- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Hilary
Hilary Cartmel-Batty is a BACP counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship tensions, parenting challenges and grief. She also helps those coping with trauma, depression, addiction and life changes. Hilary writes plainly and listens closely so people can say what matters without feeling judged.
Hilary aims to make the first step easier. She invites clients into a calm space where thoughts and feelings are listened to. Sessions are intended to be practical and respectful, with room to talk through immediate worries and longer term goals.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on attachment-based and client-centred work, alongside solution-focused techniques and trauma-informed ideas. That means she pays attention to how relationships shape feelings, follows each person’s priorities, and helps set small, manageable goals. Hilary has five years of experience and holds BACP accreditation, which is recorded in her profile as BACP.
She works from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Her background includes supporting people with a wide range of concerns linked to communication, intimacy, identity and coping skills. In practice Hilary can offer both fixed weekly slots and flexible arrangements to suit differing schedules.
Sessions can be arranged by using the platform’s Start Therapy process and booking to match times that suit each person. She aims to support honest, steady progress at a pace that feels right.
What Hilary works with
Everything Hilary lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Hilary helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Hilary 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 Hilary’s approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how our early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Online it helps people understand patterns in parenting, intimacy, and communication so they can try different ways of relating.Client-centred practice means sessions follow the client’s lead. The counsellor reflects what is said, offers empathy and helps clients make sense of their experience. This approach is useful for people wanting a steady, supportive space to talk.
Solution-focused techniques focus on small, practical steps and clear goals. In online sessions this can mean setting simple actions between appointments and checking progress in follow-ups.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Hilary will discuss which methods feel most helpful and adapt them to each person’s needs, goals and preferences. That conversation is collaborative and may change as therapy progresses.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text-based messaging helps with quick reflections or notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work and daily life, while keeping sessions consistent and focused.
Questions people ask about Hilary
What concerns does Hilary commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, trauma and grief, among other issues such as depression and addiction.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and down-to-earth, listening closely and helping set small practical goals. She aims to create a non-judgemental space where clients can talk about what matters.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Hilary has five years of experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist with a range of emotional and relationship concerns.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and works in the United Kingdom as shown on her profile.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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