Carlie Machell-Kay, NCPS

Carlie Machell-Kay (NCPS) is a qualified psychodynamic counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people understand how past relationships shape current thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Her psychodynamic approach encourages reflection on early attachments and recurring patterns, offering space to explore the roots of emotional responses and interpersonal difficulties.

She has worked with people for over 25 years and qualified as a therapist 7 years ago, bringing a depth of experience to work with trauma and relationship challenges. Carlie has specialist professional experience in women’s mental wellbeing and extensive practice in domestic abuse settings, focusing on the practical and emotional impacts of those experiences.

Carlie also draws on personal insight around neurodiversity and brain injury, which informs her empathetic work with individuals and families affected by those issues. She is approachable and tailors therapeutic work to each person's needs, blending psychodynamic perspectives with trauma-aware care to support recovery, improved relationships, and clearer self-understanding.

The NCPS credential indicates a recognised counselling qualification, and Carlie offers collaborative, client-focused support for stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, addictions, grief, intimacy and many related challenges.

Therapeutic approaches and flexible online support

Carlie practices client-centered therapy, which prioritises the client's own goals and experiences and creates a supportive space where people are listened to without judgment - this approach helps with stress, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and navigating life changes.

She also uses psychodynamic therapy to explore how past relationships and early experiences shape present feelings and behaviour, offering insight into recurring patterns and deeper emotional drivers that affect relationships and wellbeing.

Trauma-focused therapy is another important strand of her work, concentrating on the impact of traumatic events and supporting processing and recovery in ways tailored to each person's pace and readiness.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Carlie collaborates with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the focus over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, clients can access licensed professionals and therapists from home or elsewhere, enjoying greater scheduling flexibility and easier continuity of care across distances.