Carryn Williams, BACP

Carryn Williams is a counsellor who helps people who feel anxious, overwhelmed or just not like themselves. She works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, addictions and grief. Carryn also supports people facing parenting and family strains, intimacy-related worries, sleep problems and life changes.

She asks clients to come as they are rather than bringing a diagnosis or a plan. Sessions focus on untangling thoughts and feelings and making sense of what is happening day to day. The aim is to restore a clearer sense of self and practical ways to cope with current pressures.

Across six years working in the United Kingdom she has built an approach that centres on the person in front of her. Carryn draws on client-centred methods to listen without judgement and to follow what matters most to each person. She also uses emotionally-focused work to look at how feelings shape relationships and hypnotherapy where appropriate to support change in patterns such as anxiety or sleep disruption.

Her background includes support for people dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, and blended family challenges. She also addresses codependency, communication and control issues, and problems connected to drug and alcohol use.

Carryn is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and she works with clients based in the United Kingdom. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on her availability.

How approach and online therapy work together

Carryn uses client-centred work to build understanding and emotionally-focused methods to look at how feelings affect relationships. Client-centred therapy means she listens closely and follows the issues you bring, helping you name and untangle difficult thoughts and feelings. Emotionally-focused work looks at patterns in how emotions are felt and expressed, which can help with relationship strain, insecurity and intimacy-related worries.

She may also offer hypnotherapy as a tool to support change in habits such as sleep problems or persistent anxiety. Hypnotherapy is used to help access focused attention and suggestible states that support new ways of responding to stress or sleep routines.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options with each person, try different techniques if needed, and agree a plan that fits the client's goals and preferences. That way the work can be adjusted as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking so you know what is offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows people to continue therapy through life changes without pausing in-person appointments.