Carmen Slobozeanu

Carmen Slobozeanu is a counsellor and an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works from the United Kingdom and has six years of experience supporting people through a wide range of difficulties. Carmen aims to offer a respectful, warm space where people can talk about what matters and feel heard.

Carmen uses an integrative style that draws on client-centred listening alongside cognitive behavioural ideas and emotionally focused work. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and on practical steps they can try between meetings. She pays attention to patterns that keep people stuck, and to how thoughts, feelings and relationships interact.

People commonly bring stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns, sleeping or eating difficulties, and anger. Carmen also supports those facing substance use, control or attachment struggles, and life changes such as divorce or serious illness. She works with the emotional impact of these issues and practical day-to-day coping.

Her manner is described in her own words as empathic, non-judgemental, warm and open-minded. She emphasises authenticity and encourages clients to explore fears and strengths at a manageable pace. Romanian and English are both spoken.

Carmen’s sessions are collaborative: she helps people set goals, tries different approaches when needed, and reviews progress together. If you are considering counselling, she asks you to select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to arrange a session.

How Carmen’s approaches translate to online counselling

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping a person lead the pace of sessions. Online work with this approach usually means the counsellor follows the client’s concerns and reflects back to clarify what matters most.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behaviour changes. In remote sessions this might include setting short activities between meetings and reviewing what did or did not help.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on emotions in relationships and attachment patterns. Working online can support conversations about how people relate to others and practise different ways of connecting or responding.

Choosing the right approach is often part of early sessions. Carmen will work collaboratively to identify goals, try methods that suit those aims, and adjust the plan based on what the client finds useful. The process is about fitting the approach to the person, not forcing a single method.

The practical benefits of remote counselling include easier scheduling and fitting sessions around work or family life. Some people find shorter check-ins or audio-only conversations easier on busy days, while others prefer fuller video meetings; please confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online work can make regular sessions more feasible without promising a specific outcome.