alone could not meet her fully when she was suffering. Core process psychotherapy combined her spiritual learning with the grounded reality and emotional experience of what it means to be human.
While core process deeply acknowledges pain, it also allows space for expansion, meeting the richness of human experience with the ability to grow beyond what we feel defines us or what we feel trapped by.
As IMI’s executive and clinical director for counselling, psychology, and mental health care services, Carole is passionate about mental health education to the wider community. She leads with purpose with clients’ health and wellbeing at the heart of her decisions.
Carole is also a mother, who has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Thailand, and the UK. A warm and highly regarded core process psychotherapist, she is available for consultations online with clients in HK and globally, and in-person in the UK.
Language:
English
Carole’s consultation fees:
First consultation: HK$1500 / 60 mins
Packages:
HK$6750 for 5 sessions (@60 mins)
HK$12750 for 10 sessions (@60 mins)
HK$22500 for 20 sessions (@60 mins)
Would you like to see Carole?
Call +852 2523 7121 or request an appointment below, and our team will contact you as soon as possible to confirm your session.
Carole’s articles and blogs:
How to pause and focus on deep breathing
When you feel anxious or your mind spirals into thoughts...
When trauma leads to infertility, and infertility leads to trauma
Infertility can cause trauma, and trauma can cause infertility too. Could past events be impacting your fertility? And could therapy help you heal emotionally and physically?
The integrated approach to immunity
The importance of taking an integrated approach to immunity. For...
Blue Monday: a starting point for year-round conversations
December and January can be hard. Really hard. The third...
Pandemic parenting: why mums are burning out and strategies to recover
As the pandemic wears on, it’s natural and normal for mums to feel worn out. But it’s not ok to burnout. Core Process Psychotherapist Carole Bradshaw and Naturopathic Physician Benita Perch share the tell-tale signs of burnout and practical steps to recover.
Mental health: how to help yourself and others during the pandemic
Core Process Psychotherapist Carole Bradshaw shares why the pandemic has triggered an epidemic of fear; the consequences of unmanaged fear, and solutions to support you and loved ones through uncertain times.
What’s behind your anxiety? Discover sources and solutions with naturopathy and psychotherapy
Your health and happiness are dependent on seven factors: mind,...
A natural and integrative approach to the different phases of pregnancy
It is a common misconception that obstetricians and natural healthcare...