About Carole
Carole Ward is a psychotherapist who blends practical listening with purposeful techniques. She holds NCPS accreditation from the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society and brings 17 years of clinical experience. Carole offers sessions across the United Kingdom and to international clients by video, phone, live chat or messaging.
Her approach focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She also supports people dealing with grief, long-term health conditions and challenges linked to identity and sexuality.
How Carole works
Sessions aim to build confidence, increase motivation and reduce the day-to-day strain of life changes. Carole has worked in a wide range of settings including mental health wards, refuges, prisons, hospices, learning disability services and charities. That background shapes a down-to-earth style that values each person's strengths and life story.
She draws on methods that include attachment-based and client-centred work, mindfulness, motivational interviewing and EMDR where helpful. In sessions she listens first, then helps people try tools that fit their situation. Conversations focus on practical steps, noticing patterns, and building skills that last.
Carole sees therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s experience guides the work. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions. Fees vary by location and are paid through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Carole lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Carole works with
The areas below are the ones Carole selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Carole’s approaches work online
Carole uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when anxiety, trust or closeness feel difficult and gives a way to try new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy provides a calm, non-judgemental space where the person leads the pace and topic, which supports self-exploration and rebuilding confidence. EMDR can be used to address traumatic memories by guiding attention while the person recalls upsetting events, helping reduce the intensity of those memories.Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist listens to your concerns, goals and preferences and suggests methods that fit. That collaborative planning means sessions change as progress is made and different tools are introduced when useful.
Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video mirrors a face-to-face conversation and is useful for deeper work. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available or for a shorter check-in. Messaging and chat provide an option for regular reflections or brief support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel or family commitments and to continue with care when in different locations.
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