Carey-Sue Ham

Carey-Sue Ham is a counsellor who has been practising in the United Kingdom for nine years. She holds BACP accreditation, and she frames therapy around each person’s own story and strengths. Carey-Sue encourages people to take one brave step at a time toward a more manageable life.

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief and anger. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy difficulties, sleep problems, parenting strain, career stress and self-esteem struggles. Additional foci include ADHD, compassion fatigue and complex issues such as codependency and chronic illness.

Carey-Sue uses approaches that put the person at the centre of the work. She draws on client-centred ways of working to follow what matters most to the person in the room. She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to look at patterns in close relationships and psychodynamic thinking to notice long-standing themes that affect how someone feels now.

Mindfulness strategies and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit. Mindfulness helps people find small moments of calm and notice patterns without judgement. Motivational interviewing supports shifting confusing or stuck behaviours into clearer goals when change feels difficult.

People can expect a supportive, steady presence and practical conversation about what to try next. Carey-Sue invites clients to bring their real-life concerns and works alongside them to set achievable steps. She guides people through the process and helps them make sense of setbacks as well as progress.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the person. In online sessions this means the counsellor reflects back concerns, notices strengths and helps the person steer the conversation toward practical goals.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) pays attention to patterns in close relationships and how emotions shape interactions. Online work using EFT-style ideas helps people map those patterns and try new ways of relating, especially when anger or intimacy issues are present.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple noticing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. In remote sessions people learn brief exercises they can use during a stressful day, helping with sleep, anxiety and anger management.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to weigh their needs, goals and preferences and try approaches that feel most useful. Sessions often evolve as trust grows and priorities change.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so please confirm options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit appointments around work, childcare or travel, and it can make it easier to access regular check-ins or short follow-ups. Talk with the therapist when arranging sessions about timing and how to make them work in everyday life.