- Years in practice
- 7
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Carlie
Carlie Machell-Kay is a counsellor who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting worries and relationship strain. She also helps with trauma, bereavement, addiction, low self-esteem and major life changes. Carlie aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for a busy parent.
She trained as a psychodynamic counsellor and uses that approach to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. Carlie also works with trauma and explores how difficult events still affect day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding what is driving feelings and behaviours so clients can make different choices. Her background includes many years in women's mental wellbeing and work in domestic abuse settings. Carlie draws on this experience when supporting people through relationship harm, compassion fatigue and recovery after trauma.
She can also relate to neurodiversity and brain injury from personal experience. Carlie practises in the United Kingdom and offers a flexible range of online session formats. She has seven years as a practising therapist and holds the NCPS credential.
In sessions she is friendly and approachable and adapts the pace to each person. Therapy can include talking through past experiences, examining recurring patterns, and practical coaching for coping and parenting stresses. The focus is on small, manageable steps that fit around family life.
What Carlie works with
Everything Carlie lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Carlie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carlie lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Carlie’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in the room, listening closely and reflecting back what matters to them. It helps people feel heard and build confidence to make changes in relationships and parenting. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their lives, then works to separate problems from identity so new choices become possible.Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Carlie will talk through what feels most useful and adapt methods to match your goals and preferences. This is done together so the work fits your needs and family rhythms.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit in. Video suits deeper, face-to-face conversation while phone can be a good shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging let you keep up work between sessions or use therapy when you cannot be on camera. These options give practical flexibility for busy parents and people with different schedules.
Questions people ask about Carlie
What concerns does Carlie help with?
Carlie supports people with stress, anxiety, parenting and relationship issues, as well as trauma, addiction, grief, self-esteem and coping with life changes.
What is her style of therapy?
Her style is approachable and practical, using conversation to understand patterns and then working on doable changes that fit family life.
What experience does she bring?
She has seven years practising as a therapist and many more years working in women's mental wellbeing and domestic abuse settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the NCPS credential and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules.
How does costing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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