Carlie Machell-Kay
Understanding patterns, easing everyday strain
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About Carlie
Carlie Machell-Kay offers help for stress, anxiety, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures and addictive patterns. She also supports people facing grief, low self-esteem, anger, intimacy-related worries and the challenge of life changes. Carlie uses a straightforward, empathetic style and aims to make therapy feel practical and relevant.
Carlie trained as a psychodynamic counsellor and holds NCPS credentialing. She draws on seven years as a qualified therapist and on many more years’ experience working in related roles.
Background and approach
That background has led her to specialise in trauma and relationship issues while also supporting concerns such as ADHD, compassion fatigue and caregiving stress. In sessions she keeps things approachable and tailored. Conversations focus on what matters now while linking back to earlier relationships and experiences where useful.
She uses listening and reflective questioning to help people make sense of patterns and try different ways of coping. Carlie has worked extensively in women’s mental wellbeing services and in domestic abuse settings. She also brings lived experience of neurodiversity and brain injury, which informs how she understands practical and emotional needs.
Her manner is warm and down to earth, aiming to put people at ease. People can expect therapy that blends exploration of past influences with present goals. Carlie adapts the pace to each person, balancing deeper reflection with practical steps for day-to-day life.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 7
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS21-02650
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Carlie's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Carlie works with
Everything Carlie lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carlie 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 Carlie works online
Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past relationships and early experiences influence current feelings and behaviour. It can be useful for making sense of recurring patterns, relationship struggles and emotional reactions rooted in earlier life events.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about what feels most useful and adapt methods to match needs and preferences. That collaborative process means approaches can be mixed and changed as goals evolve.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as avoiding travel, fitting a break at work, or keeping appointments while away from home. It also allows for shorter check-ins when helpful and options that suit quieter surroundings or lower bandwidth. Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available formats before booking.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Carlie support?
Carlie works with stress, anxiety, trauma and relationship difficulties, plus issues such as parenting, addiction, grief and low self-esteem.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She offers an approachable, person-focused style that mixes listening and reflective questions with practical steps to help in daily life.
What experience does she bring?
Carlie has seven years as a qualified therapist and many additional years working in related roles, including women’s mental wellbeing and domestic abuse settings.
Which credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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