- Years in practice
- 6
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Carol
Carol Hounslow is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and parenting challenges. She also helps with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem and life changes. Carol brings a calm, patient and kind presence to sessions and aims to make conversations straightforward and practical.
She trained in person-centred counselling and holds a BACP credential, which reflects her professional registration. Carol has six years of experience working with adults.
Background and approach
She has also worked with young people in school years 7 to 11 and volunteered with the YMCA for four years. In sessions she listens first and lets each person set the pace. She uses person-centred ways of working alongside approaches such as attachment-focused thinking and cognitive behavioural techniques.
That mix helps with emotional understanding and with practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. Carol pays attention to how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. Conversations often cover communication habits, control issues, guilt and shame, and struggles with obsessions or compulsions.
She can also support people dealing with self-harm, eating difficulties and recovery from sexual assault and abuse. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. People leave sessions with clearer options and small steps to try between meetings.
Sessions are offered online by video, phone, chat or messaging to suit different needs.
What Carol works with
Everything Carol lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Carol helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Carol lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Carol’s approaches work online
Carol combines person-centred ideas with attachment-based and cognitive behavioural approaches to guide online work. Person-centred work focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own solutions; it is helpful when someone needs a steady, non-judgemental space to talk. Attachment-based thinking looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and can help with trust, communication problems and parenting worries.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, breaks larger problems into manageable parts and looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, obsessions and unhelpful routines by teaching practical strategies to test and change patterns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to identify their goals, preferences and what feels most useful. That means plans can change as work progresses and different methods can be combined to suit individual needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different situations. Video is useful for full conversation and visual cues, phone can fit short check-ins or lower bandwidth, chat suits quick reflections and messaging helps with ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring roles and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Carol
What concerns does Carol help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and parenting difficulties. Other areas include trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem and ADHD-related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm, patient and kind. She listens first and works collaboratively to set the pace and goals for therapy.
What experience does she bring?
Carol has six years of counselling experience. She has also worked with young people in school years 7 to 11 and volunteered with the YMCA for four years.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds a BACP credential and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and countries are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
How are sessions delivered?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does costing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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