Therapy & Coaching with Karen Bartle, MSc
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Cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH) & Eye Movement Desensitisation & reprocessing (EMDR), are evidence-based psychological approaches for managing thoughts and feelings and their impact on our behaviours.
The focus could be the past, present or future and enables us to challenge and change our beliefs to create healthier emotions and behaviours for the future.
CBH is an integration of clinical hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy and involves spending time in our imagination working through situations in a holistic way where we are free to practise and experiment with new ways of working in a safe space before heading out to enact them in the real-world environment.
CBH incorporates mindfulness which allows us to focus on our current experiences without affecting them; recognising, identifying, and exploring how things are by using our full range of senses.

Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) was first developed in the spring of 1987 when its founder, Francine Shapiro, was taking a walk in a park. She noticed that some disturbing thoughts she was having disappeared and when she brought them back to mind they seemed less disturbing and less valid than before.
EMDR helps us to learn from the negative experiences of the past, desensitize present triggers that are inappropriately distressing, and incorporate templates for appropriate future action that allows us to excel individually and within our interpersonal system
It's an evidence-based protocol-driven approach that is easy to work through with guidance from the therapist, and the effects can be rapid. It's been influenced by CBT, NLP, and Hypnotherapy, & works on a physiological level that is rather different from many other talking therapies.
Shapiro (2001) when we are happy '[w]e are informed by our memories, not controlled by them'
Therapy & coaching with Karen Bartle is conducted in a relaxed state of mind and body. In this state, it allows us to use a variety of therapeutic methods to safely revisit memories e.g., past trigger events and resourceful times, stay present in the current in exploring these events fully, and imagine ourselves in the future with or without the new behaviours in place.
Karen has the ability to integrate elements of cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic, and mindfulness-based therapies all within the same session or therapy program and applies whatever is beneficial in achieving the desired outcome.

With CBH & EMDR we can readily oscillate between association and dissociation depending on how connected we want to be to the emotion, to solve a current problem.
At any stage of the process, we can learn to reframe our experiences/events as we would like them to be with the new possibilities and alternative solutions in place for healthier outcomes.
Once we have imagined implementing the new solutions in our imagination, we have this locked in and the pathways created, making it easier for us to readily implement the new behaviours in real-world situations.
Given new solutions need to be practised to become routine behaviours, we are likely to lapse while we get the hang of it, where we may fall back into our old ways of working temporarily, depending on how often we do the behaviours.
CBH & EMDR create a foundation of resourcefulness to be resilient at these times and use effective strategies to bounce back fast to prevent further relapse.

CBH & EMDR help to manage weight, quit smoking, control a habit, manage stress, overcome a phobia, build confidence, feel less anxious, or stop having panic attacks & flashbacks. It also helps with performance (e.g., business, sport), decision-making, and much more.
Karen is a highly qualified and experienced psycho-hypnotherapist who can help you from the comfort of your own armchair or sofa from anywhere in the English-speaking world.
Perhaps you can relate to one or more of the following:
I want to feel happier
I want to feel healthier
I want to be more confident
I want to relax more
I want to perform better
I need new ways to think, feel, or behave
I want a new approach
It's time for change
I want to be more resilient!
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About Karen Bartle
As someone trained in psychology and a trainer of psychological therapies, including hypnotherapy, you can be reassured that Karen's knowledge and skills of being a practicing psycho-hypnotherapist are of the highest standard.
Her approach to therapy is about empowering people to make the change they desire.
She offers support, encouragement, and guidance, and helps her clients to make physically and mentally sustainable changes, to improve their health and well-being over the long term. You will always get a warm welcome here!
Karen is very enthusiastic about her work with a wide range of issues and feels privileged to be able to use her skills and knowledge to enable clients to achieve positive results.
After completing her first psychology degree she spent several years working as a Graduate Psychologist. This included working in specialist units with people with severe and enduring mental health problems and within a specialist community-based team supporting families and staff caring for adults with learning difficulties and complex needs to learn better communication strategies to manage challenging behaviours. The work was very challenging and incredibly rewarding.
Karen is committed to lifelong learning and continued her studies in psychology at the post-graduate level attaining an MSc in Health Psychology.
Her courses are professionally validated by several Australian & international Associations including the Australian Hypnotherapists Association which is an affiliate member of PACFA
Karen is a member of the Australian Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy and an associate member of the Australian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
"Karen is a master in this field with a world of knowledge and experience. She is calm, kind and very passionate about what she does."
~ Sarah Rogers
Karen's qualifications
MSc Health Psychology) - a two-year higher university degree
Health psychology is a psychological field that helps to promote good health and prevent disease, as the name suggests, it deals with improving people's health using psychology.
BSc (Hons) Psychology) - a three-year university degree. As a clinical hypnotherapist, it is especially helpful that I am equipped with the knowledge and the tools for helping clients psychologically. You can have confidence that I have a detailed understanding of mind, behaviour and communication.
AdvDipPH - Advanced Diploma in Hypnotherapy practitioner & trainer. Demonstrates advancement from initial diploma training and higher level skills and knowledge.
HPD - Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma - externally validated and accredited jointly by the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) and NCFE.
DipH - Diploma in Hypnotherapy. This qualification was gained by showing competence as a clinical hypnotherapist by completing an intensive course of over 450 hours. I was assessed on my theoretical knowledge and understanding, and my ability to practice hypnotherapy in a safe and ethical way.
CertHC - Certificate in Hypnotic Coaching.
NLP Master Practitioner - Practitioner of Neuro-linguistic Programming.
CertSM - Certificate in Stress Management.
CertHypSup - Certificate in Hypnotherapeutic Supervision. I am a qualified hypnotherapy supervisor.
Please schedule a call for a friendly, informal chat to learn how hypnotherapy could help you!
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Karen's unique blend of personal coaching/therapy is based on over 2 decades of practice, research & teaching, & incorporates cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), hypnosis, EMDR, mindfulness, Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), & coaching.
Using this special blend of interventions means we can tackle issues faster, more efficiently and effectively by managing things simultaneously on different levels.
CBT & EMDR used together with hypnosis help to make fast and lasting changes by restructuring the way we think, feel, and behave. For example, when someone overeats they do so despite knowing consciously the consequences of doing so and wanting to not do so.
The unconscious has different ideas which are hidden from awareness. The person often cannot understand why they overeat and find it difficult to control. This is because the unconscious desire to eat unhealthily silently pesters despite conscious efforts to stop. Methods of intervening during hypnotherapy help to manage any unconscious triggers contributing to a lack of progress or self-sabotage.
Another example is a smoker who is consciously aware that smoking is harmful and yet finds themselves compelled to smoke.
For many people, conscious knowledge of government health warnings, increasing social unacceptability, the cost, smell, and taste, etc., do not override the powerful unconscious habit. Psycho-hypnotherapy tackles the unconscious desire to smoke.

Learn more about how hypnotherapy works
Learn more about why hypnotherapy is so efficacious and dovetails so well with other approaches.
CBH is a holistic intervention with wide application. For example, did you know it can be used for medical problems?
It is well known that stress in the mind can cause or trigger medical conditions and illnesses in the body. Merely thinking about something can make your heart race.
Clearly, the mind and body are one. Psycho-hypnotherapy has been used successfully to treat lots of medical complaints including, asthma, burns, wounds, hypertension, diabetes, skin problems, infertility, menstrual problems, IBS, dental work, and even major surgery where people are allergic to the anesthetic.
Learn what else hypnotherapy can help with!
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