Carmel is a qualified psychotherapist who works with a wide range of presenting issues, supporting clients experiencing emotional, relational, and psychological difficulties. She has particular interests in trauma, attachment, sense of self, relationship patterns, and workplace bullying and bullying within family and group systems. Carmel is interested in how unconscious group dynamics, including power, exclusion, scapegoating, alliances, and silencing, can contribute to bullying and leave individuals feeling isolated or questioning their own experience. A significant element of her psychotherapy training involved experiential group work and the exploration of primitive and unconscious group processes, informing her understanding of the often unseen dynamics operating within families, workplaces, and other groups. Informed by attachment theory and object relations, Carmel is interested in how our earliest relationships and experiences can shape our sense of self, our expectations of others, and the patterns we may carry into adult relationships. Therapy can offer an opportunity to bring greater awareness to these patterns and develop new ways of relating to ourselves and others.

Her work also recognises how trauma and prolonged relational stress can affect both mind and body, sometimes showing up as heightened alertness, physical tension, difficulty relaxing, numbness, disconnection, or strong emotional responses.