Carly Guppy

I will be accepting new clients in September 2026 - if you wish to start work with me, please do feel free to contact me before then.  I work with adolescents aged 13+ as well as adults in my office in Hambleton, Rutland (3 miles from Oakham).  I also offer walk and talk sessions around Rutland Water, which are a popular choice.

My private practice hours are 9am to 5pm Tuesday to Thursday and I also offer appointments on a Tuesday evening.  I do not work weekends.  

I offer face-to-face appointments, with flexibility for your preference for outdoor or online working.  My calm and faithful dog Yoshi is available in my office upon request.

Sessions are £70 for a 50 minute appointment.

Finding the right counsellor for you is an important first step in your path towards healing.  

I am an Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counsellor.  This means I am a fully qualified counsellor who uses different approaches depending on the person I have in front of me.  I am not here to tell you what to do or analyse you.  I'm here to listen, support, and gently make sense of what's going on, using real-world strategies, honest conversations, and the space to be yourself without pressure or judgement.

Working with me may include some creative work, movement, mindfulness, metaphor, or more structured work such as CBT exercises.  I can offer tools and strategies to help.  Alternatively, we may decide that the best use of our time is simply to talk.  You are always in control and we will work with what feels right for you.

My speciality area is working with teenagers and young adults.  

Qualifications: 

MEd Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Distinction): University of Cambridge

PGDip Psychotherapeutic Counselling: University of Cambridge

Certificate in Counselling Skills: AQA

Diploma in Life Coaching

Foundation certificate in Solution Focused Practice

Level 3 award in Education and Training

Other CPD includes: working with young people who self harm, novel psychoactive substances, positive therapy, foundation domestic abuse training, mental health in adolescence, Mental Health First Aid, mindfulness, breathwork.

Experience includes working with offenders, in sexual health, as a therapist and therapeutic mentor in primary and secondary schools, and school counsellor at a large boarding school.  

I provide a calm, welcoming and reassuring space for you to explore and address difficulties you may be experiencing in your life, in order to help you find the light side of life again.

The work we do together is whatever you need it to be: some people use counselling as a refreshing non-judgemental space to process the stresses and strains of their day-to-day lives.  Others prefer to have an aim, perhaps to improve relationships, to lift depression and anxiety, or to heal wounds from childhood.

I will walk the healing journey alongside you with humanity, compassion, care and empathy (and there are usually a few laughs along the way too!)

I look forward to hearing from you. 

I offer a free 10-minute consultation to discuss your needs and therapy aims.  This can is either online or by telephone appointment.

Following this, appointments are charged at my full rate.

Our first full session will involve a more structured chat in order to assess need and agree therapy aims.  All contract information, including therapeutic boundaries, payment and other information is provided in advance so that we do not waste your therapy time reading through information that you could look through in your own time.