Carol Bendinelli, BACP

Carol Bendinelli offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or major life changes. She makes space for each person to be heard and treated with respect. Conversations move at the client’s pace and focus on small, achievable changes that make daily life easier.

Carol uses a blend of approaches to match what a person needs. She draws on attachment work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive behavioural methods help spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Narrative and mindfulness tools are used to help people reframe their story and learn simple ways to manage strong feelings.

Her background includes four years of professional counselling practice in the United Kingdom and earlier roles in health, education and social care. That earlier work involved supporting vulnerable adults and children and informs a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions. Carol holds BACP registration, which is listed among her professional details.

People come to her with many concerns such as depression, self-esteem, relationship and family strain, trauma and abuse, parenting stresses, sleep problems and chronic health or pain issues. She also supports those dealing with career pressure, compassion fatigue, fertility and fatherhood issues, and challenges linked to neurodiversity including autism and Asperger syndrome.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to what feels right for the person. Carol aims to help clients gain clarity, build coping skills and make steady progress toward the goals they set together.

Approach-led online therapy that fits your life

Carol uses attachment-based work to help people understand how early relationships influence current patterns and emotional responses. This can be useful for people struggling with trust, intimacy or repeating difficult relationship dynamics.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical experiments to change behaviours and mood. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and the therapist will work collaboratively to decide what fits best. Carol will listen to your goals and preferences and adjust methods as you progress so sessions feel relevant to your needs.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat can suit a short check-in and messaging is useful for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or health commitments while keeping the focus on practical change.