Counsellor profile
Carly Delaney, BACP
Counsellor - Stress and trauma
See online counselling options- Psychodynamic approach
- Works on attachment
- Focus on anxiety
About Carly
Counsellor and BACP member with nine years' experience, Carly Delaney helps people in the United Kingdom who are facing stress, anxiety, depression and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports those coping with life changes and people dealing with family concerns and relationship patterns. Carly works with adults to talk through what is troubling them and to set practical, manageable goals.
Carly uses psychodynamic ideas alongside several evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She draws on these methods to look at patterns in relationships, early experiences that affect current feelings, and present-day triggers. Sessions include talking, reflecting and practical steps to manage symptoms such as panic attacks, low mood or anxiety.
She pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues and how these shape communication and intimacy. Carly also addresses shame, guilt, isolation and sexuality in clear, non-judgemental language. For people facing midlife change or struggles with self-worth, she helps identify small changes that make everyday life easier.
Carly adapts the pace and focus to each person’s needs. That might mean a short, focused period of work on a single problem. Or it can mean longer-term counselling to understand deeper patterns and repeat difficulties.
Sessions follow a straightforward structure: setting goals, reviewing progress and planning next steps. Carly encourages practical coping strategies alongside deeper reflection. This keeps work grounded and applicable to day-to-day life.
How Carly uses therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Psychodynamic ideas are a core part of her work. This approach looks at how early relationships and past experiences affect present feelings and repeated patterns. It can help when people want to understand why they react a certain way in relationships or keep repeating unhelpful behaviours.She also draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on current symptoms and practical coping. These methods teach skills for managing anxiety, panic attacks and low mood, such as breathing work, grounding and behavioural steps. They are useful when someone needs tools to reduce distress in the short term.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Carly discusses goals and preferences with each person and decides together which methods to try. That collaborative planning helps match the approach to the problem and to how someone prefers to work.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as the biography does not list formats explicitly. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and means less travel. It can also allow shorter check-ins or phone conversations when video is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often offer these practical options to help sessions slot into daily life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and the effects of trauma and abuse. Other areas include family concerns, panic attacks and midlife change.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her work is rooted in psychodynamic ideas and draws on other evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Sessions combine reflection on patterns with practical steps for coping.
How long has she practised?
Carly has nine years of experience working as a counsellor. She offers both short-term and longer-term counselling depending on need.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shown as BACP.
Can sessions be held in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What does it cost to see her?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a counselling arrangement?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.