About me
Hi, I'm Carly, a therapist offering in-person sessions in East and North London, as well as online.
I often. work with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, trauma, and feelings of disconnection or being stuck. I also work with people who may not be experiencing a particular crisis, but want to understand themselves, their relationships and the patterns in their lives on a deeper level.
You may seem to be coping well on the outside while privately struggling, or find yourself repeating patterns you don't fully understand. Perhaps you know intellectually why you feel or behave in certain ways, but that understanding hasn't been enough to change things.
My approach is psychodynamic. Rather than only managing symptoms, we'll explore what lies beneath them and how earlier experiences and relationships may still shape how you see yourself and relate to others. As patterns in your emotions, relationships and ways of coping become clearer, you can find more freedom in how you respond to yourself, others and the choices in front of you.
I'm warm and steady, but not a passive therapist. I'll listen closely, share what I notice and offer connections we can explore together. You don't need to arrive knowing what's wrong or having the right words. We can find them together.
The first session is a 50-minute assessment at a reduced rate of £16. It's a chance for you to get a feel for me and how I work, and for both of us to think about whether we're a good fit. After that, we'd meet weekly, or twice weekly, for 50-minute sessions at £70. I offer both short-term work of 12 sessions and longer-term, open-ended therapy, and we can think together about which would suit you best.
I currently have limited availability for new clients on Thursday evenings and Fridays during the day. If you'd like to book an initial assessment, I'd be glad to hear from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am BACP registered and hold a first-class degree in Counselling from the University of East London. I also have an MA in International Relations from St Andrews and an MSc in Human Rights from the LSE. This earlier path reflects a longstanding interest in how power, identity and social context shape us. These themes continue to inform my clinical work.
Before training as a therapist, I worked as a recovery worker at St Mungo's, supporting people experiencing homelessness with high and complex needs. This gave me sustained experience with trauma, addiction and severe mental health difficulties, and deepened my understanding of how psychological distress is shaped by systemic disadvantage and exclusion.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees: £70 per 50 minute session (in-person)
Initial assessment: £15.50 (50 minutes, in-person or online)
When I work
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Further information
I offer both short-term work (around 12 sessions) and longer-term therapy. Sessions are weekly, as regularity helps the work to take shape.
