About Hilary
Hilary Cartmel-Batty is a BACP counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She also supports those facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, addiction and workplace concerns. Her practice offers a calm space for people to talk about what matters and find clearer ways forward.
She creates a non-judgemental atmosphere so people can describe thoughts and feelings honestly. Sessions are practical and focused on what the person wants to change.
How Hilary works
Hilary listens closely and helps identify small steps that fit everyday life. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape patterns. She uses client-centred ways of working to keep the person’s goals central.
Solution-focused techniques help set clear aims and track progress week to week. Hilary has five years of experience and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. She combines work on a range of concerns including ADHD, intimacy issues, compassion fatigue and career questions.
The practice also addresses specific areas such as abandonment, blended family issues, body image and coping after separation. People can expect straightforward conversations and practical tools to try between sessions. Sessions can be fixed weekly or arranged more flexibly to fit other commitments.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make it easier to get started.
Hilary lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Hilary works with
The areas below are the ones Hilary selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Online approaches that focus on relationships and solutions
Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships shape patterns of relating. It helps people recognise repeated behaviours in relationships and try new ways of connecting when old habits cause pain.Client-centred therapy puts the person’s concerns at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows the person’s pace, which suits people who want a supportive, empathetic space to make sense of feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try approaches that match those aims. This collaborative way helps people test what works and adjust as needed.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text can be a shorter check-in or a good fit for people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
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