Carys Cole, BACP

Carys Cole is an experienced therapeutic counsellor with six years of practice who has worked across schools, counselling organisations and mental health services. She provides support to children and young people as well as adults and families, bringing experience with people from diverse backgrounds and age groups. Her background includes roles within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services while also maintaining private practice, and she has worked in settings where spiritual beliefs are a relevant part of care, drawing on her experience as a Christian counsellor.

She holds an MSc in Counselling Children and Young People, a master's degree focused on therapeutic work with younger clients, and a BSc degree in Psychology, a bachelor-level qualification in psychological science. She has also completed a BACP Certificate of Proficiency. Her continuing professional development includes additional training in cognitive behavioural therapies, mindfulness-based practice, and attachment in practice.

Practising with an integrative orientation, she draws on a range of clinical approaches to tailor therapy to each person’s needs. Her methods include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy. This flexible approach supports work with concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationships, anger, self-esteem, depression, addictions, family issues, trauma and grief, as well as related areas like attachment difficulties and communication problems.

Carys aims to collaborate with each person to design sessions that feel right for them. She provides a supportive atmosphere, listens to personal experience and offers reflections and insight to help people gain new perspectives. Frequent reviews throughout therapy help track what is helpful and what needs adjusting, with an emphasis on the therapeutic relationship as central to positive progress.