Carolyn McKerracher

I offer sessions Tues-Fri 8am - lunchtime/ early afternoon, but will soon be offering afternoons. Most availability is currently Wed mornings.

My fee is £50 for 50mins within 9am-5pm, with limited concessions.

EH1 Therapies, West End is not wheelchair accessible. There is one flight of stone steps down to the basement premises and one step up to the toilet. 

If this space is not accessible, please get in touch to discuss possible alternatives. 

As a psychodynamic counsellor, I offer you a safe, compassionate, inclusive and confidential space, in which we can think creatively together. I bring a depth of life experiences with me, originally as an NHS scientist, then as a community worker.

Seeking counselling is a courageous step. We all have difficulties in life, whether that be stress, anxiety, sadness, depression, grief, relationships, job difficulties, or more specific traumatic events. Often, we manage these difficult times with the support of family and friends, but sometimes it may be helpful to work with a trained professional.

Psychodynamic counselling is based on the premise that our earliest relational experiences, create both conscious and unconscious patterns of being, which then impact on the development of our sense of self, autonomy and identity.

Even when we have had positive early experiences, the patterns laid down in the early years may no longer be helpful in adulthood and we may want to find a way to experience life differently.

Through an empathic and trusting therapeutic relationship, it is possible to change and learn new ways of being, in both life and relationship. Therefore, it is important to find a therapist you trust, feel comfortable with and with whom you feel heard.

Consequently, I offer a free, no-obligation, initial consultation, to allow us time to determine whether I can help and whether we would work well together.

The depth of work we can do, is dependent on your resources, preferences and the length of time we have, as I offer both short-term and open-ended counselling. 

In short-term counselling, we could look at a specific difficulty or challenge in your life, or determine whether longer-term work would be useful to you. In open-ended counselling, we would have the time to explore your experiences at a deeper level. Sometimes this is labelled psychotherapy, but the terminology can be confusing and it may be more useful to discuss what you are looking for, with a therapist, in person.

I work with adults and young people (aged 16+years) of all cultures, races, beliefs, identities and disabilities and I am open to learning from and being challenged by, people whose life experiences are different from my own.

I offer a free, no-obligation, initial consultation, to allow us time to determine whether I can help and whether we would work well together.

The practice at EH1 Therapies is in a basement flat in the West End of Edinburgh, accessed by a flight of stone steps. If this is inaccessible to you, please get in touch to discuss the possibility of an alternative.