Carrie Hammett, BACP

Carrie Hammett is a UK-credentialed therapist with 8 years of professional experience who supports people navigating stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship difficulties, family conflict, and grief and loss. She works to build an atmosphere where clients can explore thoughts and emotions openly, free from judgement, and feels that giving voice to difficult feelings is a vital part of healing and change.

Carrie draws on person-centred principles to prioritize each client's lived experience, offering a respectful, empathetic presence that helps people clarify their needs and goals. She encourages clients to take the first steps toward support, recognising that reaching out for help often requires courage and commitment. Carrie is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which is the professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in the United Kingdom.

Her practice focuses on creating a calm, accepting environment where practical coping strategies and reflective conversation come together. Prospective clients can expect a collaborative approach that adapts to their pace and priorities, with attention to immediate concerns alongside longer term personal development.

Client-Centered Therapy and Online Access

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, with the therapist offering empathy, acceptance, and an attentive presence so clients can explore their feelings and make sense of difficult experiences. This approach is well suited to people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, and grief because it emphasises understanding the individual's perspective rather than applying a fixed set of techniques.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Carrie collaborates with each person to identify what feels most useful, adapting the pace and focus to match the client's needs, goals, and personal preferences. The therapeutic relationship is treated as a partnership in which choices about focus and method are made together.

Online therapy in Carrie's practice is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which helps people fit support around busy lives and changing circumstances. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, attend sessions from different locations, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable, supporting engagement and long-term progress.