Counsellor profile
Carole Ward, NCPS
Based in United Kingdom ยท 17 years of experience
Experienced psychotherapist for anxiety and trauma
Continue with CaroleAt a glance
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom (NCS20-00337)
- Qualifications
- NCPS
- Experience
- 17 years
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Carole supplied to BetterHelp.
- Attachment based work
- EMDR offered
- Mindfulness methods
About Carole
NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) accredited and registered psychotherapist with 17 years' experience, Carole Ward works across the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. She offers counselling and psychotherapy and draws on a range of approaches to help with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, bipolar, addiction and related concerns.
Carole describes her work as a vocation rather than a job. She aims to help people make lasting changes and build on their own strengths. Her background includes supporting people in secure mental health wards, refuges, prisons, hospices, learning disability services, charities and private companies.
She has worked in suicide prevention, mental health drop-in centres and with people facing serious illness such as cancer. That experience informs practical support for grief, loss, motivation and coping with long-term conditions. Carole also lists relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, anger, career matters, ADHD and LGBT concerns among her areas of focus.
Her clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. Sessions aim to draw on what the person already knows about themselves while offering techniques to manage symptoms and build resilience.
Carole notes she sees people from varied backgrounds and settings and offers help for complex presentations such as co-morbidity, codependency, attachment issues and body image problems. She works with people on practical steps and longer term patterns, and encourages clients to use their strengths to move forward.
To begin, prospective clients are invited to use the site button to view online counselling options, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships affect current feelings and reactions. Online sessions using this approach focus on recognising patterns in relationships and practising new ways of relating to others. Client-Centred Therapy centres on the person's experience and priorities, with the counsellor offering reflective listening and support to help the person find their own solutions.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss goals, needs and preferences and adapt methods as therapy progresses. That discussion helps match practical techniques, such as mindfulness exercises or EMDR where appropriate, to the problem being worked on.
The original biography lists online and telephone work as offered alongside in-person counselling, so confirm the exact session formats when booking. Online and telephone sessions can make fitting counselling into everyday life easier by removing travel and allowing shorter check-ins or flexible scheduling. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to keep regular contact, practise skills between sessions and maintain momentum when life is busy.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, bipolar, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, anger, career and depression among other concerns.
What style of counselling does she use?
Her work uses Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy and Motivational Interviewing.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience working in diverse settings including secure wards, refuges, prisons, hospices and mental health centres.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) accredited and registered and works across the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography states online, telephone and in-person psychotherapy and counselling across the UK and beyond; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start with this counsellor?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
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