About Hilary
Hilary Cartmel-Batty is a BACP counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety and the after-effects of trauma. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressures, depression and difficult life changes. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at making each session feel manageable and focused.
She creates a calm space where clients can speak openly without judgement. Conversations concentrate on what matters most to the individual and on small steps that can ease daily pressure.
Background and approach
She offers both fixed and flexible weekly sessions depending on what fits a client's life. Hilary combines listening with practical tools. She uses attachment-focused ideas to understand relationship patterns and client-centred ways to keep the work centred on the person's needs.
Solution-focused techniques help set short-term goals and track progress between sessions. Her background includes five years working as a counsellor and psychotherapist alongside a independent practice. The BACP credential listed stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
This reflects professional registration with that body. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat or messaging. People living in the United Kingdom can follow the site booking steps to start a matching process and arrange a first session.
Hilary aims to help people build clearer thinking, better coping and steadier relationships so they can move forward with more confidence.
How these approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and behaviour. Online sessions help people notice those patterns and try different ways of relating in day-to-day life. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience and priorities, with the counsellor listening closely and reflecting back to help the client find their own answers. Solution-Focused Therapy targets small, practical changes and clear short-term goals to build momentum and reduce overwhelm.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together you will try ways of working that feel most useful. This is a collaborative process and the plan can change as you learn what helps.
Online sessions by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful for fuller conversation, phone calls can work when bandwidth is low, and messaging or live chat can suit brief check-ins or days when a written check-in feels easier. These options offer flexibility and help people keep continuity of care when schedules are tight.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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