Carmen Slobozeanu

Carmen Slobozeanu is a counsellor and an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works in the United Kingdom and speaks English and Romanian. Carmen has six years of practice supporting people with a wide range of concerns. Carmen aims to create a calm, welcoming space where people feel heard and respected. She describes her style as warm, non-judgemental and empathic. Sessions focus on listening, understanding immediate concerns, and deciding together what small steps might help. She uses a blend of approaches to suit different needs. That includes client-centred work that follows the person’s priorities, cognitive behavioural techniques for changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour, and emotionally-focused ideas to look at relationship patterns. Carmen also draws on existential themes when people want to address meaning, values and life direction. Carmen has experience with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and bereavement, and struggles such as low self-esteem, addictions and relationship and family difficulties. She also works with concerns around eating, sleeping, parenting, anger and career challenges, and lists ADHD and compassion fatigue among areas she supports. People who choose Carmen often want a direct but compassionate counsellor who helps them make practical changes. She encourages authenticity and aims to help clients find ways to cope, communicate and move forward. If someone is ready to take a first step, Carmen supports planning the next appointments and goals.

How Carmen’s methods work in online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and relies on active listening and reflection. Online sessions using this approach concentrate on helping people feel understood and on naming what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviours keep problems going and uses practical exercises to try out new ways of thinking and acting. It can be used for anxiety, low mood and sleep or habit changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centres on feelings and relationship patterns, helping people notice and change how they respond to strong emotions in close relationships.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Carmen will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s needs and goals. This may mean using more listening-based, emotional work at times, and more skills and exercises at others. The plan can change as progress is made.

The original profile does not specify which online formats are used, so please confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier for people with busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people combine practical exercises and written worksheets between sessions to reinforce what they try in therapy.