Carol Massey, BACP
15 years in practice
Carol Massey is a counsellor who uses Existential therapy alongside client-centred and psychodynamic approaches.
License and registration
- BACP
- 173493 · expires September 2026
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
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About Carol
Carol Massey is a counsellor who uses Existential therapy alongside client-centred and psychodynamic approaches. She has 15 years of experience working in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. Carol aims to create a respectful and sensitive space where people can talk about the issues that matter to them.
She helps people deal with stress and anxiety in everyday life. She supports those facing relationship tensions, intimacy concerns and parenting strains.
Background and approach
She also works with people coping with grief, trauma, addiction, sleep problems and anger. Her practice pays attention to how personal history shapes current patterns. That means looking at attachment, abandonment and communication habits that often reappear in relationships.
Carol also offers help with codependency, commitment worries and the emotional effects of divorce and separation. She is experienced supporting clients who identify as LGBT and those exploring sexual identity or alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink. Other focus areas include autism and Asperger syndrome, avoidant personality features, dissociation and emptiness.
Sessions are tailored to each person. Carol listens first, then shapes goals and a practical plan together with the client. She aims for clear, honest conversations that move toward greater understanding and manageable change.
Her practice acknowledges the strain of caring professions and offers support for compassion fatigue and career-related stress. The approach is collaborative and paced around what the individual needs at each step.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Carol lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carol names
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Online support
How these approaches work online and what to expect
Existential therapy helps people look at meaning, choice and what matters most in life; it can be useful for coping with loss, emptiness and major life changes. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening without judgement and supporting the client's own pace; it is often chosen for building self-esteem and working through relationship concerns. Psychodynamic therapy looks at how past experiences influence current feelings and behaviour, which can help with attachment issues, patterns of avoidance and some forms of trauma.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, preferences and how they respond to different ways of working. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, so therapy stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone conversations, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face discussion and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Messaging and live chat suit quick check-ins, reflective writing or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to arrange regular contact and to fit therapy around everyday life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems can be brought to therapy?
Carol works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, addiction, trauma, grief and sleep problems.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The style combines Existential therapy with client-centred listening and psychodynamic exploration to understand life meaning, personal history and current patterns.
What background does the counsellor have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom and brings that clinical experience to her practice.
What professional credentials are held?
Carol is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP in her credentials.
In which language are sessions held?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Which session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so clients can choose a format that fits their needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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