About Carla
Carla is a qualified relational integrative counsellor, registered with the BACP. This means she uses a combination of therapeutic approaches, working collaboratively with clients to create a way of working that is tailored to their therapeutic needs. She offers an open-minded, non-judgemental space to explore your world as you experience it. A safe therapeutic relationship based on mutual trust and understanding is the most important factor in her approach to counselling.
Therapeutic Approach
While she mainly takes a Person-Centred approach, Carla also draws from Interpersonal Neurobiology, Trauma and Attachment theory, as well as using creative tools and mindfulness techniques. She has a holistic view of distress and believes it can be caused and affected by our life experiences and external environmental factors, as well as how our body responds to the world around us. Her integrative approach allows for flexible work that encourages resilience to facing challenges, increased self-compassion, a deeper understanding of the self and developing tangible tools for coping.
Areas of Experience
-Anxiety, stress, and depression
-Trauma
-Adverse childhood experiences
– Bereavement, grief, and significant life transitions
-Exploring Identity
-Relationship difficulties
– Low self-esteem
-Emotional regulation
-Physical health-related challenges (e.g. chronic illness)
-Personal growth
-Establishing Boundaries
Qualifications and Background
-MSci in Psychology and Counselling
-BSc (Hons) in Psychology and Counselling
-BACP Registered
-Experience as a Personal Care Assistant, working with physical disabilities and chronic illness
-Experience working as a Care Assistant in a Nursing Home setting
Carla’s training and experience reflects her capacity to actively listen and respond to the needs of others with compassion. She has worked with a wide range of adults differing in age, background and culture. Her experience highlights the importance of offering support that is warm, empathetic, patient and respectful.
Therapeutic Values
Carla believes counselling and mental health support should be accessible and inclusive to everyone, regardless of their age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, culture or religious beliefs. She likes to work collaboratively with clients to combine her knowledge and training with the client’s expertise of their own life experience.
She understands that counselling can require you to try and be vulnerable and show up as authentically as you can, often uncovering hard truths. Therefore, she takes a client-centred, non-judgemental approach, working alongside you with empathy and authenticity.
