Patrick Carter
Calm, practical support for life's difficult moments
About Patrick
Patrick Carter helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship problems. He also supports people facing anger, parenting challenges, family conflict and life changes. Patrick aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward.
He offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what matters to them. He listens with curiosity and responds in a down-to-earth way. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and on small, practical steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Patrick draws on client-centred methods that place the person at the heart of therapy. That means he follows what matters to the client and helps them find their own solutions. He also uses existential ideas to look at life purpose, meaning and the big choices that can cause distress.
He has three years of professional experience and is BACP, NCPS registered in the United Kingdom. The BACP credential stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and NCPS denotes the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. These appear as the credentials Patrick uses in his work.
Sessions are conversational and paced to suit the person. Patrick aims to help people feel understood and more able to cope, whether the issue is fertility and fatherhood questions, divorce and separation, adoption and foster care, or feelings of isolation and guilt. He supports people who want a clearer sense of direction and more confidence in day-to-day life.
What Patrick works with
How Patrick works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person at the centre of the sessions. The counsellor listens deeply, seeks to understand the person's perspective and helps them discover their own solutions. This approach is useful for issues like anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship worries.Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility in life. It helps when people are facing big decisions, midlife doubts, questions about purpose or feelings of isolation. The focus is on exploring values and what gives life direction.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patrick will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. This collaborative process allows adjustments as new needs arise.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat offers a flexible way to check in, and messaging can support short updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and travel while keeping the focus on what the person wants to achieve.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
