Carly Donovan

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Existential Therapy
• Parenting concerns

About Carly

Carly Donovan works with people on stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting worries, self esteem and career decisions using a person-centred style. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and has three years of professional experience.

Carly uses a client-centred approach that focuses on the person rather than a list of symptoms. Sessions are conversational and aim to make space for the client to say what matters most. She also draws on existential ideas to help people consider values, meaning and choice when they face difficult decisions.

In practice Carly listens to what is happening now and how it is affecting everyday life. She helps people talk through relationship difficulties such as communication problems, jealousy, commitment issues and infidelity. Parenting concerns and intimacy-related worries are covered in sessions at a pace the client prefers.

Additional focus areas include anxiety presentations such as panic attacks, social anxiety and phobia, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and postpartum depression. She also works with themes of guilt and shame, forgiveness, and self-love when these affect relationships and daily functioning.

Carly has experience supporting people who identify with autism or Asperger syndrome and addresses issues linked to domestic violence in a practical way. She keeps discussion clear and direct, and helps clients consider next steps for their relationships, work and parenting.

To begin someone is invited to use the site matching process and schedule a first session where initial goals and ways of working are discussed.

How her therapeutic approaches work in online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the centre of sessions, with the counsellor listening and reflecting to help the client make sense of their feelings and choices. This approach is useful for stress, self esteem and relationship concerns because it focuses on what matters to the individual.

Existential Therapy invites people to look at questions of meaning, responsibility and choice. It can help when someone faces career decisions, intimacy doubts or struggles with values that affect relationships and parenting.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carly will discuss how these ways of working might fit the client's aims and preferences and agree a way forward together. That decision is reviewed as goals change over time.

Confirm the session formats available before booking as the biography does not specify formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often use remote sessions to help clients keep continuity of care while balancing work, family and travel commitments.

Topics Carly lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Intimacy-related issues
• Parenting issues
• Self-esteem
• Relationship issues
• Career difficulties
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Domestic violence
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Infidelity
• Jealousy
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Postpartum depression
• Self-love
• Social anxiety and phobia

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Existential Therapy

Questions about Carly

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Carly supports people with general anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety and phobia, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practises Client-Centred Therapy and uses Existential Therapy ideas in sessions to look at values and choice.

How much experience does she have?

Carly has three years of professional work experience in counselling in the United Kingdom.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She works in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, noted as BACP.

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she take international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.