Carol Bendinelli, BACP

Carol Bendinelli is a UK-licensed therapist who brings four years of professional experience to her counselling practice. She offers a warm, non-judgmental space where people can explore difficult emotions, work through life transitions, and build skills to improve relationships and wellbeing. Carol collaborates with each client at their own pace, helping to identify the roots of stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and challenges related to trauma, abuse, and intimacy. She also supports clients facing chronic health issues, neurodiversity, miscarriage and termination, bullying, and other life disruptions.

Before training as a therapist, Carol worked in health, education, and social care with vulnerable adults and children, experience that informs her practical and empathetic approach. She is passionate about helping people find motivation, express their individuality, and pursue personal goals. Carol holds the credential BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicates membership in a UK professional counselling body. For more information about her private practice, she can be contacted via https://mylifecounselling.co.uk/.

Therapeutic approaches and remote support

Carol combines several evidence-informed approaches to meet a range of needs. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns - it helps people understand attachment styles, improve emotional bonds, and address abandonment or intimacy-related issues. Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the heart of the work, offering a compassionate, non-directive environment that supports self-exploration, confidence building, and personal growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - helps clients identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, making it useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Carol works with clients to explore goals, preferences, and practical concerns, and adapts methods as therapy progresses so the plan fits the person rather than the other way around.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to access therapy from home, during work breaks, or around caregiving duties. These options allow registered professionals to coordinate care around a client's schedule and to maintain continuity of support when in-person appointments are difficult.