Carol Bendinelli , BACP

Carol Bendinelli is a counsellor who helps people when life feels overwhelming. She listens without judgement and works at each person's pace. Carol focuses on making small, steady changes that feel manageable in day-to-day life.

She uses straightforward talking and practical exercises to tackle stress, anxiety and low mood. Carol also supports people coping with grief, loss and big life changes. She helps with relationship and family difficulties, intimacy concerns, anger, sleeping problems and parenting stresses.

Her background includes four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Before training as a counsellor she worked in health, education and social care with vulnerable adults and children. That earlier work shaped her practical, people-focused style.

Carol draws on a mix of approaches in sessions. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Cognitive behavioural techniques help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and routines. Narrative and mindfulness tools are used to build perspective and calm.

Sessions are offered in English and are delivered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Carol's practice is guided by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration, shown as BACP. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions that suit their needs.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and patterns. It can help people understand why certain situations trigger strong emotions and how to build steadier ways of relating. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and habits, then testing and changing them through small practical steps to ease anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will work with each person to choose or combine methods based on their needs, goals and preferences. That is a collaborative decision and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for a full face-to-face style meeting, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat suit shorter check-ins or times when being on camera is difficult. These options help fit support around work, family life and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress.