- Attachment-based work
- Narrative and mindfulness
- CBT for thought patterns
About Carol
Carol Bendinelli is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She works with adults who are carrying stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem or the fallout of life changes and difficult relationships. Carol also supports people managing depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related worries, parenting strains and the effects of chronic health issues or neurodiversity.
Carol describes therapy as a collaborative process. She listens to what matters most and helps people talk through painful emotions at a manageable pace. Sessions focus on understanding patterns that keep difficult feelings alive and finding small, practical ways to test new behaviours in everyday life.
Her background includes work in health, education and social care with vulnerable adults and children before training as a counsellor. That experience shapes a straightforward approach to practical problems such as sleep disruption, anger, career worries and caregiver stress. Carol draws on attachment ideas to look at relationship patterns and on narrative and mindfulness methods to help people reframe painful stories and notice helpful reactions.
In sessions she uses client-centred listening to prioritise what the person brings, and cognitive behavioural strategies to address unhelpful thinking and behavioural cycles. This mix is used to support specific concerns like grief, abandonment feelings, fertility-related distress and parenting pressures.
Practical steps are part of the work. Carol helps clarify goals, try out small changes, and reflect on what works. People who come with guilt or shame-related issues often look at past relationships, family history and current expectations as part of the work.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. In online sessions this might involve mapping relationship patterns and noticing how attachment needs show up in daily life. Narrative therapy helps people name and reframe the stories they tell about themselves; online sessions can use guided reflection to rewrite those narratives and explore different possibilities. Cognitive behavioural techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours, often with concrete exercises or short experiments to try between sessions.Finding the right blend of methods is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to choose which approaches fit the person’s needs, goals and preferences. That choice can be reviewed as the work progresses so the focus can shift if something is not helping.
Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week, keeping appointments that would otherwise be difficult to reach, and doing shorter check-ins when that suits the day. Some people find video helpful for face-to-face contact while others prefer audio for simpler check-ins; the counsellor will discuss what works best for each person.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, parenting and a range of other life stressors.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses a mix of attachment-informed listening, narrative techniques and cognitive behavioural strategies to help people understand where guilt or shame come from and to test different, less punishing ways of relating to those feelings.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has four years of professional work as a counsellor and prior experience in health, education and social care supporting vulnerable adults and children.
What are her credentials and where does she practise?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with booking a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.