Marie-Louise Carmody

Marie-Louise Carmody is a clinical psychologist and relational psychotherapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment struggles, eating and food-related issues, feelings of emptiness, isolation, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose.

Many clients come wanting to stop repeating painful patterns in relationships. Marie-Louise listens for how early experiences shape current feelings and reactions. She asks clear questions and helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck.

Her style is warm, collaborative and thoughtful. Sessions focus on understanding both what is happening now and the earlier experiences that influence those patterns. The work aims to increase emotional awareness and improve how people relate to themselves and others.

Marie-Louise draws on relational psychodynamic ideas, trauma-informed approaches and mentalisation-based therapy alongside other evidence-based techniques. This mix is used to look at attachment difficulties, complex trauma, emotional regulation and personality vulnerabilities without reducing people to a label.

Therapy with her is presented as a process, not a quick fix. She helps clients build insight, practice different ways of responding and develop more comfortable, satisfying relationships. People do not need to have all the answers to begin this work.

Evidence-informed ways of working online

Relational psychodynamic work focuses on patterns in relationships and emotional life. Online sessions using this approach look at how past relational experiences shape current reactions and recurring difficulties, which can help with attachment problems and repeating relationship patterns.

Mentalisation-based ideas help people notice their own and others' thoughts and feelings in the moment. Online conversations can strengthen emotional awareness and reduce impulsive or avoidant responses by practising noticing and naming inner experiences.

Finding the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will listen to a client's story, discuss different methods and agree on a plan that matches needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative conversation can continue as therapy progresses so methods are adjusted when needed.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and offer shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people join from locations that suit them, which can help maintain continuity of care when circumstances change.