Counsellor profile
Carlie Machell-Kay, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS counsellor - trauma and relationships
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- CredentialsNCPS
- RegistrationNCPS, United Kingdom / NCS21-02650
- Experience7 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Trauma and abuse
- Relationship patterns
- Anger and stress
About Carlie
Carlie Machell-Kay is an NCPS registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with seven years of practice since qualification and over 25 years of related professional experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, anger, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. Sessions also address ADHD, compassion fatigue and coaching-style support for practical problems.
Her background includes long experience in women's mental wellbeing and work in domestic abuse settings. She describes psychodynamic counselling as a way to look at how past relationships shape current thoughts and feelings. That approach often underpins work on relationship patterns, attachment issues and the lingering effects of trauma.
She also draws on client-centred and narrative methods. Client-centred work focuses on the person in front of her and what matters now. Narrative approaches help people separate themselves from difficult stories and rethink how those stories are told.
Carlie mentions personal experience of neurodiversity and brain injury, and professional familiarity with adoption, foster care and caregiving stresses. This informs how she talks through practical challenges and supports people navigating complex situations.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and collaborative. The therapist discusses goals together and adjusts the way she works to fit practical needs. Prospective clients are asked to check current session arrangements before booking.
How sessions work
How her approaches shape online sessions
Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring patterns and the effects of past relationships on current feelings and behaviour. It can help with anger that seems linked to long-standing relationship dynamics or past hurts and gives space to notice where reactions come from. Client-centred work focuses on what the person wants to change now. It uses the client's priorities to guide conversation and practical steps, which can suit people wanting direct help managing day-to-day irritability or stress. Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's goals and preferences, and she adjusts how she works as those goals change. Clients and the therapist review what is working and try different ways of approaching issues if needed. Confirm the available session formats before booking as the profile does not list specific methods. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. For some people not being on camera or choosing a phone call can be less demanding, while video sessions allow more face-to-face conversation. Registered or accredited professionals can explain practical arrangements when you start.Areas of focus
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she work with?
She supports adults dealing with irritability, snapping at loved ones, built-up resentment and responses to other people's anger. Work can focus on understanding triggers and learning different responses.
How does she approach therapy for anger?
She uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships influence current reactions and combines client-centred and narrative methods to talk through practical change. Sessions aim to identify patterns and try out new ways of responding.
What experience does she bring to this work?
She qualified as a counsellor seven years ago and has over 25 years of related professional experience, including work in women's mental wellbeing and domestic abuse settings.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with NCPS. The profile lists NCPS as her credential.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions can be arranged with international clients. Conversations are carried out in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking as the profile does not list specific formats. The therapist will provide details when you begin the booking process.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Exact pricing is confirmed during sign-up.
What do I need to do to start?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.