Counsellor profile
Carlie Machell-Kay, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS counsellor - Relationships and trauma
Continue with CarlieWhere Carlie stands
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS21-02650
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Psychodynamic counselling
- Client-centred work
- Narrative techniques
About Carlie
Carlie Machell-Kay is an NCPS-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with seven years' practice as a qualified therapist and over 25 years of wider mental health experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, addictions, grief, and codependency concerns. Sessions also cover low self-esteem, anger, depression and coping with life changes.
Carlie trained in psychodynamic counselling and uses that approach to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. She also draws on client-centred and narrative approaches to help people tell their stories and make sense of recurring difficulties. Trauma-focused methods inform her work with people who have experienced abuse or other painful events.
Her background includes professional roles in women's mental wellbeing and domestic abuse settings. She has personal experience of neurodiversity and brain injury, and this informs how she listens to clients and their families. Carlie aims to adapt sessions to each person's needs and preferences rather than following a single formula.
In sessions she focuses on understanding patterns such as people-pleasing, difficulty saying no, and feeling lost in relationships. She helps with practical steps as well as exploring deeper reasons behind those patterns. Her practice also addresses parenting concerns, caregiving stress and compassion fatigue.
People who choose to work with her can expect a combination of talking therapies that look at life history, current challenges and coping strategies. Carlie accepts international clients and conducts work in English. For practical arrangements she uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How Carlie uses talking therapies online
Psychodynamic counselling looks at patterns that come from past relationships. It helps people who repeat the same relationship habits, have trouble setting boundaries, or struggle to understand strong emotional reactions. Client-centred work focuses on the person's own experience in the moment. It supports clearer self-expression, helps people make choices that fit their values, and works well for issues like low self-esteem and relationship stress. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carlie will treat approach and technique as a shared decision, checking what feels helpful and adjusting over time to match the client’s goals and preferences. Confirm the available session formats before booking because this biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or providing alternatives to sitting on camera when bandwidth is limited. Registered or accredited professionals can use online work to maintain continuity across moves or when international arrangements are needed, while still focusing on the same practical steps and reflections that face-to-face therapy offers.Areas of focus
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
Covers stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, parenting, addictions, grief, codependency and related concerns.
How would she describe her approach in sessions?
Uses psychodynamic counselling to look at how past relationships shape current patterns, alongside client-centred and narrative methods to explore stories and choices.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Has seven years as a qualified therapist and over 25 years of wider experience in mental health roles.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Holds NCPS registration and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can she work with people who live outside the UK?
Accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are sessions charged?
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; exact fees vary with location.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.