Alex Carling | Accredited Counsellor | Hull | NCPS

Alex Carling

Member Status: Accredited

Member No: NCS21-01365

Location: Hull

I welcome all areas of needs in my clients, though my special interest and where I place the most investment regarding professional advancement, is trauma.
We all experience trauma, trauma is not only dramatic and abusive; it's not what happened, it's how your mind and body have or haven't processed what happened. Trauma is more about the symptoms of the mind and body, and this is what I work with.

I work within the relationship with you, your challenges to share and be vulnerable, for example, can be a big part of healing and we can use our relationship to offer the safety to do this within. I support you to learn about your body, how it communicates with you, your challenges in hearing/tolerating the feelings it brings, and what you can do to offer your body what it needs, so it no longer holds you back.

You can get a further idea of how I work on my website and my social media profiles. I blog and share content that underpins our wellbeing and have a passion for sharing it to whoever I'm able to reach.

  • Qualifications & Experience
    I hold a first class honours degree in Psychology, and Level 7 diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy.

    I am a certified Brainspotting practitioner and a hold a certification in Adoption Support Counselling which is required to support clients with any adoption related issues.
  • What I can help with
    • Abortion
    • Abuse – Emotional, Physical, Sexual
    • Addiction (e.g. Alcohol, Computer games, Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex, Smoking)
    • Adolescence
    • Adoption
    • Ageing and related issues
    • Anxiety
    • Assertiveness / Self-confidence / Self-esteem
    • Autistic Spectrum Disorders
    • Bereavement / Loss
    • Bullying
    • Cancer
    • Carers
    • Children / teenagers
    • Chronic fatigue syndrome / M.E.
    • Cultural issues
    • Depression
    • Disability
    • Divorce & Separation
    • Driving tests
    • Emotional issues
    • Exams
    • Family
    • Gender identity
    • Generally unhappy with your life
    • Illness and dying
    • Job interviews
    • Mindfulness
    • Neurodiversity
    • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
    • Panic attacks
    • Parenting skills
    • Phobias
    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / PTSD
    • Public speaking: stage fright
    • Relationships
    • Relaxation
    • Self-defeating behaviours
    • Self-esteem
    • Self-harm
    • Sexuality Identity
    • Shyness / Social Phobia
    • Sporting performance
    • Stress
    • Suicidal feelings
    • Trauma
    • Violence / Victim support
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