Individual counselling, couples therapy and coaching with Carl Argent in Southend-on-Sea and online across the UK
A conversation
centred on you.
I’m Carl Argent, a person-centred counsellor, relationship therapist and coach. I offer individual counselling, couples therapy, parenting support and coaching in Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, and online across the UK. Although I offer separate services, at the heart of our work together is an empathic conversation between two people with a shared experience. We explore what matters to you, what you need and the future you would like to move towards. Therapy can make room for healing as well as growth; coaching focuses on the changes, choices and goals you want to explore.
Free no-obligation call · Find support that fits
Space to be heard.
Room to grow.
Talking to someone close can help, yet still leave you feeling unheard. A partner, friend or family member may listen through their own experience and move quickly into advice. Sometimes you need space to understand yourself before deciding what to do.
I listen with empathy, seeking to understand your experience from your point of view. You do not have to change to be worthy of acceptance. I won’t try to fix you or tell you how to live. We explore what feels right for you.
In therapy, there is room for what still hurts from the past, what feels difficult now and the future you want. Being heard and accepted can help you make sense of your experience. Healing and growth can belong together.
In coaching, that same attention supports a conversation about a change, decision or goal. We explore what matters to you, what gets in the way and the steps you want to try. We agree the purpose together.
This is a human conversation, with room for uncertainty, difficult feelings and hope. Reflections or practical tools are offered when useful, never imposed. You can question, disagree or say something does not feel right.
In relationship therapy, each person has space to be heard. We explore what happens between you and what you both want next, without pressure to stay together or separate. If speaking openly does not feel safe, we consider more appropriate support.
Get to know meWhat would you like help with?
You might be living with anxiety or grief, feeling distant from your partner, finding parenting difficult or wanting a different direction in life or work. Start with what brings you here.
You may already know which support you want. If you are unsure, we can explore that together. The pages below explain how each service could fit.
Individual counselling
Space to explore anxiety, grief, relationships, low mood, self-worth or patterns affecting your life. Counselling can also support growth, helping you understand yourself, recognise what matters and consider how you want to live. ADHD-informed therapy is also available.
Couples therapy
Space for both of you when arguments repeat, trust feels uncertain or closeness has faded. Relationship counselling can help you understand the pattern, hear each other and consider what you want next. Meet in Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, or online across the UK.
Parenting support
Support for parents and carers. Explore your own emotions, your attachment experiences with your parents or carers, and the patterns you would like to change. We work towards steadier responses and a relationship where your child can trust their feelings, express them safely and connect with others.
Coaching
Space to explore a decision, a change or a goal in life or work. Coaching can help you find direction, draw on your strengths and try practical steps, with room to understand what makes those steps difficult. Single sessions and a six-session programme are available, alongside ADHD at Work.
Discover what matters. Recognise what you bring.
You may want to understand yourself, make sense of a familiar pattern or choose what comes next. These free strengths and values assessments offer a place to begin. I can help you explore what fits, what surprises you and what it means for the concern you want to bring to our conversation.
Free strengths assessment
Your free PDF report includes your results and automatic reflections. It’s emailed to you, usually within 2 hours of submitting your answers.
Character strengths are qualities such as kindness, curiosity and perseverance. Knowing yours can help you recognise what you bring to relationships, work and difficult moments. If you overlook them, you may focus mainly on what feels hard and miss qualities you could draw on.
Free values assessment
Your free PDF report includes your results and automatic reflections. It’s emailed to you, usually within 2 hours of submitting your answers.
Your values are the priorities that matter to you, such as caring for others, independence or security. Knowing them can help you understand difficult choices and what feels right for you. When they are unclear, you may follow others’ expectations or feel pulled in different directions without understanding why.
I can help you make sense of your results in a conversation shaped by what you need. You can begin without completing either tool.
Make sense of it togetherFree introductory conversation, with no obligation to continue. These are reflective tools, not diagnoses. Reports include automatic reflections and are sent to you and me.Start with what
you’re going through.
Clear, compassionate reading to help you understand your experiences and consider what might help. If the same arguments keep returning, the relationship article below is a place to begin. You can also explore couples counselling in Southend and online when you would like support together.
The Cost of Living Crisis Is Also an Identity Crisis
Explore how money, work and achievement can become tied to identity, and reflect on your worth and direction when familiar roles or expectations change.
Read the article
Relationships & connectionWhy do we keep having the same argument?
Recognise four common conflict patterns and explore how a different response can create room for connection.
Read the article
Grief & lossWhy am I still grieving?
A compassionate look at living with loss when other people seem to expect you to have moved on.
Read the articleYou can take this
one step at a time.
A clear starting point, with space for your questions and choices.
Start with a conversation
Tell me a little about what brings you here, ask questions and get a sense of how we might work together.
Agree what matters
We talk about what you need and want, agree the purpose of our work and consider how I can support you.
Review it together
We make room for reflection and practical steps where they are useful, checking together what is helping and what needs to change.
You don’t need the whole story.
Just a place to begin.
Whether you want counselling, couples therapy, parenting support or coaching, the first conversation is space to talk about what you need and see whether working together feels right.