Hello. I’m Carolyn, a psychotherapeutic counsellor and coach, passionate about helping people approach life with more curiosity, clarity, and confidence.

My sessions are warm, relational, and shaped around your unique needs and where you are right now.

I hold diplomas in both Counselling and Transformational Coaching, and I’m working towards full UKCP registration as a psychotherapist. I feel privileged to support teenagers, young adults, and adults, often at points of transition or when life feels overwhelming.

My psychotherapy training is in Transactional Analysis, which offers practical tools to understand yourself, your relationships, and the situations you face more clearly. I also draw on Humanistic, Gestalt, and CBT approaches, tailoring our work together to what best supports you.

In the first part of my professional journey, I worked for over 25 years in senior school leadership, where I witnessed how stress and self-beliefs can quietly shape the way we navigate challenges. These insights now guide the way I work with clients—to help you find resilience, balance, and new ways of moving forward.

Outside of my practice, I’m also a classical pianist, and creativity continues to be at the heart of how I connect with and support the people I work with.

Specialisms

I work with:

  • young adults to find clarity, reduce anxiety, and move into adulthood with greater confidence and sense of purpose

  • professionals who are experiencing stress or conflict at work or at home

  • individuals who have experienced bereavement or loss

  • those experiencing challenges at life stages including midlife, menopause, empty nesters and retirement

  • people experiencing social anxiety, low confidence and self esteem

  • individuals experiencing relationship and attachment issues

  • clients who are ‘stuck’ and want to find a way forwards

Qualifications and Experience:

Diploma in Counselling ( Level 6, NCPS accredited)

Diploma in Transformational Coaching (ICF Accredited)

TA 101

.b Mindfulness in Schools

BA (Hons) English and Music

PGCE

GBSM, ABSM ( piano)

Having successfully worked as a teacher for over 30 years, latterly as Assistant Director of Wellbeing at one of the UK’s leading Independent schools, I have a breath of understanding and experience that informs my sessions with adolescents (offering coaching from 11+) and young adults ( offering therapy from 18+).

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