Carole Ward, NCPS
Carole Ward is a psychotherapist who combines empathic listening with practical tools.
About Carole
Carole Ward is a psychotherapist who combines empathic listening with practical tools. She holds NCPS credentials and has worked in the field for 17 years. Carole offers sessions across the United Kingdom and to international clients by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Her work focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those affected by trauma and abuse, grief, addiction and long-term illness. Carole pays attention to self-esteem, motivation and relationship concerns as they come up in everyday life.
Background and approach
Carole draws on approaches that help people feel understood and then practice new ways of coping. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships. Client-centred methods make sure each person sets the pace and priorities for sessions.
She also uses eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR, when past memories keep causing distress. Mindfulness techniques are offered to reduce rumination and increase calm. Motivational interviewing helps with change when someone feels stuck or unmotivated.
Her background includes work in hospices, supported mental health wards, prisons, refuges and charities. This range has shaped a flexible, down-to-earth style. Carole emphasises realistic steps people can practise between sessions.
People who choose her can expect a collaborative approach that respects their experience. She encourages small, achievable goals and reviews progress together as therapy continues.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS20-00337 | February 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
She also uses eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, known as EMDR, for people whose past memories continue to cause strong distress. EMDR involves structured processing of memories and can reduce their emotional intensity when combined with careful preparation and pacing.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carole discusses options with each person and together they choose methods that match goals and comfort levels. Sessions are collaborative and adapted over time if needs change.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions around life commitments. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options offer flexibility and make ongoing work more practical for many people.
Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Carole address?
She works with anxiety, stress and depression along with trauma, grief, addictions and relationship or parenting worries.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Carole combines client-centred listening with practical tools such as mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people make gradual changes.
How long has she been practising?
She has 17 years of professional experience in a variety of settings including hospices, prisons and mental health wards.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is NCPS and offers services from the United Kingdom to international clients.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English for both UK and international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session based on therapist availability.
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