Carole Davies, BACP, NCPS
Carole Davies specialises in helping people through big life changes.
About Carole
Carole Davies specialises in helping people through big life changes. She greets worried parents and adults with a calm, straightforward manner. Her approach focuses on rebuilding confidence, finding purpose and making practical plans for the future.
Carole keeps sessions led by what matters most to the client and aims for steady, usable progress. Carole uses a human-centred style that lets people set the agenda each session. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice what matters and take small steps towards it.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills are used when clients need tools for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Her background includes more than five years working as an accredited counsellor with experience in addiction recovery settings. That work gave her practical insight into shame, relapse dynamics and rebuilding a sober life.
She listens without judgement and helps people find realistic ways to reconnect with family, work and social life. Common concerns she supports include anxiety, grief, low self esteem, depression and coping with life changes such as separation, job loss or bereavement.
Carole also works with issues around intimacy, communication, parenting stress and compassion fatigue, and with people exploring sexual identity or kink-related topics. Sessions typically focus on what to try this week, how to manage strong feelings and small behaviour changes that add up.
Carole encourages gentle experiments, steady goal-setting and reflection so people can notice progress and feel more hopeful about the next chapter. She offers appointments in England and elsewhere in the United Kingdom and runs sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 391979 | January 2027 |
| NCPS | NCS21-02849 | January 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
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Carole lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness 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 offers Client-Centred therapy, which gives people space to be heard without judgement and to lead the pace of their own work. That approach helps when someone needs empathy, reflection and time to make sense of their situation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels useful, then try methods that match the client's needs. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as progress is noticed.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone conversations, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual connection helps the conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text-based options suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and reduce travel time, while still allowing therapists to use ACT, DBT and mindfulness skills effectively.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Carole work with?
Carole supports people with anxiety, stress, grief and low self esteem, as well as depression, addiction and coping with life changes like bereavement or separation.
How would sessions feel and what style is used?
She works in a human-centred, non-directive way so sessions follow what is most important to the client while offering practical tools from ACT, DBT and mindfulness.
What experience does she bring to this work?
Carole has five years' experience as an accredited counsellor and has previously worked in addiction recovery settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I speak to her in another language or from another country?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Carole runs video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps do I take to start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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