Counsellor profile
Charlotte McKenna, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting concerns
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- Person centred
- Trauma focused
- Parenting support
About Charlotte
Charlotte McKenna is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of practice. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, low self-esteem and life changes.
She uses a person-centred approach that keeps the client’s experience at the centre of conversations. Sessions tend to focus on what matters to the person, with the counsellor responding to what comes up rather than following a rigid plan.
Trauma-focused work is available when past events are affecting daily life. That work looks at how traumatic experiences continue to shape feelings, behaviour and relationships, and aims to reduce their ongoing impact.
In practice, Charlotte listens to what someone brings and helps them sort it into manageable steps. She encourages work on practical coping strategies alongside talking about feelings. This can include communication problems, parenting stress and coping with loss.
She also addresses issues connected to family life such as blended family challenges, abandonment feelings, attachment problems and divorce or separation. Other areas covered include addictions, body image, chronic illness, anger and career pressures.
Sessions move at the client’s pace. People are invited to raise what feels most urgent and then plan small, concrete steps to try between meetings. To start, people use the site matching tool and book an initial session after completing a short questionnaire.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy prioritises the person's own perspective. The counsellor listens without directing the story, helping the client clarify values, make choices and try small changes. It suits people dealing with life decisions, low self-esteem, communication problems and parenting strain.Trauma-Focused Therapy looks at how past hurts continue to affect daily life. Work of this kind helps identify triggers, process distressing memories and reduce the hold those events have on mood and relationships. It can be useful where anxiety, grief or intimacy issues link back to earlier trauma.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss different ways of working and agree on a plan based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. That plan may change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
For practicalities, confirm the session formats available before booking since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings around work, childcare and other daily commitments. They can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or phone-only meetings when video is difficult, depending on the formats the counsellor offers.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
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What kind of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, addictions and related issues from the provided list.
How would sessions feel in practice?
Sessions follow a person-centred style where the counsellor listens and responds to what the client brings. Conversations are used to identify small, practical steps as well as exploring feelings.
What experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience supporting adults with a range of emotional and family-related concerns.
Is she registered or where is she based?
She is BACP registered and based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients book sessions?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time according to the site terms.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.