Carole Ward
Experienced, person-centred psychotherapist
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About Carole
Carole Ward is a psychotherapist who works from a person-centred stance. She holds NCPS credentials, and has supported people through stress, anxiety, trauma and loss for over 17 years. Her approach is practical and warm, aiming to help people build lasting change rather than quick fixes.
She frames clients as the experts in their own lives. Sessions focus on listening, helping people notice strengths, and working together to find what helps.
Background and approach
Carole blends client-centred care with attachment-based ideas and mindfulness to tackle relationship concerns, self‑esteem and emotional regulation. Her background includes work in a wide range of settings in the UK and abroad. This has included mental health wards, refuges, prisons, hospices, learning disability services, drop-in centres and charities.
Those roles involved mental health support, suicide prevention and coaching across diverse needs. Carole has particular experience with trauma and abuse, grief and loss, long-term illness such as cancer, and problems linked to addiction, bipolar disorder and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, intimacy issues, career stress and life changes such as ageing and caregiving.
She uses tools from EMDR and motivational interviewing alongside psychodynamic ideas when appropriate. Mindfulness practices are offered to help with anxiety and concentration. Carole encourages people to take one brave step towards change and helps them make progress that lasts.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 17
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS20-00337
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
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What Carole works with
Everything Carole lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- 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
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carole lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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How Carole works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped before, then gradually test methods together. This is a collaborative process where plans are adapted to what feels useful and manageable for the person seeking help.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and maintain continuity when travel or circumstances get in the way. It can allow for shorter check‑ins if needed, or for people to use mindfulness practices at home between meetings. Because formats in the biography are not exhaustively listed, confirm current session options before booking to know what is offered and how sessions are scheduled.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems can be addressed?
Concerns include stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression, bipolar and addiction related issues. Other areas noted are self‑esteem, relationship and intimacy difficulties plus parenting and career stress.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Sessions are grounded in client‑centred care and attachment ideas with a practical, collaborative tone. Mindfulness and motivational approaches are used to build skills alongside talking therapy.
What is the therapist's background and experience?
Carole has 17 years of experience working in diverse settings including mental health wards, refuges, prisons, hospices and charities in the UK and abroad. She has provided mental health support, suicide prevention and coaching.
Which credentials and location apply to this practitioner?
The practitioner is accredited with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, shown as NCPS, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and the therapist accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography mentions online and telephone work as well as in‑person sessions across the UK and beyond. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
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